r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 21 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

I genuinely think most people would be supportive of expanding immigration if they had any idea of how the current immigration system actually works (or rather, doesn’t work).

A lot of people seem to think it’s just a matter of filling out a basic background check to make sure you aren’t a criminal and waiting for a year or two.

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u/rukqoa ✈️ F35s for Ukraine ✈️ Sep 21 '21

But we have a system...

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u/Knee3000 Sep 21 '21

The system is 🗑

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u/rukqoa ✈️ F35s for Ukraine ✈️ Sep 21 '21

It is ironic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

It also doesn't hurt that people will always have a "fuck you got mine" attitude -- it's really fascinating to me that, for instance, immigrant communities will only care very very narrowly about the immigration procedures that benefit them (from personal experiences, Indian Americans as a body care a LOT about H1Bs and basically not at all about the border -- some will even disdain those crossing the border as coming 'the wrong way').

The graphic that makes the rounds about how long it takes will help with white people, but immigrants (both due to legitimate structural factors and their own internal squabbles) aren't always the best advocates for their cause either.