Biden does have a plan on immigration: https://joebiden.com/immigration/
Now what of that he'll do and what will be effective, we will see.
Originally posted by Robtard
Biden does have a plan on immigration: https://joebiden.com/immigration/Now what of that he'll do and what will be effective, we will see.
So continuing Obama era policies which caused massive numbers of people to flee to America
There's no plans to do anything beneficial though. Instead you can probably expect the same as from the Obama Administration. Namely supporting military coups like in Honduras or using aid money to fund anti government guerrilla groups like in Bolivia, over turning the election in Haiti. Or supporting the ousting of president of Paraguay. Basically keeping as much of the region in political and economic turmoil as possible so as to enable the exploitation of resources. The same as what happens in Africa and the Middle East. The only difference being where the people who flee those respective areas end up going
Originally posted by jaden_2.0immigration isn't a bad thing. That's probably a fundamental difference in the thinking between conservatives and liberals.
So continuing Obama era policies which caused massive numbers of people to flee to America
The allocation of ownership of resources in this country is completely screwed up.
I'm glad we are returning to a more open policy. It's another harmful Trump policy he is reversing. (You can't really be upset that Trump ruled by executive order, and biden is now reversing course in the same way).
It isn't a bad thing if you only view it with a narrow set of parameters. Do you think that the inevitable ghettoisation of different racial groups is beneficial to the social harmony of a city/state/country? Do you think that propagating a perception amongst one population, regardless of whether they are right or wrong in that perception, that they are being "forced out" by an "invasion" of immigrants is good for a country?
Yeah, immigration has helped Canada significantly with their economy. We had a very strict immigration policy in the early 20th century and we had to open up the borders to allow the country to grow.
With birth rates declining significantly, Canada needs immigration to make it up the difference and keep the economy going.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
So they have a controlled immigration strategy that brings in people to bolster their economy by filling gaps in their workforce.Essentially the complete opposite of either the Republican or Democrat strategies in the US which are both politically motivated rather than economically.
Plus weeding out potential competition.
Elites don't want to be deposed themselves, and so will fill in lower positions with people they think are competent, yet malleable.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
So continuing Obama era policies which caused massive numbers of people to flee to America
Dunno, I didn't read the whole thing yet, but right from the start there's a few great things, we do need immigration reform, we do need to address the causes of why people come here en mass and better border screening can't hurt.
Now will any of that get done in a meaningful fashion, I can't say.
Anyone see the stupid "mitten's = white privilege" thing a teacher said?
The origin of the oversized mitts.
We’re already familiar with the Burton parka, which became a meme after he wore it in a 2019 campaign ad. But one question persisted: Where did he get those cozy mittens?Sen. Bernie Sanders wears mittens as he attends the inauguration of Joe Biden. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Sen. Bernie Sanders wears mittens as he attends the inauguration of Joe Biden. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
The answer: Jen Ellis, a second-grade teacher who lives in Essex Junction, Vt.Among the things she’s passionate about are Bernie Sanders, teaching her class (which, during the pandemic, she has done in an outdoor classroom she built) and mittens.
And, dear reader, note: We’re talking mittens. NOT gloves.
“There’s some debate about whether mittens are better than gloves, and I’m obviously in the camp that thinks mittens are better,” she told The Washington Post. “Your fingers need to work together to keep your hands warm, and in mittens, they can be together. In gloves, they can’t.”
Ellis and a partner began making mittens years ago as a side hustle. She cuts up wool sweaters that are no longer being used and sews them together in various combinations on a machine her mother gave her. She then lines them with fleece made of recycled plastic. Each pair takes about an hour.
Now that both have kids, there isn’t much time left for mitten making, although Ellis said she tends to make some for gifts and the occasional craft fair during the holidays.
Sen. Bernie Sanders attends President Biden's inauguration ceremony. (Jonathan Ernst/AP)
Sen. Bernie Sanders attends President Biden's inauguration ceremony. (Jonathan Ernst/AP)
Ellis has long admired Sanders, saying, “As a public school teacher, I can see how what he says about school debt forgiveness and free education and a lot of things he talks about in his policies make sense for people.”She also has a tangential connection to him: The senator’s daughter-in-law Liza Driscoll was the director of the preschool that Ellis’s daughter attended. Though Ellis never met him, “when he lost the bid for the Democratic nominations in 2016, I was really heartbroken for him because I felt like he probably wouldn’t run again.”
“I thought, ‘I’d like to make him a pair of mittens.’ And I did,” she said. “I totally remember the night I did it. I was thinking to myself, ‘Is this crazy? I don’t even know this guy.’ But I wanted to make them for him, so I did.”
So she sent them to the senator and thought that was the end of it.
If you’re an avid news reader and feeling a bit of deja vu, that’s because nearly this exact scenario happened about a year ago. When Sanders was on the campaign trail at the end of 2019, the very same mittens kept his hands warm.
At a stop in Pittsburgh, he spent some one-on-one time with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center dietary worker Alexandria Cutler. At one point, before her hour-long commute, she reportedly mentioned that her hands were cold. Sanders lent her his mittens.
A photograph of Sanders handing Cutler the mittens went viral. Someone created a parody Twitter account for the mittens, with a bio that reads in part, “Mittens are the only thing that can keep Bernie’s hand gestures under control.”
Yeah, it's privilege alright. But not white privilege.
It's the privilege of kind people, making a heartwarming gesture with something they crafted with their own two hands.
Originally posted by cdtm
Plus weeding out potential competition.Elites don't want to be deposed themselves, and so will fill in lower positions with people they think are competent, yet malleable.
Ummm no...most immigration decisions are decided by the public service. I would assume none of them are elites. There is a various ways to be allowed into the country...from skilled work, to family sponerships and refugee status.
But decisions are decided by the public sector employees.
Originally posted by Smasandian
Ummm no...most immigration decisions are decided by the public service. I would assume none of them are elites. There is a various ways to be allowed into the country...from skilled work, to family sponerships and refugee status.But decisions are decided by the public sector employees.
I worked in the public sector, they're as dirty as they come.
But they aren't the ones hiring. My point is you typically find a ton of "people of color" in the lower and middle management tiers, and things look a whole lot whiter at the top. I doubt that's an accident.
Or look at the Democratic party elite. Very very white, no accident.
Originally posted by cdtm
Or look at the Democratic party elite. Very very white, no accident.
Man you so right bwoooiiiii
Like chair Jaime Harrison
Or vice chair Keisha Bottoms
Or chief of staff Michael Tyler
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
It isn't a bad thing if you only view it with a narrow set of parameters. Do you think that the inevitable ghettoisation of different racial groups is beneficial to the social harmony of a city/state/country? Do you think that propagating a perception amongst one population, regardless of whether they are right or wrong in that perception, that they are being "forced out" by an "invasion" of immigrants is good for a country?
What is the correct solution for that though, is it draconian immigration measures as favored by the far right? I feel like that loses a lot of value in a country by itself. I do agree with you that the Democrats don’t do enough, but at least they pay lip service to some of the things hast should be done, like giving foreign aid to make the home countries of these immigrants safer and preventing the need for immigration in the first place, and when you do have immigrants or asylum seekers to treat them with respect as humans and do try to integrate them as best as you can. Additionally there should be an actual feasible way to get legal immigration, which is alms impossible for Latin Americans to the US.
This is in addition to the fact someone else stated, that a lot of “immigration” isn’t even immigration when the borders are more open, but rather temporary or seasonal workers from Mexico that hab be he intention to go back, but nowadays are often prevented by the stricter border measures.