We are a nation of immigrants: No person in America has the moral standing to deny entry to other immigrants. And our nation has more than enough physical space, social strength and the robust legal framework to bring these individuals fully into our society through expedited citizenship. Our nation’s xenophobic policies of this decade are indefensible due to our foreign policies of decades past. The correct and proper thing to do is allow migrants and refugees into our nation while helping them adapt through social safety nets.
Undocumented migrants work low-paying and dangerous jobs that nonetheless are essential to the American system we all enjoy. And they pay sales tax on everything they buy, as well paying wage taxes. This means that every undocumented migrant contributes objectively more to this country and its economy than any billionaire.
Unfortunately, dismantling civilization is the heart of right-wing politics, and this means breaking social safety nets and vilifying those most destitute and powerless in our society.
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Don't buy into hating the impoverished. Stop blaming immigrants for your failures.
It is systemic failure that produces such poverty, not an individual's failings. Our society has plenty to supply every individual with the means to live and thrive in a safe home.
White-collar crime and the rollback of regulations have plunged this nation into economic despair and stolen the future from subsequent generations. We sorely need enforcement of the law, missing due to police being useless unaccountable thugs for the wealthy.
Chris Keller, Lincoln