It looks like the Biden administration is in a bind here, since it’s being kept from rescinding the Remain in Mexico policy by conservative judges. To me, the morality is clear: desperate asylum seekers should not be treated like criminals. It’s also bizarre to refuse entry when the US is experiencing a labor shortage. The courts must expedite a resolution to end this stupid policy.
I also see this as a moral obligation on the part of the US for many of the asylum seekers. Much of the turmoil in Latin America is in one way or another linked to the United States, whether it be foreign policy, flow of drugs to the US’s market, or a history of meddling. Of course it’s not totally on the US, like with Venezuelans fleeing Maduro’s regime. But there too, there are important humanitarian principles involved.
- ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) English8•1 year ago
Venezuelans are fleeing the conditions that US sanctions created. The whole region has been destabilized by your murderous regime, and now its putting people who are fleeing the conditions your fascist government created are being put into concentration camps.
Anybody who actually wants to know why Latin America is the way it is today need to read Killing Hope to understand the kinds of crimes against humanity US regime has been committing there.
Wow. I’m condemning the actions of my own government and this is your reaction? Are you capable of not being caustic?
- ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) English9•1 year ago
You’re blaming the government of Venezuela for the conditions your regime is directly responsible for. I’m simply addressing the misinformation in your comment.
The crisis - both political and economic - started several years before the US even started imposing sanctions on Venezuela, and even then it was just on certain officials. Maduro and friends are just trying to fool you. His crappy economic policies and political repression brought Venezuela to where it is. That’s why you see naturalized Venezuelans in the US often voting for Republicans. They are reacting to the mismanagement under Maduro.
- ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) English8•1 year ago
I’m curious, are you genuinely ignorant of what US has been doing in Venezuela long before Maudro?
Here’s a little primer you might want to read. Then go read the book I linked in the previous comment and learn at least a smidgen of history of what your regime has been up to, and how it translates into the horrors people of Latin America experience today.
That’s not relevant to the current migrant crisis. And as I’ve stated, even though the US bears little responsibility for the current situation, it should welcome Venezuelan refugees as a humanitarian principle. It’s not their fault that their president is a shitty military-backed dictator.
Edit: Part of why I hate Maduro: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/six-ways-nicolas-maduro-stays-in-power-in-venezuela/21806197
- ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) English8•1 year ago
The fact that US has been destabilizing the region is in fact very much relevant. Once you read up on the subject you’ll understand why.
Meanwhile, if you get your views on Venezuela from the economist, that explains a lot.
Lol did you just say labor shortage unironically
Yes, it’s a problem in certain industries, often compounding with other COVID-19 related difficulties. It’s one of, but not the only, driver behind inflation.
You’re talking about letting people in to essentially function as scabs for the American worker. Endless immigration is one of the main reasons wages are such shit in the first place.
That’s not what I’m talking about. The problem is more that there is a shrinking labor force as birth rates fall, while at the same time longer lifespans mean a larger number of retired people. Countries like the US are currently in a privileged position of being able to fill gaps in the labor force. That said, for the sake of the countries that are experiencing migration, I hope this does not remain constant. A constant outflow of the most able people really hollows out an economy.
Endless immigration is a net-negative for regular people. It’s only a privilege for big agriculture, construction, rich people with maids etc The US is propped up by an endless flow of uneducated, low skill workers driving prices (and by proxy) wages down. It’s not a sustainable model. We should instead be providing incentives for actual citizens to start families and have children.
What you mean go say is a shortage of laborers willing to work for less money than what is required to survive in this country today.