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 years back I was talking to someone who moved here from Ireland. They were thrilled at how much cheaper the US was compared to Dublin then went on to complain about how few government services there were and how the government here needed to do more to help the poor
I think it was somewhere in the middle of that conversation when I decided I didn't want people moving here from Europe either.
"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 years back I was talking to someone who moved here from Ireland. They were thrilled at how much cheaper the US was compared to Dublin then went on to complain about how few government services there were and how the government here needed to do more to help the poor
I think it was somewhere in the middle of that conversation when I decided I didn't want people moving here from Europe either.
The inability for the masses not to understand cause-effect is truly one of the most boggling things to me.