This is why I've been saying that people need to stop pretending the problem is the migrants' abstract legal status, a matter of paper work and bytes of data, but rather their physical presence here and the type of people they are. In other words, the biggest issue with "illegal Haitians" isn't the illegal part. It's the Haitian part.
Some people are so deep into it that they think that this piece of paper makes you, say French. Now that is interesting. Would there be no Frenchmen if there was no French state, or if it wasn't distributing citizenship? That is implied by the idea that there is no standard for being French other than what the state says.
"If we just immediately give everyone legal status, conservatives can't complain about immigration anymore. Checkmate Trump-tards!"
This is why I've been saying that people need to stop pretending the problem is the migrants' abstract legal status, a matter of paper work and bytes of data, but rather their physical presence here and the type of people they are. In other words, the biggest issue with "illegal Haitians" isn't the illegal part. It's the Haitian part.
Some people are so deep into it that they think that this piece of paper makes you, say French. Now that is interesting. Would there be no Frenchmen if there was no French state, or if it wasn't distributing citizenship? That is implied by the idea that there is no standard for being French other than what the state says.
It's magic dirt theory.
It's worse. Magic paper.