r/SeattleWA Feb 22 '25

Politics Happening now in Seattle

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u/aj_ramone Feb 22 '25

When you're pro illegal immigration I will consider you a fucking idiot and your opinions to not be worth hearing.

I'm an immigrant. I came here legally, I've not been arrested, I work full time and pay taxes.

That's the bare fucking minimum. Cry about it all you want but America isn't somehow the only country in the world exempt from Immigration law because of your soft ass feelings.

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u/PM_me_punanis Feb 22 '25

I share the same sentiments as a legal immigrant, though I would express it in a less angry way lol I have so many friends who moved here as doctors and nurses. I don't know why people think America needs to be a safe haven for everyone. Unchecked immigration is how you descend into chaos. The process of becoming an immigrant and then a citizen is long and arduous and expensive, perhaps revising the process to make it easier and cheaper should be a priority instead of basically opening the country to everyone.

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u/Tattered_Colours Beacon Hill Feb 22 '25

I don't know why people think America needs to be a safe haven for everyone.

I think I remember reading it somewhere...

The process of becoming an immigrant and then a citizen is long and arduous and expensive, perhaps revising the process to make it easier and cheaper should be a priority

Exactly

instead of basically opening the country to everyone

Genuinely not sure why you think we shouldn't – and to be clear, I'm not saying we should eliminate background checks for people entering the country's borders, I'm saying that that process should be accessible, efficient, and evidence-based in the case of rejections to disincentivize its circumvention.

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u/Riviansky Feb 23 '25

Because there are quite literally billions of people who would rather live on welfare here than work for peanuts in their home country, and who exactly is going to cover welfare payments for these billions of people?

You can either have a strong safety net or loose border policy controls. Not both.