Alright. Immigration’s got a couple of problems? And a couple of pluses.
I see the illegal immigrants as the go-getters in a way. I mean these are the guys with the will and drive to make life better for themselves and their families. They’re not happy to get stuck in a rut. They’re the risk takers. They’re the kind of spirit that drove America to greatness in the past because we weren’t afraid to go to a new land an try something daring and hard.
So I think these guys should be given some tests to prove they’d be a good match for the rest of us? And then welcomed home with open arms.
Fast-track citizenship if you sign up for a 2 year tour in the army for example? Or if you can pass some other obvious loyalty test. I mean I don’t have all the answers. But something meaningful would help for sure.
The trouble with wide open doors tho is that it lowers the bar for how hard it is to get in. That means we stop just getting the hard workers and instead start getting waves of leeches. Guys who just figure it’s an easy win. So we have to have a hard, but fair way in.
Next problem is a lot of the time people leave their old country because the politics there are so much worse than possible. I mean even worse than we’ve got. But the trouble is people leaving don’t always realize they bring their politics with them. Sometimes it’s a good thing? As in a want to never repeat the same mistakes? But other times it can be a problem if they subconsciously want to recreate the very same problem they left behind. Because it’s what they know. Because it’s what seems normal for them. Because it’s what everyone in their “group” is voting into. Because somehow it’s comfortable in a way.
Maybe one fix for the fast-track system would be to only let immigrants vote after a period of time on their feet in America? I mean that would keep the temptation low to pander their way? And would keep us from getting a sudden wave of change in stable neighborhoods. I mean not all change is bad of course. But it’s harder when someone who hasn’t grown up in an area comes in in a group and changes things than it is if it’s done by groups who first take the time to mix in with local ways first and then suggest change later.
Or something.