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We have unstable, unsafe countries that people are willing to risk their lives to leave and come to the U.S. with hopes and dreams. Most of them are not criminal but are desperate mothers and fathers with children. The Bibles tells us to welcome the stranger.
But wait a minute. They are coming by tens of thousands. This is far more than the policies and procedures are able to handle. It is overwhelming, not only at the boarder but also at the destinations across the country. It is also unsafe for those who make the journey.
What should we do?
Some popular answers
Build a wall
Close the boarder with more law enforcement.
Deport undocumented immigrants.
The National Immigration Justice center says:
What should the Biden administration be doing to address the humanitarian need at the border? There are other ways to address the situation at the border, leading with empathy and courage in compliance with the Refugee Act of 1980.
The administration can and should:
1) develop and support robust communication and planning between federal, state and local governments, and civil society, so that those arriving migrants in need of additional support can be matched with a destination with capacity to provide services;
2) fully fund and support civil society, including social and legal service providers;
3) create non-custodial, humanitarian reception centers at the border, instead of jailing migrants and asylum seekers; and
4) overhaul the federal immigration budget by moving funds away from detention and enforcement and toward asylum processing and humanitarian needs.
5) abide by its obligation to ensure asylum access to those arriving at the United States’ borders and ports.
Senate Republican Working Group Solutions for the Southern Border Crisis
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3. What would improve the U.S. immigration system?
Majorities support increasing the number of judges to process asylum applications and opportunities for legal immigration, but views on other measures are more mixed.www.pewresearch.org
Akita, under “Popular Answers”: “Build a wall”
US politicians absent-mindedly opened the border to massive amounts of immigration. The survival of the American nation doesn’t seem to be one of their concerns. The notion of building a wall between the US and Mexico assumed that all the immigrants are coming across the southern border. In fact, huge numbers of immigrants are coming by plane. Many of those are taking high paying jobs away from people born in the US. The “build a wall” crowd seems to dislike Spanish-speaking immigrants more than anything else.
As an environmentalist, a Mexico/USA border wall would clearly be an environmental disaster. To the extent that it has been built, it already is. Many animals are migratory, they move around, they need space. Building a wall in the middle of their range could lead to the extinction of some animals.
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