To: koan who wrote (47253 ) 12/2/2017 8:18:34 PM From: lucky_limey Respond to So - you use Denmark as your litmus test?... Denmark's immigration policies make Trump look like an angel. You think that USA should seize any illegal Mexicans assets exceeding $1,400 to pay back to the social system?. No wonder Danish are happy - they are making major bank on immigrants/refugees. In essence, immigrants in Denmark are taxed 100% of anything over a net worth of $1,400overwhelmingly passed a bill seemingly designed to solidify Denmark’s reputation as Western Europe’s least attractive country for refugees—a hard-earned title at a time when many of its neighbors are tightening border controls as people continue to flee conflicts in the Middle East, North Africa, and elsewhere. The law empowers Danish authorities to seize any assets exceeding $1,450 from asylum-seekers in order to help pay for the migrants’ subsistence in the country It also extends, from one year to three, the period that those who are resettled must wait to apply for family members to join them in Denmark. theatlantic.com We liberals would vote for higher taxes to provide social services for everyone. But then we have a conscience and believe that a healthy society is in the best interest of everyone. It is impossible to have an intelligent discussion about what makes for a healthy society wwith people who don't have compassion. In August, the government cut social benefits to refugees and immigrants by 45 percent integration benefit .” More recentTo ensure the message was clearly received, the Danish government proceeded to advertise the benefit cut , as well as other government policies that asylum-seekers might find unappealing, in newspapers in Lebanon, which has a large refugee population. the government proposed moving refugees from urban housing to camps outside cities, an initiative that would “shift the focus of government immigration policy to repatriation rather than integration,” according to Reuters. A Danish city council mandated the placement of pork on municipal menus (observant Muslims don’t eat pork), including at schools and daycare centers, while a Danish court fined a Danish man for driving five migrants through Denmark, from Germany to Sweden.
