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barcatoronto t1_j4c3j8x wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Eric Adams heads to border, says migrant crisis to now cost NYC $2B by 1600hazenstreet

Ya keep telling yourself that to sleep better at night. The US economy is a shit show rn and the homeland is always in turmoil. There is a never ending flood of people who want to come here. Some were hesitant if the knew the chances of successes were low. But when a President emboldens these people by telling them it’s all good you get droves of them at your door.

I’m an immigrant myself. The difference between me and your ancestors is I put blood sweat and tears to do it the right way, didn’t just take some shortcut. Its insult to injury when a President coddles illegal immigrants who broke the law while us law abiding tax paying model immigrants get shown the finger.

The system needs reform from every avenue. But an sudo open border policy for those willing and who can show up at the southern border isn’t it

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barcatoronto t1_j4c80uv wrote

Just because the US economy is better than some small African nation or a war torn Middle Eastern country doesn’t mean things aren’t bad here.

Inflation is out the roof, thousands are being laid off, there’s a housing crisis, historic number of people are using food banks etc.

No country including the US can take on an endless amount of surges in population. Especially not when that surge is a group of low skill un educated bunch of illegal immigrants. Even if they could contribute greatly to our society the current state of laws makes it impossible for them to do so.

You think your family is the only ones who had no way to come to the US? There are millions of people in the same boat. Even our legal pathways to immigration are so backlogged that it’s basically impossible. Yet all these people actively choose not to be criminals and smuggle themselves into the country.

Like I said, I believe the entire system needs reform. The hardships that force people to make difficult choices is not lost on me. I just don’t think this President and his administration are solving it the right way. They only care about virtue signalling and helping businesses find cheap labour. They depend on plebs like you to defend them because you’re the product of illegal immigration yourself.

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