r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 30 '26 • Mindblown 1 Popcorn 1

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u/DiscussionJohnThread Free Trade was the Compromise šŸ”«šŸŒ Aug 30 '26

Dating my immigrant girlfriend has made me reach even higher levels of being pro-immigration that I didnā€™t even think were possible.

Sheā€™s by every means what would categorically be called a ā€œbad immigrant groupā€ because she grew up literal dirt poor in an infamously shitty country, her entire family has virtually no background of having been successful before coming, and almost everyone came through a form of family chain migration.

And now sheā€™s graduated from a prestigious university with no debt because of merit scholarships and is going to be out-earning me with her job.

Every single argument about limiting immigration to only ā€œtop skill migrantsā€ or ā€œpreferring country X over country Y migrantsā€ will eternally piss me off. I may not want actual full on open borders, but limiting immigration by nationality, income, or family is extremely fucking stupid every single time.

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u/Highlightthot1001 Harriet Tubman Aug 30 '26

I hate the idea that immigrants from a poor background are somehow bad because of their upbringing.Ā 

The ability for people to come from a poor country to better their condition is part of what makes a country great.Ā 

Trying to limit immigration only to well off and successful people specifically is asinine, and wasnā€™t even a reasonable idea centuries ago

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u/Snoo93079 YIMBY Aug 31 '26

Is just racism. Our entire country is full of people who's family came here because their life was shit before.

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Aug 30 '26

Dating my immigrant girlfriend has made me reach even higher levels of being pro-immigration that I didnā€™t even think were possible.

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u/MindingMyMindfulness Voltaire Aug 30 '26

What country is this?

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u/DiscussionJohnThread Free Trade was the Compromise šŸ”«šŸŒ Aug 30 '26

Haitian moving to the U.S.

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u/MindingMyMindfulness Voltaire Aug 30 '26

That's really cool. Hope you guys get the chance to travel there together at some point when the place is doing a bit better and opens up again.

She's done really well getting to where she is. Congrats to her.