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RAZD Member (Idle past 242 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
This doesn't have to be complicated, there is a lot of demand for farm workers and other low wage positions, there is room, there is opportunity ....
Back at the start of this country there was virtually unregulated immigration, and I don't see any moral justification for more regulation or barriers to immigration. If you could get here that was enough. quote: We should also believe that the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence applies to all people. There should be one single basic requirement: that you want to become a US citizen (and anyone not wanting to become a citizen would need a work visa or student visa to stay longer than a typical vacation). One of the defining elements in early immigration of poor people was that they came as indentured servants ... quote: A system that did see some abuse (just as many current "illegal" immigrants are often abused), but which provided opportunity to those who came and wanted to become citizens. Seems to me that this program could be revived with some modifications:
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Taq Member Posts: 8482 Joined: Member Rating: 6.1
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What I have been seeing is a lot of xenophobic concerns. Some people are afraid of losing the "white" culture. In previous generations, this was built into our immigration laws where people from preferred countries could immigrate while people from other countries were limited. The Irish, Scottish, and Germans came flooding in, but the it wasn't long before the number of Chinese were limited to a quota. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924
The US Military has largely taken up this role. It has been suggested that military service could be an avenue for legal immigration. Serve in the military for 6 years and leave as a US citizen. This could certainly be a great program for the "Dreamers". http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/...o-and-where-dreamers-are
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Jon Inactive Member |
There was also a population shortage.
That's it? If you want to be a U.S. citizen to make it easier to fly planes into buildings then that should be just fine?
As usual, RAZD, your blanket fixes are little more than oversimplified nonsense to which no reasonable person should give second thought. Jon Love your enemies!
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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Cool. A caste system primarily for brown people who pick our oranges.
Would you do a self critique on the math behind this one? Would a mom and dad with say a handicapped infant meet this requirement? One parent and one child that cannot work.
That was just to pay their fare. Indentured servitude should not be the guidelines for immigration policy. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given. Je Suis Charlie Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Dang! Speak of the devil... Je Suis Charlie Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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RAZD Member (Idle past 242 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
There is a shortage of farm workers now.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 242 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Temporary and for all immigrants.
An extra burden but not oppressive.
Curiously I think of it as being a citizen on probation, learning and earning the right to be a citizen. Enjoy by our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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Jon Inactive Member |
Excellent. A non-response. Exactly what I anticipated getting from you.
Makes my job easier, I guess. Love your enemies!
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
"For all immigrants".
I said, primarily. Was that wrong. "Not oppressive" Not for you and I. No. Je Suis Charlie Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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PurpleYouko Member Posts: 714 From: Columbia Missouri Joined:
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A form of indentured servitude is still used very often by many employers.
I myself encountered it while moving to the USA from England. On another more general note though (not directed at NoNukes), I can't say I'm in favor of making it too easy to immigrate to the USA. It cost me over $30,000 for lawyers and legal fees to get green cards for myself and my family so I must admit to some mild annoyance when I hear of unskilled illegals being given amnesty and a free green card/citizenship. I was headhunted for my skills and the process of moving to the USA literally bankrupted me. There definitely needs to be some sort of overhaul of the immigration system but all the stuff being proposed seems to be a complete miss IMO. Also, did you know that immigrants from the UK are not even eligible for the green card lottery? that is restricted to natives of many 3rd world countries who apparently need it more. Edited by PurpleYouko, : No reason given.
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
I don't mind. But I haven't actually expressed any opinion other than not treating people like crap once we've decided to let them in. I'm not in favor of letting people in legally, but then coming up with rules that keeps their families out.
In my opinion, you got slammed. On the other hand, even unskilled labor has value and is in demand here. What would be the point of charging someone $30,000 or making the system so complicated they have to pay a lawyer such a fee, when we apparently want them here so we can pay them crap wages? Je Suis Charlie Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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RAZD Member (Idle past 242 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Curiously you offered nothing worth responding to other than an ad hominem fallacy. Nor did you offer anything cogent as an alternative. Enjoy by our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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PurpleYouko Member Posts: 714 From: Columbia Missouri Joined: |
Yours was just the first post I noticed mentioning Indentured servitude while i was skimming thorough so I used it as an entry point.
I wasn't commenting on any opinion or lack thereof. ^_^
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RAZD Member (Idle past 242 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
So you have no objection to a simpler system that could be applied to both legal immigrants and ones that have come by nefarious means -- a equal path to citizenship where you earn your card by the same process. With a more open door policy the issue of "jumping to the front of the line" becomes moot -- the "line" is your 5 years of work.
Another argument for a living minimum wage for all workers and a simple way to become a citizen -- work your 5 years, learn english and american history in night schools and then pass the test. Historically an influx of workers has stimulated the economy with real growth in small businesses and local companies. Enjoy Edited by RAZD, : . by our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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We don't have a living wage system. Instead we have a system where the labor required to do some tasks is actually valued at more than most people are willing to pay to have the work completed or more than they are willing to pay for the end product. So employers cheat and the illegal workers get cast as the villains that we can treat like crap.
No, I don't need five years worth of lawns mowed and apples picked at sub market pay scales before I allow you to become a citizen. Je Suis Charlie Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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