Immigration. Here in Canada, we have always valued immigration in the building of our country and I assume that is true for the USA. North America was sparsely populated when it was "discovered" by Columbus et al. So, bringing people over from Europe, and elsewhere, made sense. All four of my grandparents were immigrants to Canada.
Immigration. Here in Canada, we have always valued immigration in the building of our country and I assume that is true for the USA. North America was sparsely populated when it was "discovered" by Columbus et al. So, bringing people over from Europe, and elsewhere, made sense. All four of my grandparents were immigrants to Canada.
Fast forward to today. Canada still needs immigrants, but we need immigrants with skills. Our federal government has increased that kind of immigration, but also "temporary foreign workers" and "university Students". Those descriptions are in parenthesis because they are code for "immigrants" because they turn out to be permanent, not temporary. The numbers are huge, in the millions per year, and the federal government has lost track of how many there are and where they are. The result has been an explosion in housing costs (especially rentals) and a trickle down ousting of the poor and disabled from the most affordable types of housing. Result: homeless encampments everywhere.
I can't blame people for wanting to improve their lot in life, especially for their children and grandchildren. They see an opportunity to leave a hell-hole and take it, oftentimes at great risk to their safety. One way to stem the flow of migrants would be to somehow make their "hell-hole" secure and prosperous. How do you do that?
Right now, there is a situation in Venezuela where a vicious dictator has, clearly, lost an election. There is an opportunity to oust him and his gang. What could the West do to make that happen?
Immigration. Here in Canada, we have always valued immigration in the building of our country and I assume that is true for the USA. North America was sparsely populated when it was "discovered" by Columbus et al. So, bringing people over from Europe, and elsewhere, made sense. All four of my grandparents were immigrants to Canada.
Fast forward to today. Canada still needs immigrants, but we need immigrants with skills. Our federal government has increased that kind of immigration, but also "temporary foreign workers" and "university Students". Those descriptions are in parenthesis because they are code for "immigrants" because they turn out to be permanent, not temporary. The numbers are huge, in the millions per year, and the federal government has lost track of how many there are and where they are. The result has been an explosion in housing costs (especially rentals) and a trickle down ousting of the poor and disabled from the most affordable types of housing. Result: homeless encampments everywhere.
I can't blame people for wanting to improve their lot in life, especially for their children and grandchildren. They see an opportunity to leave a hell-hole and take it, oftentimes at great risk to their safety. One way to stem the flow of migrants would be to somehow make their "hell-hole" secure and prosperous. How do you do that?
Right now, there is a situation in Venezuela where a vicious dictator has, clearly, lost an election. There is an opportunity to oust him and his gang. What could the West do to make that happen?
Food for thought!