Well, then the question becomes: how far south should we feel the need to go? Perhaps east or west as well? (We'll leave Canada alone. They seem to do just fine without us.) The immigration issue is neither black nor white by definition. One can be in favor of a better system but also more humanity in the process.
Well, then the question becomes: how far south should we feel the need to go? Perhaps east or west as well? (We'll leave Canada alone. They seem to do just fine without us.) The immigration issue is neither black nor white by definition. One can be in favor of a better system but also more humanity in the process.
I see it less as a matter of governance or geography -- our system is dysfunctional enough now to scare off anyone, especially with the possibility of Trump II out there -- and more to do with the eternal quest for freedom and opportunity. Think of what it takes to choose to leave one's own homeland, where family and friends are, where all of one's accumulated possessions and life accomplishments are. And then risking that life on mere hope that the future elsewhere will be better or safer -- no promises, no guarantees. It is a hell of a thing to vote with your feet, or feel the need to do so. It is not for the faint of heart.
I'll stand on my observation that there is no small amount of hypocrisy in those who complain the loudest about the immigration issue often being those whose forefathers took for them the land that they now proudly call their own. Texas is merely one good example thereof. Once we've come to terms with that, Indian tribes would like our attention as well.
You're right about the hypocrisy. But it's odd that some of the people who say it was a terrible crime for the U.S. to take that land from Mexico actually want to live under the U.S. government and not the Mexican government.
Well, then the question becomes: how far south should we feel the need to go? Perhaps east or west as well? (We'll leave Canada alone. They seem to do just fine without us.) The immigration issue is neither black nor white by definition. One can be in favor of a better system but also more humanity in the process.
I see it less as a matter of governance or geography -- our system is dysfunctional enough now to scare off anyone, especially with the possibility of Trump II out there -- and more to do with the eternal quest for freedom and opportunity. Think of what it takes to choose to leave one's own homeland, where family and friends are, where all of one's accumulated possessions and life accomplishments are. And then risking that life on mere hope that the future elsewhere will be better or safer -- no promises, no guarantees. It is a hell of a thing to vote with your feet, or feel the need to do so. It is not for the faint of heart.
I'll stand on my observation that there is no small amount of hypocrisy in those who complain the loudest about the immigration issue often being those whose forefathers took for them the land that they now proudly call their own. Texas is merely one good example thereof. Once we've come to terms with that, Indian tribes would like our attention as well.
You're right about the hypocrisy. But it's odd that some of the people who say it was a terrible crime for the U.S. to take that land from Mexico actually want to live under the U.S. government and not the Mexican government.