immigration
May. 1st, 2006 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
topazSo I don't understand the big ruckus over immigration.
Specifically, I don't understand why immigration is restricted. I don't understand why we perceive a need to have a category of "illegal immigrants" at all, why we don't classify anyone who comes to this country as a potential citizen if they pass all of the appropriate tests, and a non-citizen resident until then.
I understand the problems with having a large number of aliens who place a burden on public resources and don't contribute to the tax pool. But it seems like a problem that would be more effectively addressed by taxing resident aliens than by trying to block them from coming here to live at all.
Anyway, happy immigration protest day to everyone!
Specifically, I don't understand why immigration is restricted. I don't understand why we perceive a need to have a category of "illegal immigrants" at all, why we don't classify anyone who comes to this country as a potential citizen if they pass all of the appropriate tests, and a non-citizen resident until then.
I understand the problems with having a large number of aliens who place a burden on public resources and don't contribute to the tax pool. But it seems like a problem that would be more effectively addressed by taxing resident aliens than by trying to block them from coming here to live at all.
Anyway, happy immigration protest day to everyone!
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Date: 2006-05-01 09:47 pm (UTC)losing a job because a foreigner is willing to do it cheaper is such a fear, and politicians who favor tough anti-immigration laws in the name of defending local jobs get elected.
that is my take - can anyone say if I'm missing anything major?