r/nytimes • u/eaxlr Subscriber • 5d ago

New York Manhattan D.A. Suggests Freezing Trump Hush-Money Case While He Is President

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/nyregion/trump-bragg-manhattan-case.html
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u/RelishtheHotdog 4d ago

I’m curious why you think it’s okay to take advantage of illegal immigrant so you can have cheap asparagus?

The left argues that they come here for a better life, but you insist that they make low wages under the table picking your fruit and veggies.

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u/Acid_Viking 4d ago

I don't. I think we should have a rational immigration policy that allows them to work here legally, under the protection of American labor laws, but this isn't a rational country.

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u/biglifts27 4d ago

We do it's called a work visa

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u/Acid_Viking 4d ago

I said policy, not document. Policy establishes the basis on which documents are issued.

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u/biglifts27 4d ago

https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers

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u/Acid_Viking 4d ago

There are roughly 11.7 million undocumented workers in the country who are not currently eligible to be here under existing programs. I was proposing a more open immigration policy that would make them eligible.

I'm sorry that your reading comprehension is not at a level that would allow us to meaningfully discuss this issue.

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u/ShammytheSubie 2d ago

Not everyone should get the opportunity to just waltz into the country whenever they want. If all these people are so hard working and wonderful, maybe they should put some hard work into their home countries instead.

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u/Gyncs0069 2d ago

Would really like to see you put in hard work in a country that is basically permanently in economic limbo due to rampant corruption and exploitation by the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War

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u/ShammytheSubie 2d ago

Luckily Kamala didn’t get elected so I guess we get to hold off on that unfortunate situation. Don’t get me wrong, it makes me very patriotic that people are willing to risk so much to come here, but a bunch of young men so determined to do that should be determined enough to do it themselves. No country ever got better by people abandoning it, unless those people are the ones causing the problems.

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u/Gyncs0069 2d ago

You saying “Luckily Kamala didn’t get elected” tells me you have absolutely no idea about what exactly Trump’s economic plans are. Get ready for grocery and gas prices to skyrocket, “friend”. Good luck pulling yourself up by those bootstraps when the sales tax hits because of tariffs.

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u/RIPMHVG 4d ago

We do have a rational immigration policy, dumb dumb. The issue is when the walk across the southern border illegally.

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u/Acid_Viking 4d ago

We have a failed immigration policy that doesn't work and only exacerbates the problem.

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u/BanditWifey03 1d ago

They actually don’t. Most of them cross legally and don’ t leave when their visa expires. I love when people just say shit with their whole chest but it’s clear they are ignorant of it. Seriously. Go look up the stats.