"However one assesses that chain and its consequences, it seems clear that the large majority of legal immigrants choose to come—or, more exactly, are chosen by their relatives—for their own reasons. They are not selected by the United States to advance some national interest. Illegal immigrants are of course entirely self-selected, as are asylum seekers. Even the refugee process, reportedly the most tightly screened, operates to a considerable extent outside national control...."
Donald Trump’s noisy complaints that immigration is out of control are literally true. Nobody is making conscious decisions about who is wanted and who is not, about how much immigration to accept and what kind to prioritize—not even for the portion of U.S. migration conducted according to law, much less for the larger portion that is not.
Nor is there much understanding of what has happened after it has happened. A simple question like, “How many immigrants are in prison?” turns out to be extraordinarily hard to answer. Poor information invites excessive fears, which are then answered with false assurances and angry accusations.
Nervous about Syrian refugees in the wake of the Paris massacre? How dare you! Would you turn away Jews fleeing Hitler? Oh, you think that analogy is hyperbolic? Tell it to the mayor of New York City.
This frequent invocation of the refugee trauma of the 1930s shuts down all discussion of anything that has happened since....
Meantime "
More Than 10,000 Unaccompanied Minors Apprehended on U.S. Border in Last Two Months"
While the world has been focused on Europe's migrant crisis, apprehensions of unaccompanied minors along America's own border have exploded...
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Wait! They are accompanied by their own dolls? WTF? Do they all have one?
The dolls are probably been handed out for the cameras.
at taxpayers expense... very likely.
Nobody is making conscious decisions about who is wanted and who is not,...
That doesn't appear to be all that true. Somebody wants this the way it is. Political correctness in action is the standard.
I saw this tweet from Trump...
In Britain, more Muslims join ISIS than join the British army.
I thought, Oh oh, hes going to get it now.
It turns out he didn't say it. He's quoting an article from the National Review.
Link
I believe most of the bad decisions that our government makes would never be made by a majority of Americans today. They are forced upon us by people who are, as a rule, dumber, more dishonest and more corrupt than the average American. When the nation was founded, our leaders as a group were probably better than average, so a republican form of government probably made more sense than it does today. Decisions like immigration, or going to war should probably be decided by direct democracy now, just to take some stupid out of the decision making process.
Watch carefully over the next few weeks while every candidate and politician of both parties adopts Trump's criticism of the immigration system and prescription for changing it... while pretending to still denounce Trump for suggesting it.
I saw a tweet saying Jeb is changing his tune somewhat, but I didn't save the link.
He might change his tune, Lem, but his mind and policies if elected will never change.
Oh, but you say, what about Syrian Christians?...they are NOT admitted. Christian is a terrorist category in the liberal religion.
He might change his tune, Lem, but his mind and policies if elected will never change
He's a Bush. That's enough said all by itself. But add to that he appears to be the worst of the lot. And we know the Bush's can tell lies while campaigning to try to sucker the base, as in: "Read my lips. No new taxes."
That doll is stuffed with cocaine. Just sayn'
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