silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoImmigrants Are Becoming U.S. Citizens at Fastest Clip in Years: The government has reduced a backlog of applications that built up during the Trump administration. New citizens look forward to votingwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1357file-text
arrow-up1357external-linkImmigrants Are Becoming U.S. Citizens at Fastest Clip in Years: The government has reduced a backlog of applications that built up during the Trump administration. New citizens look forward to votingwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·3 months agopurposeful, bullshit bureaucracy is the real reason for huge chunk of ‘illegal immigrants’ they throw literally everything they can to prevent legal immigration and then throw their hands up at ‘all the illegals’ vetting is important, but they pay for themselves. we have plenty of resources for the vast majority of immigrants. we always have.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoAren’t most immigrants just an economic gain for the communities they join? Last I recall the data also shows they commit fewer crimes than citizens. They certainly pay more taxes than the wealthy.
minus-squareEldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoI think at one point during Trump’s reign, immigration permits were down to something ridiculous like 300 people annually.
purposeful, bullshit bureaucracy is the real reason for huge chunk of ‘illegal immigrants’
they throw literally everything they can to prevent legal immigration and then throw their hands up at ‘all the illegals’
vetting is important, but they pay for themselves. we have plenty of resources for the vast majority of immigrants. we always have.
Aren’t most immigrants just an economic gain for the communities they join? Last I recall the data also shows they commit fewer crimes than citizens. They certainly pay more taxes than the wealthy.
Yup
I think at one point during Trump’s reign, immigration permits were down to something ridiculous like 300 people annually.