• Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    4 hours ago

    “Illegal immigrants” shouldn’t even be a term. They’re not “illegal”, they’re people. We need to knock this shit off and stop dehumanizing each other. Let’s do away with all this “visa” and “law breakers” nonsense, please?

    I say we open the borders and just be done with this bullshit already, so we can all move on with our lives and focus on more important things, like ending homelessness.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      4 hours ago

      No, they were born on the other side of a river and because of that they are not people.

      • Manmoth@lemmy.mlEnglish
        13·
        4 hours ago

        I can’t go to Ecuador and just live there. I’ll get kicked out.

        • Manmoth@lemmy.mlEnglish
          15·
          3 hours ago

          I have empathy. It’s just not expressed in the way you want it to be. Ultimately this is a humanitarian problem that shouldn’t exist but has snowballed into a massive quagmire that will require significant investment and policy changes. The most empathetic thing for the immigrant is to prevent illegal entry. If they have asylum requests they can come in through a port of entry. If someone comes in illegally there should be consequences since many immigrants did the lawful thing. Empathy is impossible with chaos. You have no idea who these people are or why they are coming. Many of these people are human trafficked and their families are under threat of narcos back home. The citizens of this country also deserve to be protected from unknown millions.