USA 2020 Elections: Thread

[David Barrett]

Just like how your position on the effect of voter IDs is determined
entirely by whether or not you think voter fraud exists -- and how either
way you view the opposing side as attacking democracy -- how we handle
asylum seekers and illegal immigrants at the border is largely dictated by
what you think of the people coming over the border.

If you think they are largely criminals or freeloaders (with a few good
exceptions) looking to dilute the purity of our people, then it makes sense
to build walls and panic when people climb them.

On the other hand, if you view immigrants -- even illegal immigrants -- as
largely the key to our future prosperity (with a few bad exceptions), then
you want all the migrants you can get.

Every single developed nation in the world is shrinking, and immigration is
the only thing keeping our nation growing.  The population within our
borders has too low a birth rate to sustain itself, and most of our social
systems depend on a high ratio of workers to retirees -- a ratio that would
be catastrophically bad were it not for immigtration.

Furthermore, every single "undeveloped" nation is seeing population growth
decelerate dramatically.  World population is going to peak in 2050 (if not
sooner -- birth rates are dropping with shocking rapidity everywhere; 2020
is the least growth in recorded history), and then go down, forever.
Everything we've come to know about population growth and its second order
effects -- the constant influx of new people to cities, constant hammering
of new construction, the constant complaints about traffic getting worse as
people come from "somewhere else" to your town.  All that's going to stop,
in your lifetime.  And all the economic growth that comes from building
those new buildings, building those new cars -- all that's going to stop,
too.

Winning the "human race" largely means having the most humans, and the
youngest humans.  Immigration is the most powerful tool we have as a nation
to ensure our future success relative to other countries that have larger,
younger workforces than we do.  And before you turn to automation to save
us, consider: do you own those robots?  If not, why do you think you are
going to benefit from their advances?

We're in for a wild ride, and we're going to rue the day we turned down
young immigrants eager to work hard and build a better life, simply because
of a line on a map.

-david



On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 10:47 PM grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chinese Immortality Plan...
> https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17191/china-what-to-do-about-it
>
> Biden Immortality Plan...
>
> https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-in-rio-grande-valley-releasing-illegal-crossers-into-us-without-court-date
>
> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-migrant-children-in-border-patrol-custody-hits-15500/
> https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1373764188032675844
>
> US Democrats importing illegitimate non-asylees non-migrants flooding
> in wearing "Biden please let us in" t-shirts provided by SocComMarx
> orgs like Soros BLM and Dems, sole purpose is importing perma-Dem
> voting blocs and paying aka bribing for them by handing out fast track
> US Citizenship, "asylum", "free" healthcare school housing etc...
> Biggest FRAUD in US political history.
>
>
>
> Trump Immortality Plan...
>
> https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-will-return-to-social-media-with-his-own-platform-in-several-months-adviser_3742792.html
>
> https://www.newsmax.com/politics/2024-presidential-house-senate/2021/03/16/id/1014065/
>
>
> Trump Rages Over "Huge Cover-Up" At The Border As Biden Starts
> Releasing Illegals Without Court Date
>
> After the Biden administration began blaming the border crisis on
> former President Trump leaving them with a 'dismantled' immigration
> system, Trump hit back in a Sunday statement claiming that he "proudly
> handed the Biden Administration the most secure border in history,"
> adding "All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on
> autopilot."
>
> "Instead, in the span of just a few weeks, the Biden Administration
> has turned a national triumph into a national disaster. They are in
> way over their heads and taking on water fast."
>
> Trump then turned his attention to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas -
> who went on several news networks Sunday morning claiming that "the
> border is closed." Mayorkas' performance was "pathetic," "clueless,"
> and a "national disgrace."
>
> "His self-satisfied presentation - in the middle of a massive crisis
> he helped engineer - is yet more proof he is incapable of leading DHS.
> Even someone of Mayorkas' limited abilities should understand that if
> you provide Catch-and-Release to the world's illegal aliens then the
> whole world will com."
>
> Trump then slammed Mayorkas for a "Gag Order on our Nation's heroic
> border agents and ICE officers," which the former president said
> should be the subject of an immediate congressional investigation.
>
> "But it's clear they are engaged in a huge cover-up to hide just how
> bad things truly are," Trump continued.
>
> Trump then suggested that the Biden administration should "immediately
> complete the wall, which can be done in a matter of weeks," adding
> "they never should have stopped it" and are "causing death and human
> tragedy."
>
>     Trump releases statement on latest developments in border crisis:
> pic.twitter.com/G2qHsxTgZI
>     — Byron York (@ByronYork) March 21, 2021
>
> Trump's statement came minutes after Fox News reported that Biden's
> border agents in the Texas Rio Grande Valley are releasing illegal
> migrants into the United States without a court date.
>
>     Multiple Border Patrol agents confirmed the new process to Fox
> News, revealing that they have been directed to use prosecutorial
> discretion (PD) to forgo the hours-long process of paperwork required
> to issue an NTA amid the surge of migrants at the border.
>
>     Instead, migrants are registered into the system with biometrical
> data taken and largely released into the public - in one instance - at
> a bus station in McAllen, TX. The processing is being done mostly at a
> temporary outdoor processing site. Border Patrol agents emphasized
> that this does not apply to unaccompanied children. -Fox News
>
> A senior source with Customs and Border Protection told Fox News on
> Saturday that immigration officials are resorting to this type of
> catch-and-release because the border crisis "has become so dire that
> BP [Border Patrol] has no choice but to release people nearly
> immediately after apprehension because there is no space to hold
> people even to do necessary NTA paperwork."
>
> The immediate catch-and-release does not apply to child migrants -
> 15,500 of which have been sitting in 'cages' built by the Obama-Biden
> administration - many beyond the legally allowed 72-hour limit.
>
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