966 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 25 Jan \ on: What’s happening at the Texas border? culture
After reading Governor Abbott’s letter I heard some folks on Twitter calling for the beginning of another civil war, which seems like a big escalation… but maybe I just didn’t fully appreciate the scope of the problem.
The scope is actually quite severe. Something like 2+ million new entrants in the last few years? That's almost 1% of the population, higher than the overall population growth rate. I have no doubt that border towns and other immigrant destinations are struggling to deal with the huge flow of people.
Civil war analogy comes down to the conflict between states and the federal government, as it did last time.
If you were in charge of setting immigration policy and defending America’s border, what would you change?
I'd devote less money to fighting foreign wars and instead devote more resources to enforcing our already existing immigration policy, humanely but lawfully.
What is the most likely path towards resolving the increase in illegal immigration in America?
I'm not sure because I'm not entirely sure of root causes. Everyone has a different theory. Enforcement can only take you so far without addressing the underlying reasons.
If you’re based in TX/CA/AZ/NM, have you felt/seen the impact of the recent illegal immigration?
Based in Los Angles. Not a border town, and there have always been lots of immigrants here, so it's hard to tell what the impact of illegal immigration is, per se. Housing shortage is being felt way more than illegal immigration, imo. There's homeless people everywhere and they mostly seem to be white or black, not hispanic.
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3 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 25 Jan
The scope is actually quite severe. Something like 2+ million new entrants in the last few years?
for comparison, Canada (a population of 40 million) is getting 500k immigrants/year now, which is over 1% of the total population. this is happening through “legal” avenues, but seems to be having a big effect on traffic, housing costs, homeless population, etc…
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