moron I have a question for you. it's possible you've articulated your pov on this already and I've just missed it, but I am curious

Let's say in 2026, only 1 person in the entire world wanted to emigrate to the US and they were allowed to do so. I think you'd get 99.99% agreement among US citizens that this would not be a problem in any way, let alone destabilizing to US society.

if in 2026 a civil war broke out in China and 100 million people tried to escape by coming to the United States, illegally if necessary, maybe not quite 99.99%, but some significant percentage of US citizens would express some concern about the impact that would have on our society, and feel justified in that concern or perhaps even opposition.

So somewhere in between those two extremes of zero immigration and tens of millions of illegal migrants is a reasonable immigration policy that most Americans could support.

What do you think that policy looks like, and how much illegal immigration do you think is acceptable

[Edited on November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM. Reason : if it'd be easier to explore this space via a video call or over coffee/beer, lmk]

11/23/2025 8:35:29 PM

No amount of illegal immigration is acceptable. If we’re talking about ideals, humans have been migrating around the world for hundreds of thousands of years especially to seek a better life. If there’s some crisis in China that needs 100 million people fleeing, it’s our duty to absorb as many as our agriculture and waste management and housing systems can take. Simultaneously we should work with every other country to share the load, and then work with whatever in China is causing people to flee— this is more or less how the refugee system used to work.

11/23/2025 9:36:25 PM

gracias

11/23/2025 9:50:22 PM

For those who frequent r/raleigh there are a couple interesting threads you might want to browse.

1) Apparently a month ago there were actual nazis with swastikas at umpstead park. I dont reddit very much but I guess it got bumped to the top because people clicked and commented thinking it was about ICE? But no, it was actual nazis.

2) A list of ICE-friendly establishments.

11/24/2025 12:06:26 PM

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/metro/karoline-leavitt-bruna-ferreira-ice/?s_campaign=8315:varf

Quote :

"Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew detained by ICE in Revere; Brazil native came to US as a child"

11/26/2025 11:41:19 AM

Quote :

" U.S. HAS ORDERED AMERICAN DIPLOMATS IN EUROPE, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND TO PRESS GOVERNMENTS TO RESTRICT MOST IMMIGRATION- NEW YORK TIMES "

11/26/2025 6:15:06 PM

Quote :

" ????TRUMP: WILL PERMANENTLY PAUSE MIGRATION FROM ALL THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES TO ALLOW U.S. SYSTEM TO FULLY RECOVER. I WILL END ALL FEDERAL BENEFITS AND SUBSIDIES TO NONCITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY. "

11/27/2025 11:45:19 PM

Quote :

"Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.” As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less."

11/28/2025 10:12:10 AM

9 pages and 7 years to conclude this thread … not sure what else you can even say at this point to prove this point

11/28/2025 10:57:08 AM

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/national-parks-change-prioritizes-trump-birthday-21219336.php

Quote :

"National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth"

12/5/2025 12:28:52 PM

https://wapo.st/48qWW9C

Quote :

"Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest ?In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom."

12/7/2025 1:09:36 PM

^^came to see if that was posted or discussed. Seems like the most obviously racist/autocratic thing he has done that i can think of

12/9/2025 12:18:20 AM

What other countries celebrate their current leader's birthday?

12/9/2025 10:52:02 AM

To be fair, he did do the most for blacks of any president since Abraham Lincoln, or maybe of all time!

12/9/2025 1:35:01 PM