shalafi , 5 months ago

First off, before I get called a racist or conservative, my wife is an immigrant and I’m liberal as fuck.

There actually is a crisis at the border. Of course the GOP is playing this for points, but it’s real this year. Can’t find up-to-date numbers, but a lemming recently posted a government source and it was something like double the number from 2022. Our government is simply not geared to take on 1M+ extra immigrants.

You can see some numbers here: The number of immigrants turned away or apprehended at borders reached 2.8 million in FY 2022, the highest number since at least 1980. Note the spike in the accompanying graph.

I have nothing to back this, but my guess is that potential immigrants are thinking “Get to America now in case Trump becomes President again.” Put yourself in their shoes. I’d be scrambling to get my family in before the door slams shut. Wouldn’t you?

It’s a fucking mess. We’re trying to get her youngest son over here and listening to her talk about regulations and paperwork sounds like a foreign language. FFS, it may take years, and may never happen if Trump gets back in. So yeah, there’s a real crisis here, there are millions trying to push their way in because even legal immigration may get stymied.