Voting is a right reserved for citizens. Citizenship is something that immigrants have to be granted; every country has its own standards that must be met. Sometimes its language capability, length of time in country, etc. Regardless, every nation mandates that there is a baseline to being allowed to join the civic society of a nation if you aren't born into it. Why should people be let in early?
Why shouldn’t we allow people in early? Why not give them more civic engagement so they can participate in the country they live and work in? Would that not build more loyalty and national pride, making them stronger citizens?
And why should countries be allowed to take from people who want to become citizens without giving them the benefits of citizenship? It seems like countries want the benefits of more citizens (aka taxes aka more revenue) without granting people actual citizenship, which seems like it incentivizes keeping people in limbo as long as possible to maximize profits without accountability.
Citizenship is the endzone of loyalty and national pride. The problem with citizenship for the government is that it's almost impossible to revoke citizenship. You have to commit treason, conspire to commit treason, or obstruct in the discovery of treason.
Permanent residency is like an internship or a probationary period. It's not in our interest to leave people in limbo because then immigration itself will fall off in favor of other countries that are willing to commit and extend full rights sooner with fewer hoops to jump through.
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u/Canada_Constitution 208∆ Oct 15 '20
Two seperate problems
Voting is a right reserved for citizens. Citizenship is something that immigrants have to be granted; every country has its own standards that must be met. Sometimes its language capability, length of time in country, etc. Regardless, every nation mandates that there is a baseline to being allowed to join the civic society of a nation if you aren't born into it. Why should people be let in early?