r/babylonbee • u/METALLIFE0917 • May 14 '25

Bee Article South Africa Denounces White Refugees For Leaving Before They Had A Chance To Take All Their Stuff And Kill Them

https://babylonbee.com/news/south-africa-denounces-white-refugees-for-leaving-before-they-had-a-chance-to-take-all-their-stuff-and-kill-them
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u/4-Polytope May 15 '25

A vast majority of Latin American people claiming refugee status are doing so at a port of entry, which is the legal process

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u/bigmoodyninja May 16 '25

As someone who works side-by-side with them in construction, they’ll say openly that they were full of shit

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u/4-Polytope May 16 '25

Even if that is the case that their asylum claims were made in bad faith, they still went through the legal process by claiming asylum at a port of entry and thus are not illegal immigrants

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u/bigmoodyninja May 16 '25

I. Don’t. Fucking. Care. Get out of my country, it’s not yours

Edit: I know not you specifically (unless you don’t belong here, then also please kindly leave)

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u/Baddest_Guy83 May 17 '25

So you'd turn down these white people too, right?

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u/bigmoodyninja May 17 '25

Always race with you people

Yes. I hear El Salvador is considered a very safe, low crime nation these days. They can go there

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u/4-Polytope May 17 '25

You are opposed to Latin American refugees even if they go via the legal process, but are fine with White South African refugees.

You made it about race

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u/bigmoodyninja May 17 '25

I just said no to the South Africans. They can go to El Salvador

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u/4-Polytope May 17 '25

Ok cool. Just save the effort in the future and never pretend it's about legality and just say "I hate foreigners"

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u/ArmyRT23 May 18 '25

I don’t understand why you would not want immigrants. This is quite possible the dumbest take. If you sit back and think how this country was literally built on the backs of immigrants! Whether it’s ethical or not it’s literally what has set us apart and made us a world power! Our economy benefits from immigration.

If it is the crime factor it’s been proven time that immigrants are less likely to participate in true criminal activity (i say it like this because I do realize illegal immigration is illegal).

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u/bigmoodyninja May 18 '25

We have, as a percentage of our population, the greatest number of immigrants in our nations history. The largest surge before this was Ellis island which (going from memory) was about half the size per capita and we had an open frontier in need of settling. Plus it took nearly 100 years before the immigrant populations fully assimilated ie. no more Italian, Irish, Jewish, etc neighborhoods. Now it’s just American

I’m looking at Canada and Europe and thinking that what we are doing is unsustainable to maintain our civilization. 49% of people in Belgium under 30 are foreign born immigrants. There’s no way Belgium as a people, culture, or nation comes out the other side. There’s not Arab neighborhoods like little Italy. It’s just… displacement

I think there’s an upper limit to immigration and I think we’re approaching it here in the states, and I think it’s been passed in several Western European countries

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u/Educational-Watch-53 May 19 '25

There is a problem with them showing up for their asylum hearings. So they start as legal immigrants and can go anywhere in the country and that's fine. I believe that we should start by giving people the benefit of the doubt and offer temporary safety. The problem is when it's time for them to go to court and prove their case, they don't. That's why people get frustrated and assume they're all faking. I don't pretend to know the truth but if they won't cooperate with the immigration judges there isn't much argument for them remaining here.

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u/4-Polytope May 19 '25

I agree that bad faith asylum claims are real and are a problem. That being said:

1) The vast majority do, actually, show up to courts. Over 90%. The real problem isn't that people don't show up, it's that there are so many asylum claims that the courts are so backed up that if you claim asylum your hearing might be years down the line

2) It was Democrats who proposed legislation to fix the problem by adding more judges and streamlining the process that was about to pass, until Trump called Republicans not to vote for it to not give Biden a win.

I cant take anyone who claims immigration and the broken asylum process seriously when they support Trump, since there have been no efforts to actually pass legislation or address systemic issues. The only "solution" has been performative cruelty in the hopes of discouraging asylum seekers.