re: You guys realize the word "shithole" isn't what people are upset about, right?

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What a person from a shithole country going to do here in US. Most likely they arent going to show up and cure cancer.

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I know plenty of African doctors

which is kinda the problem

when you make wide, sweeping generalizations about entire countries or continents, you generally make yourself look retarded

So what makes those countries shitholes? Is it the air? The water? The predatory behavior of faux charities such as the Clinton Foundation? Or could it be that they are full of shitty people?

Let's switch the language and use 'dysfunctional culture'.

I would say that just because you live in a dysfunctional culture does not mean that every individual in it is dysfunctional.

Those who are trying to escape dysfunctional cultures are likely to be functional individuals and will readily agree that the culture they are trying to leave is dysfunctional.

So, this gets back to an immigration policy that should screen for functional individuals regardless of race or national origin.
We should take in people with a demonstrated level of skill and ability that have a reasonable likelihood of making a positive contribution.

We are already perfectly capable of providing a home-grown supply of dysfunctional people and don't need to import those.

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Trump very clearly insinuated that people who live in shithole countries are less worthy of becoming Americans than

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THEY ARE LESS WORTHY. They have less education, are less likely to speak English, more likely to have differing values and are far more likely to need government assistance and aid to become productive citizens.

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I disagree.
I don't want lower class people coming here. It's simply a supply and demand issue. We have waaaaay too many lower class people here now.

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43% of immigrants to the U.S. have a bachelor's degree or higher (compared to 33% of the overall American population).

Nigerian-Americans have a household income well above the American average.

Are you in favor of increasing the inflows of well-educated and affluent immigrants from Nigeria?

I don’t care; we are broke. If we continue taking on people who live off my taxes we are screwing my children. Call me insensitive, hell call me a racist; the truths is a bitch.

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Even if he did say it, that is your twisted interpretation, not mine.

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I don't even assume he actually said it, and I'm sick of the constant Trump bitchfest but I thought it was a pretty valid op and not twisted at all.

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And his typical lack of decorum aside, I don't understand why wanting to "recruit" the best and brightest is a negative on immigration policy.

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Immigration is recruiting the best and brightest. The act of picking up and moving to another country across the ocean is a huge test of someone's ambition and work ethic. It's such a powerful positive selection that even if you're a racist / "race realist" / "biological essentialist" or whatever PC term you use for the skull shape truthers, you have to explain how, for instance, Nigerian-Americans kick the shite out of both Americans and Nigerians when it comes to income and educational attainment. LINK

Why do you want other people over here that can’t support themselves without government assistance? That’s why anchor babies are a problem? What is wrong with helping Americans first?

Please show me the statistics on all of the legal Haitian and African immigrants that receive welfare.

Jesus Christ, people.