im_not_bovvered

im_not_bovvered t1_j6ypu6r wrote

It is an illegal immigration problem. People visit and overstay their visas and just blend in all the time. People bring their families over.

Not everyone is an asylum seeker - I sympathize with people wanting better lives, but there are plenty of citizens who we need to provide with better lives first. NYC does not have the resources.

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im_not_bovvered t1_j6yjqgj wrote

Then billions should be granted. But Texas is getting, for example, and using Federal money (they used plenty of coronavirus aid for migrant purposes) and places like NYC are getting the money from taxpayers.

I don't know why people automatically think NYC is a-ok with illegal immigration. But border states are spending their own money to stick it to other states.

NYC gets plenty of illegal immigration. Also, border states in the south cry about having illegal immigrants but who is employing these people? Why are employers not cracked down on for employing people for cheap labor? I'm all for something being done but it has to be comprehensive. Sending migrants up north to "stick it to the libs" while illegal immigrants are employed to do labor nobody else wants to do isn't going to help anything or anyone.

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im_not_bovvered t1_j6yi0az wrote

There needs to be a solution. But to act like NYC doesn't have an illegal immigrant issue is also wrong. It's not like these people being bussed here are the only illegal immigrants here.

I'm totally fine with migrants being sent here as long as we get Federal help - because right now NYC taxpayers are footing this bill. And we already pay more into the tax system than, say, people in Texas.

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im_not_bovvered t1_j6y76wf wrote

Honestly, good. And why these people are getting priority for shelter ahead of services for our homeless citizens is beyond me. I realize we have a lot of homeless who refuse help, but the city needs to try harder before throwing all of our money at these people. I want to help them, but when they start making demands and refusing to leave, my patience as a taxpayer runs really short.

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im_not_bovvered t1_j2dxu1d wrote

>Drag story time for children is inappropriate

Well, if they've ever let their kids see a clown or theater, etc., they're hypocrites. Drag is not always sexual and has been around since at least ancient Greece...

And, frankly, people have the right to not allow their kids to go to drag story time. They DO NOT have the right to keep other parents from sending their children or to keep it from existing.

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im_not_bovvered t1_j29udtw wrote

Maybe? I’m not saying they shouldn’t. But the poster was making the point to imply that drag queens prey on children and are sexual deviants, which is bigotry full stop and not true.

But these people are READING to kids. Not sure what people think happen at these story hours but it just shows their own preoccupation with sex.

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