• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Taking in infinite immigrants and providing food shelter and healthcare for them and their lineage until the end of time ALONG WITH all of the disadvantaged citizens is not economically sustainable.

    I disagree.

    You’d effectively be turning the U.S. into the world’s homeless shelter.

    Fuck yeah we would.

    Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

    Here’s the thing about immigrants: they start businesses. They get degrees. They make money. They pay taxes. They drive the economic engine forward. They’re not helpless fucking children, they are smart and driven and capable adults who happen to not speak your language and may have browner skin than you.

    • r3g3n3x@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Yeah, it feels like you don’t really want to engage with conflicting positions and would rather assume I’m a racist.

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        8 hours ago

        And you just assume that immigrants would be dependant forever instead of a massive benefit. All evidence of US history to the contrary.