Interesting. So when you read "Legal Immigration" you interpreted that as what, illegal Mexicans? Also why do you assume immigrants are poor? This country was built by immigrants. My great grandparents were immigrants as were most likely yours.
Not sure where you got illegal from. I meant poor in the "poor and suffering" sense. As in they will be suffering and probably dying if they catch Covid from the unwashed masses here in US. Since they are immigrating they have no homes to shelter in. Why are you busy trying to play gotcha with wording here?
My bad, Hack, apologies. Just me overreacting. He actually is now saying that certain people will be allowed in. I guess my point is that it was unnecessary and uncalled for. He is fixing a problem that doesn't exist. Can't he just stick to trying to help us get rid of this thing?
It's not a big deal and I was writing somewhat tongue in cheek in my earlier posts here. I get what you are saying, but in my opinion the president should be ambitious. Halting immigration during a pandemic is not a high priority, or even a mid priority, but it does make sense. Heck, we are saying people can't gather, shouldn't leave their homes, etc. Immigration is a luxury item in my opinion. Something we want but definitely not a high priority. The health and welfare of US citizens are higher priorities and more effort should be focused there rather than figuring out how to safely bring more people in during this pandemic.
So, while most of the people in this country are in quarantine with stay at home order, it would be ok to let people cross the border and travel across the country? Should they be screened for CV19 first? Should we be using the tests that we don't have enough of for the American people? Almost every other country in the world is restricting travel but we should not? Try to get a plane ticket to travel to Britain right now.
Doc, there is a difference between travel and immigration. Travel restrictions are already in place and are not changing at the current time. Immigration is way down due to these restrictions. My point is that our president decided to make a totally unnecessary pronouncement to give his base something to cheer about and his detractors something to bitch about. This is all about his power to use an executive order. He constantly has to show us how powerful he is. But ask about COVID-19 testing and he puts it on the states. He never misses a chance to show us his true colors. The good news is that his poll numbers are down and many staunch Republicans are not happy with his handling of this pandemic.
I am not happy with Trump about his handling of the pandemic just like I haven't been happy with his budgets. I understand he has to live within our current political system, but I want him to be more conservative. In my opinion he's caving too much to the liberal side on both of these issues. I wish he were less middle of the road. He's probably winning over some Dems with his behavior, but more conservative people like me don't like it as much.
Hi George, I beg to disagree. The numbers show differently. Our numbers per capita are significantly higher than most other countries. You want proof. Take a look at the testing per 1M.
I was mostly thinking deaths per million. We aren't the best or worst, but many are worse. Could use a more comprehensive list, but I accept being corrected.Hi George, I beg to disagree. The numbers show differently. Our numbers per capita are significantly higher than most other countries. You want proof. Take a look at the testing per 1M.
Immigration is not a problem. It wasn't a problem. It will not be a problem. Testing is a problem. Once again, it's a misdirection.
You didn't really answer any of my questions though. I was under the impression that one had to travel to immigrate.
