Do Progressives think we are against immigration?

Most people for most of history have been "xenophobic". The last 50 years is progressives trying to convince us we know better than them.

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Do Progressives think we are against immigration?

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I am for severely limiting it right now, across the board. No need to let anyone else in until we kick a bunch of illegals out and get our house in order.

We are not the world's people dump.

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Some of the hardest working and smartest folks come from 3rd world

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And?
I don't want to compete with smart hard working foreigners. Why should I want that?

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Is that what they've been led to believe somehow?

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I refuse to believe that most actually believe it. It's just one of those things they say when they don't have a solid argument, like "you're a racist" or "you don't care about poor people."

I am in favor of immigration. A Swiss-style immigration program admitting skilled, white-collar immigrants in fields where their skills are badly needed.

I am against the immigration of the unskilled poor.

We need an immediate moratorium on all imigratation until policy is reformed.

1. Deport all illegal aliens

2. Enact a program of tightly restricted immigration

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"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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I didn't realize a poem on a statute was our immigration law.

Because it's not.

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Some of the hardest working and smartest folks come from 3rd world.

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The third world clearly needs their smart people to stay. We don't want third world people. It makes us seem needy and desperate.

Our immigration policy should look a lot like basically any other Nation that is a sought-after destination. Go look up New Zealand policy. It can be summed up pretty simply. They're happy to have you if you're a net gain for New Zealand. Otherwise stay where you are. This same general policy exist almost everywhere you would really want to go except for the United States. Only the United States we'll let you come here to be on welfare. But it's worse than just welfare. New Zealand doesn't just not want you if your on welfare. They don't want you if you're the slightest f****** threat to be on welfare. And in fact even if you show up meeting their guidelines if you failed to live up to your end of the bargain within a certain time frame thank kick your arse back out. That's not racist that's not a xenophobic. That's called common sense when you have a product is in demand

Exactly. Immigration should not be charity, if you can come in and contribute I'm all for immigration. Those who will just suck up resources should stay where they are.