Thread by @BaldwinSpeaks

Firstly, "nations" do not get green cards. That characterization is *as* wrong as saying that "races" get driving licenses at the DMV. We would not be okay with race-based lines at the DMV. The same principle applies.
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https://twitter.com/PabloReports/status/1599777515391791104

Hard numerical cap (140K) is a low number that causes a burdensome backlog. That burden should be equally shared by all applicants *because* that's where it rightfully belongs. National origin should not determine if two ppl with identical quals get treated differently.
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If only 2 vaccine counters were open at the hospital, & only 100 ppl could be served daily, then the backlog would not be distributed by race or national origin. Would we have been okay with race/national origin based lines for Covid vaccines? It's a morally abhorrent system.
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The disparate impact discrimination that is caused by the per-country caps is similar to the disparate impact caused by redlining laws. Nobody argued that "more housing" was an essential precondition to ending redlining laws that had racist impacts.
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Ergo, individuals (no matter the race/national origin) should have IDENTICAL wait times based on First Come First Serve. This is how queues work everywhere. At the DMV, at the store, at the voting booths, everywhere in American life.
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If ending race/nat origin-based segregation creates identical wait times for all, that's a universally good thing. The #EAGLEAct does provide EAD to those who are waiting, which currently is not something that suffering Indian immigrants get.
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Currently, Indian immigrants face a 436 year wait i.e. 4 CENTURIES. This is in the SAME CRS report that is being quoted. You will agree that this is the same thing as the Chinese Exclusion Act i.e. a de facto Indian Exclusion Act.
Because no human can live 4 centuries.
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Desegregation of schools was not premised on raising the number of schools. Desegregation of green cards (EB) should NOT be premised on raising the numerical caps. AFTER equality is achieved, if Congress feels the need, they can raise the numbers in a separate bill.
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After #EAGLEAct is passed, nobody will suffer like how Indian immigrants suffer today.
- Their kids won't get deported after age-out
- They can work on EAD
- The transition is 10+ years. Meaning nobody who is in the line today will get affected.
No harm. /9

People not yet in the line because they have not made a decision to immigrate are not affected.

Just like the person who MIGHT decide to come to the DMV at noon cannot cut in front of the people standing in line at the DMV since 9 AM.
First Come. First Served. The queue.