(11-28-2018 05:38 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(11-28-2018 04:13 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(11-28-2018 02:37 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mig...li=BBnb7Kz

The arrival of so many caravan travelers and images of clashes with police have exposed an unseemly underbelly of xenophobia. A poll in the newspaper El Universal showed 49 percent of Mexicans saying caravans shouldn’t be allowed to cross the country.

“First Mexico and Mexicans,” read one comment in response to the polls.

I think these quotes are telling:

Quote: But the tough treatment at the border brought home a rude reality for many migrants in the caravan: that their idealized vision of the United States—a kind and just country willing to welcome people wanting nothing more than to work or seek safety—has put obstacles in their path.

and

Quote:“This was their idea and their actions are going to hurt us,” said Javier Pineda, 31, a construction worker who put his name on the asylum list at the border. “We’re going to wait our turn. This is our dream.”

We're now seeing that our country is no longer welcoming with open arms the tired, poor, huddled masses, and instead lobbing tear gas at them.

And for those who came before the caravan, we're seeing those people wait increasingly longer times because the administration has slowed down all immigration processing to a snails pace. I even had a coworker who was worried about his legal status when he left our firm for another company because of the current admin - and he went from an engineering firm to a tech giant.

Beyond the melodrama of your post, what's your point? Open borders?

If not open borders, then what?

Ah yes, the melodrama of being a bit uneasy, to the say the least, of tear gassing a group of people with a significant number of women and children trying to provide a better life for themselves. Would it not have been melodramatic if live ammo was used instead?

My point is that, as shocking as it is to some, there is a very large area that exists between the current administrations immigration policy and open borders. For example, what if, instead of sending 5,000 troops to the border, we invested in sending more immigration judges to the borders to process the asylum claims. What if we created and approved more guest work visas that allowed those who are willing and able to do work, regardless of the skill level needed, to do that? Visas as a whole have declined by 10% and we're currently taking more than 6 months on average to process asylum claims.

But no, the only two choices are fences and tear gas, or open borders. Got it.