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originally posted by: Agit8dChop
Go a step further, all those on welfare should be drug tested.. not just in the US but Aus, NZ, UK..
Fail 3 times, boom no welfare until you do pass 3 times.
I'll say it again, I wish my country had a leader with balls like Trump.. He'll take a hell of a lot of flack for this as per everything else, but at the root of it.. he's a patriot and is doing what is best for the United States
originally posted by: MysticPearl
When my now wife went thru the legal process, renewing her green card, court/attorney fees reaching many thousands, on top of her holding a job and paying taxes her entire time here, she didn't received a single penny from the government.
I applaud this.
Then again, the left doesn't seem to care about the plight of people like my wife and where they come from, because she isn't Mexican or a refugee. And interestingly, that actual has a more racist/xenophobic undertone than anything coming from the right. The left actually gives preference and handouts to immigrants based on where they comes from. The left doesn't give two #'s about the plight of legal immigrants coming here from Russia or China or Indonesia or Poland or Ukraine, etc, but puts almost their entire focus towards Mexicans and Middle Easterners.
And that is exclusive, not inclusive. In action, they severely limit any legal immigration from numerous countries which don't offer political upside while giving heavy favoritism to those south of our border. Our immigration system actually heavily favors Mexicans, words you'll never hear on tv though.
Not my wife but her sister only made it here by winning the green card lottery. Why? Because America doesn't accept many legal immigrants from her country. And they aren't close enough to walk across the border. Imagine if we accepted so few Mexicans that many had to hope to win the green card lottery. Left would be in an uproar over...."racism". Yet the left employs and has employed those same strategies for years.
So my wife had to go thru all the hoops, pay thousands, hire multiple attorneys, numerous court appearances, all while holding a job and needing to speak English fluently to hold that job yet she sits here and sees all this talk about "give illegals more and more". She was left out of that conversation. Her country and many others are left out of that conversation. Hence my green card holding immigrant wife is an emphatic Trump supporter who also supported the travel ban. Another thing you'll never hear on the MSM.
originally posted by: MysticPearl
When my now wife went thru the legal process, renewing her green card, court/attorney fees reaching many thousands, on top of her holding a job and paying taxes her entire time here, she didn't received a single penny from the government.
I applaud this.
Then again, the left doesn't seem to care about the plight of people like my wife and where they come from, because she isn't Mexican or a refugee. And interestingly, that actual has a more racist/xenophobic undertone than anything coming from the right. The left actually gives preference and handouts to immigrants based on where they comes from. The left doesn't give two #'s about the plight of legal immigrants coming here from Russia or China or Indonesia or Poland or Ukraine, etc, but puts almost their entire focus towards Mexicans and Middle Easterners.
And that is exclusive, not inclusive. In action, they severely limit any legal immigration from numerous countries which don't offer political upside while giving heavy favoritism to those south of our border. Our immigration system actually heavily favors Mexicans, words you'll never hear on tv though.
Not my wife but her sister only made it here by winning the green card lottery. Why? Because America doesn't accept many legal immigrants from her country. And they aren't close enough to walk across the border. Imagine if we accepted so few Mexicans that many had to hope to win the green card lottery. Left would be in an uproar over...."racism". Yet the left employs and has employed those same strategies for years.
So my wife had to go thru all the hoops, pay thousands, hire multiple attorneys, numerous court appearances, all while holding a job and needing to speak English fluently to hold that job yet she sits here and sees all this talk about "give illegals more and more". She was left out of that conversation. Her country and many others are left out of that conversation. Hence my green card holding immigrant wife is an emphatic Trump supporter who also supported the travel ban. Another thing you'll never hear on the MSM.
originally posted by: Grambler
originally posted by: Agit8dChop
Go a step further, all those on welfare should be drug tested.. not just in the US but Aus, NZ, UK..
Fail 3 times, boom no welfare until you do pass 3 times.
I'll say it again, I wish my country had a leader with balls like Trump.. He'll take a hell of a lot of flack for this as per everything else, but at the root of it.. he's a patriot and is doing what is best for the United States
To me welfare should be something that a government provides to its citizens that need help. However, it should be viewed as a temporary measure, not a lifestyle.
originally posted by: MysticPearl
a reply to: Tsubaki
No, we didn't pay thousands to apply for a green card. That's a minimal fee.
We paid thousands because her green card renewal kept getting shot down and we had to hire a team of lawyers to get that overturned.
There's this idea if you have a green card you'll get automatic renewal. Not so. Some countries are heavily favored over others. For example, most Mexican immigrants who get green cards get a 10 yr card. My wife and others from similar countries get 2 yr green cards. She didn't get the 10 yr green card until our lawyers won on the floor of the superior court after multiple rejections.
originally posted by: Tsubaki
originally posted by: MysticPearl
When my now wife went thru the legal process, renewing her green card, court/attorney fees reaching many thousands, on top of her holding a job and paying taxes her entire time here, she didn't received a single penny from the government.
I applaud this.
Then again, the left doesn't seem to care about the plight of people like my wife and where they come from, because she isn't Mexican or a refugee. And interestingly, that actual has a more racist/xenophobic undertone than anything coming from the right. The left actually gives preference and handouts to immigrants based on where they comes from. The left doesn't give two #'s about the plight of legal immigrants coming here from Russia or China or Indonesia or Poland or Ukraine, etc, but puts almost their entire focus towards Mexicans and Middle Easterners.
And that is exclusive, not inclusive. In action, they severely limit any legal immigration from numerous countries which don't offer political upside while giving heavy favoritism to those south of our border. Our immigration system actually heavily favors Mexicans, words you'll never hear on tv though.
Not my wife but her sister only made it here by winning the green card lottery. Why? Because America doesn't accept many legal immigrants from her country. And they aren't close enough to walk across the border. Imagine if we accepted so few Mexicans that many had to hope to win the green card lottery. Left would be in an uproar over...."racism". Yet the left employs and has employed those same strategies for years.
So my wife had to go thru all the hoops, pay thousands, hire multiple attorneys, numerous court appearances, all while holding a job and needing to speak English fluently to hold that job yet she sits here and sees all this talk about "give illegals more and more". She was left out of that conversation. Her country and many others are left out of that conversation. Hence my green card holding immigrant wife is an emphatic Trump supporter who also supported the travel ban. Another thing you'll never hear on the MSM.
Wow. You paid an attorney thousands to file for a green card? Why? My wife and I sat for 2 hours at the Internet, filled out all the necessary documents , jumped through all the hoops and applied ourselves. We didn't spend more than 2k.
My wife isn't from Mexico - but I just as the left ignores her, so does the right. Particularly when they only care about the illegals to the south of the border. The right went crazy when Trump said he's going to build a wall. What the hell is that going to do to stop illegals from my wife's home country? They are all over the place, but most American's probably don't notice until they open their mouth to speak.
My wife absolutely hates Trump.
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: MysticPearl
a reply to: Annee
Why does our "land neighbor" get such preference? You're using preference insincerely here. Is there a 1% preference, 3%, 5%, more?
Mexicans were the original natives of CA (except for the indigenous).
They built CA. They used to be able to go back and forth across the border.
They have family here.
You want it to be like North and South Korea - - where families haven't seen each other in 15 years?
Of course there's reason for them to have preference.
Leaked Executive Order Reveals Trump Crackdown On Immigrant Welfare
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: MysticPearl
a reply to: Annee
Why does our "land neighbor" get such preference? You're using preference insincerely here. Is there a 1% preference, 3%, 5%, more?
Mexicans were the original natives of CA (except for the indigenous).
They built CA. They used to be able to go back and forth across the border.