I rank immigration as a top priority because it’s time to create a path to citizenship, adequately fund the immigration courts, and add funding so that getting a work visa or a green card is faster. It’s time to make legal immigration feasible. Someone needs to ask better questions on those surveys.
Perhaps if we wish to curtail the flood of immigrants fleeing to America for safety, the best policy would be to stop blowing up any Central or South American country that threaten to raise the price of their natural resources or labor.
They flee to America to escape the effects of American foreign policy. Can't have the price of bananas go up slightly, though.
Thanks for the read. Do you consider the Ukraine war a national security crisis on par with boarder crisis? Also, do you think these boarder states are willing to go with the “anti-establishment “ candidate because the establishment has not dealt with the issue for so long now and they are so fed up that they are willing to entertain radical ideas? Not right or wrong but history shows how irrational groups of angry citizens think and act.
Ukraine is key to stopping a multi-century Russian obsession to acquire territory & expand empire. If there's only 1 conflict since WWII the US should've gotten involved in, it's this one. If Russia prevails, they will continue to attack their European neighbors, eventually including ones belonging to NATO, from which Trump wants to withdraw.
What we've been contributing has been a great investment, but must be stepped up to meet Ukraine's needs. Otherwise the choice will be between spending far more money as well as using our own troops trying to stop Russian invasions of European countries or abandoning Europe to Russia, which means Russia will eventually focus on us. Other aggressive imperialist nations will also be emboldened to invade their neighbors, including China against Taiwan & who knows what else.
Thank you for your response. I understand that unchecked aggression could embolden other actors to do the same. I just feel like the amount of human trafficking of women and children as racketeering used by the cartel is a more pressing national security matter. As a Latin American I have family members who have facilitated such payments to get other loved ones across and you cannot cross without paying the cartel. That’s why women will pay with their bodies and offer their “services” once they cross or even mule drugs without consent. I believe we do not have a future without immigration I just feel we need to make it a lot safer for the migrants and that means Mexico doing its part as well. Not to mention fentanyl. I know 3 people who have died from it. These are pressing matters that are at people’s door steps. Not that Ukraine is not important or that trump isnt manipulating his followers but I just feel that people are at a point where people are fed up and unfortunately willing to take drastic measures to “secure” the boarder.
Do you know that billions of our “investment” have gone missing or are otherwise unaccounted for?
Russia has what it wants; the Donbass buffer and a land bridge to Crimea. The RF forces are hardening their defenses and settling in. They’re done with offensive operations.
I know that's what many on the right claim, & that the right has been highly influenced by russofascist propaganda.
Since the widely announced & delayed (because of slow provision of necessary equipment) Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russia has been digging in their defenses, leading to a virtual standstill.against Ukraine currently. But Russia has made it clear their goal is to take over all of Ukraine & to obliterate Ukraine & Ukrainian national identity. And move onto other countries around it. Russia is never satisfied with the territory it has. Never!
How do you think Trump's implemented immigration strategies would compare against what other European nations are currently doing in regards to mass deportations (e.g., France, Germany, Switzerland)? Aren't they currently reacting with the same fervor due to the same concerns?
Twenty years or so ago, The Nation had a story on the border and Ill Eagles. The Nation, mind you. And, IIRC, my eyeballs said, on the mass of responses, one-quarter to one-third thought it was too "weak" or what have you. Maybe even more.
Note Mayor Adams, Gov. Pritzker, et al in recent months after meeting Strangeabbott's (think 1964, Ken and thank me later) bus caravans, and their reactions.
I rank immigration as a top priority because it’s time to create a path to citizenship, adequately fund the immigration courts, and add funding so that getting a work visa or a green card is faster. It’s time to make legal immigration feasible. Someone needs to ask better questions on those surveys.
Always doing great work. Schooling us even if we don’t want to hear it.
Hey thanks!
Perhaps if we wish to curtail the flood of immigrants fleeing to America for safety, the best policy would be to stop blowing up any Central or South American country that threaten to raise the price of their natural resources or labor.
They flee to America to escape the effects of American foreign policy. Can't have the price of bananas go up slightly, though.
Thanks for the read. Do you consider the Ukraine war a national security crisis on par with boarder crisis? Also, do you think these boarder states are willing to go with the “anti-establishment “ candidate because the establishment has not dealt with the issue for so long now and they are so fed up that they are willing to entertain radical ideas? Not right or wrong but history shows how irrational groups of angry citizens think and act.
They’re such different problems it’s hard for me to compare
Ukraine is key to stopping a multi-century Russian obsession to acquire territory & expand empire. If there's only 1 conflict since WWII the US should've gotten involved in, it's this one. If Russia prevails, they will continue to attack their European neighbors, eventually including ones belonging to NATO, from which Trump wants to withdraw.
What we've been contributing has been a great investment, but must be stepped up to meet Ukraine's needs. Otherwise the choice will be between spending far more money as well as using our own troops trying to stop Russian invasions of European countries or abandoning Europe to Russia, which means Russia will eventually focus on us. Other aggressive imperialist nations will also be emboldened to invade their neighbors, including China against Taiwan & who knows what else.
Thank you for your response. I understand that unchecked aggression could embolden other actors to do the same. I just feel like the amount of human trafficking of women and children as racketeering used by the cartel is a more pressing national security matter. As a Latin American I have family members who have facilitated such payments to get other loved ones across and you cannot cross without paying the cartel. That’s why women will pay with their bodies and offer their “services” once they cross or even mule drugs without consent. I believe we do not have a future without immigration I just feel we need to make it a lot safer for the migrants and that means Mexico doing its part as well. Not to mention fentanyl. I know 3 people who have died from it. These are pressing matters that are at people’s door steps. Not that Ukraine is not important or that trump isnt manipulating his followers but I just feel that people are at a point where people are fed up and unfortunately willing to take drastic measures to “secure” the boarder.
Do you know that billions of our “investment” have gone missing or are otherwise unaccounted for?
Russia has what it wants; the Donbass buffer and a land bridge to Crimea. The RF forces are hardening their defenses and settling in. They’re done with offensive operations.
I know that's what many on the right claim, & that the right has been highly influenced by russofascist propaganda.
Since the widely announced & delayed (because of slow provision of necessary equipment) Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russia has been digging in their defenses, leading to a virtual standstill.against Ukraine currently. But Russia has made it clear their goal is to take over all of Ukraine & to obliterate Ukraine & Ukrainian national identity. And move onto other countries around it. Russia is never satisfied with the territory it has. Never!
The border invasion is a great issue for Trump because:
A. Trump started to reinforce it
B. Democrats blocked his efforts
C. The issue is, in fact, grown to a legitimate national security crisis.
D. Democrat politicians are starting to complain about it.
Mass deportations are a winning strategy.
How do you think Trump's implemented immigration strategies would compare against what other European nations are currently doing in regards to mass deportations (e.g., France, Germany, Switzerland)? Aren't they currently reacting with the same fervor due to the same concerns?
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-deported-29-more-irregular-migrants-second-quarter-2023-10-06/
Not just "half of independents."
Twenty years or so ago, The Nation had a story on the border and Ill Eagles. The Nation, mind you. And, IIRC, my eyeballs said, on the mass of responses, one-quarter to one-third thought it was too "weak" or what have you. Maybe even more.
Note Mayor Adams, Gov. Pritzker, et al in recent months after meeting Strangeabbott's (think 1964, Ken and thank me later) bus caravans, and their reactions.