A growing number of Chinese nationals, trying to escape repressive politics and a bleak economy, are headed to the U.S. They’re turning to a gap at the south...

Please watch the entire video before commenting.

The take away, in my opinion, was much less about the Chinese migrants than it was the story of the specific location they were coming through and how and why the process of legal immigration is broken. It seems so, so easy to fix this problem but it’s clear “the border” is being used as a political pawn to divide us for political gain.

    • remotelove@lemmy.ca
      12·
      9 months ago

      It’s not so much of an education issue but rather, an actual mental corruption. I could see how being educated could make the problem worse, in some cases.

      Once a few logical fallacies are able to implant a specific narrative, it’s almost game over IMHO.

      I ain’t no head shrinker or anything though. I’ve just seen a few people dissolve into that insanity a few times.

    • molotov@kbin.social
      35·
      9 months ago

      Non-citizen cannot legally vote in federal elections, but the source you provided gives examples of states allowing voting by non-citizens.

      "As of June 2023, the District of Columbia and municipalities in three states allowed noncitizens to vote in some or all local elections: California, Maryland, and Vermont. "

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        7·
        9 months ago

        Er…

        So, you’re talking about local elections. Meaning nothing beyond like, mayoral voting.

        And you think democrats are chomping at the bit for these three states and one territory to have their mayors be democrats?

        They’re like “Yes, yes, more illegal immigrants in Texas, Florida, New York and Wisconsin! They will help us get elected!”

        C’mon.

      • MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 months ago

        Were those goalposts heavy? You sure moved them a long way.

        And no, thats not more important. If the House wasn’t limited to a certain number of seats then I could buy your argument.

        The House should not be limited, that is a direct limit on representational government. (Tangent)

          • MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world
            0·
            9 months ago

            No, its not.

            The current distrobution of the House delegates an extreme over representation to lower population areas.

            Illegal imigrants in already heavily populated places, which is where most migrants are headed for, are already underrepresented.