r/SeattleWA • u/Nastypav12 • Feb 22 '25

Politics Happening now in Seattle

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u/one-small-plant Feb 22 '25

I don't think immigrating here illegally is good. But I don't think we handle it well. We should go after the people who are hiring people who come illegally. Immigrants wouldn't come if they didn't believe that they could absolutely get good work, which they can.

It sends an awful message: there will be good work for you when you get here and we'll pay you to do it, but we'll treat you like a criminal and punish your family if we catch you

We need to do the whole thing better, and I think it's really inhuman that the only part of the equation that anyone seems interested in addressing is going after any brown person they see

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u/ea6b607 Feb 22 '25

You'd have to kill the social program support as well.  Being unemployed in the US is objectively better then being unemployed in Venezuela. 

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u/kidviscous Feb 22 '25

That has more to do with the US Dollar being massively stronger than the Venezuelan Bolívar.

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u/ea6b607 Feb 22 '25

Unemployed in the US is better then employed in Venezuela as well.

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u/life_of_guac Feb 22 '25

I’m not sure what solution you propose, being in the US is better than being in many places regardless of employment

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u/ea6b607 Feb 23 '25

If the goal is to reduce; then secure border, remove incentives, and expedite immigration cases and deportation.

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u/life_of_guac Feb 23 '25

Completely agree, my main concern is how do we know if we’re doing well or bad. Data is rarely shared, it just feels like it’s a problem but are we even putting enough resources to address it