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Asylum seekers are legal immigrants, and our country IS NOT too full to recieve them.
Immigrants contribute to our nation culturally and economically, new consumers that expand our econ.
Fear of demographic change fuels anti-immigration sentiment.
They’re just not white enough.
Immigrants contribute to our nation culturally and economically, new consumers that expand our econ.
Fear of demographic change fuels anti-immigration sentiment.
They’re just not white enough.
The Trump admin has been busy limiting LEGAL IMMIGRATION:
💢Refugee admissions lowest since 1980, even as America caused the violence most flee from.
💢Slowing lawful immigration to a crawl. Green Card backlog increased by 35% since 2016.
💢Unconstitutional Muslim ban.
💢Refugee admissions lowest since 1980, even as America caused the violence most flee from.
💢Slowing lawful immigration to a crawl. Green Card backlog increased by 35% since 2016.
💢Unconstitutional Muslim ban.
💢Increase in referrals for denaturalization, a process with few legal grounds.
💢Greatly increasing deportation proceedings, limiting discretion of judges and over taxing resources for defense. Discourages applications for visas for victims of trafficking and Dom violence.
💢Greatly increasing deportation proceedings, limiting discretion of judges and over taxing resources for defense. Discourages applications for visas for victims of trafficking and Dom violence.
💢Repeatedly undermining legal asylum, turning away seekers at border checkpoints, a violation of US and international law.
💢Stoking xenophobia. Referring to immigrants as “animals.” “Shithole countries.”
💢Ending temporary protected status to people victim of natural disasters.
💢Stoking xenophobia. Referring to immigrants as “animals.” “Shithole countries.”
💢Ending temporary protected status to people victim of natural disasters.
💢Closing 21 overseas USCIS offices.
💢Increasing immigration frees by 10%
💢Proposed curtailing of family based immigration, a process his wife’s family benefitted from.
💢Proposed end to Visa Diversity Program.
We are a nation built by immigrants.
This is not who we are.
💢Increasing immigration frees by 10%
💢Proposed curtailing of family based immigration, a process his wife’s family benefitted from.
💢Proposed end to Visa Diversity Program.
We are a nation built by immigrants.
This is not who we are.
