The Immigration Protests

In what sense is the law ridiculous. I think you have to support your assertion.

Originally Posted by gukarma

I am not talking about citizenship (for which the most common way to apply takes 7 years, a sponsor, and a couple of tests of proficiency of both the language and american history). I am talking about LEAVING your country in the most common of ways to enter the US - through and i485. There is a cap (of either 33,000 or 55,000 if you are a special worker) per year for that, and the current waiting time in line is beyond a decade.

Although it's clear that you at least sort-of know what you're talking about, you're still oversimplifying the issue. If you can demonstrate a need for immigration: i.e. political refugee, you can get into the USA much quicker and easier, often bypassng the cap. Also the caps are not as simple as 33,000. There are limits per country, profession, and other factors.

Also, if you didn't realize, there is a limit of people we can have in this country. We can't just open our borders and let every person unhappy with their country into ours. That's highly impractical considering we have limited resources and land. These immigrants are moving always into urban centers since they rarely have skills useful outside of those. Our urban centers are already crowded, polluted, and underfinanced as fuck.

I'm of the opinion that the Mexicans should just fix their country instead of fleeing like a bunch of rats escaping a sinking ship. The ship is, after all, not sinking. Although NAFTA screwed the farmers, it gave shitloads of OTHER opportunities.

Jam it back in, in the dark.