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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1567878)	10/25/2025 1:55:07 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By Tenchusatsu Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570268

And therein lies the rub. Authoritarians like a system where there are carve outs from laws and regulations for those with the right stuff. Connections, race, religion, what have you. Which is why now, it looks like rights now come with a little asterisk warning that terms and condition may apply. Which aren't actually rights, then. They are a gift from a benevolent, yet prickly and erratic, god.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1567878)	10/25/2025 3:22:20 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570268

We all know what you guys mean when you say that you love "legal immigration," because the only immigrants you think should be legal are the ones that you like. It isn't about liking or disliking. It is just a simple fact: If you allow in people who cannot provide for themselves, it will be a net drag on the economy. Even during the time of Ellis Island we had that requirement. We should aspire to make immigration exclusive such that they "lift up" the country, not so they "drag down" our country. On the news a couple years ago, there was a reporting standing at a fence on the border, I can't remember it was AZ or CA or where. But where the fence fastened to a fencepost a piece of the wire had been pulled clear and people were crossing by simply walking through this hole in the fence. There was an unknown newsman standing there trying to interview those who could speak any comprehensible English or Spanish, about where they came from, what were they planning to do, where they were going, etc. Many would just walk on past, up the hill, to their freedom. Some were no doubt headed to claim asylum. But you had people from countries all over the world. They hadn't all made the same trip. Many came though South America and ended up there. He would ask all of them where they were from and most would be able to respond with a single word - a country in South America, some India, some China, basically it could be from anywhere. "What are you going to do?" Most said, "Try to get a job" or something like this. But there were hundreds. And we still don't know what happened to any of them. Did some find jobs? Hopefully. Did some commit murder? Possibly? It is a process that must be rationally selective. You can't have people walking into the country as an unknown. The problem is more complicated than you understand, but it is NOT more complicated than Trump understands. Sorry.