Our immigration issues are hardly a new phenomenon…
These are from the 1800s, with the Irish and Italians but especially the Chinese as popular targets (leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which wasn’t repealed until 1943).
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If the US really wants to limit immigration, we need a new set of immigration laws. Our current immigration laws date back to about 1986 under Reagan, who was a big big fan of immigration (Reagan quotes available upon request).
For many years, our immigration law and policy was designed to spit in the eye of Fidel Castro by treating everyone who set foot on Florida as an asylum seeker. This helped earn votes from a swing demographic in a swing state.
I agree, we need immigration reform. The solution is better laws, not ongoing indefinite declarations of emergency. Both Bush and Obama sought to overhaul our immigration laws; Congress rejected it. In Feb 2024, a bipartisan group of Senators proposed an immigration overhaul, but tRump ordered his minions to prevent the issue even from being brought up for debate. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4361
The American people want immigration reform. tRump wants a stick to beat on democrats with. SAD!!
And to enrich himself and his family And to make America in his image - to go down in world history as the most influential non-religious human being ever
This is all happening with little to no effective resistance from anyone with the power to do so (unless I am missing something)
Good point. Maybe I should've said he'll want to be considered as the most positively influential, non-religious... He just wants to be remembered BIGLY!
EDIT - i had to edit my initial response yet again...
