Reinforces 1800s immigration policy regarding public burden
Link: SCOTUS Immigration ruling
Here is a link to the ruling. Not a word about the merits of the case.
Link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19a785_j4ek.pdf
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the ruling clearly allows the DHS to carry out their immigration policy
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or shackles for some.
And, in the 1800's, we didn't have an income tax. So, regardless, the immigrants were never drawing cash from the citizenry In any way that wasn't voluntary.
As for the shackles...I curse the British for allowing the slave trade. This country could've had a 1000 year reign without slavery. As it is, I think things are winding down, and part of it has to do with us still trying to solve the problems that slavery visited on the people's of this continent.
Hey look, new land we just have to get rid of these savages first.
Any white person whose ancestors came here when the getting was good, should acknowledge all of it to be intellectually honest on the topic.
None of my ancestors owned slaves that I've found thus far and many fought for the north in the civil war, but, many also received free land through the homestead act. Sure, they had to plow and tile the land by hand, but this was way better than the situation in Europe they left, but also at the expense of the natives they displaced.
I think that "It's complicated" would be an apt way to describe all of this. But I do reject the idea that my ancestors did it without "handouts".
After my father lost the farm in the farm crisis of the mid 80s, I did it all my own, but with handouts. Growing up below the poverty line, I received free lunches at school and received Pell grants and other assistance for college. Throughout much of my childhood I felt embarrassed and ashamed of my family's situation. Just as an example, on the occasion that we had a good school lunch, all of my friends would go back for seconds, but I couldn't because I was on assistance.
My father, BTW, was disabled but refused to take disability or welfare or food stamps, because his words: "there are people out there that need it more than I do, I can still work, and I feel fortunate for that." It wasn't until much later in life that I realized how fortunate I was for having great parents and teachers. Not sure I would have survived poverty without them. I have empathy for the poor and especially the immigrant poor.
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I'm not sure we have any open spaces left and we do have Constitutional Amendments and civil rights laws that prohibit slavery. But if they want to work hard there will always be a place for those who enter in accordance with our laws.
The two issues of immigration and social benefits are necessarily intertwined.
I'm in favor of expanding immigration, but lowering benefits provided immigrants. Come here. Welcome! Now, get to work, and earn the American Dream.
The other option is to increase social benefits but clamp down on immigration. I think that would be bad policy.
75% of immigrants -- legal and not -- are on some form of public assistance. This is unsustainable.
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Link: https://www.lexingtonlaw.com/blog/finance/welfare-statistics.html
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Each part of the country should have a SCOTUS justice looking out for them.
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