Immigrants & DC

[Anonymous]

According to the article:

The nations most dependent on such money transfers are El Salvador and Honduras, for which remittances represented 26.16% and 25.87% of their 2021 GDP, respectively. In Guatemala, remittances totaled the equivalent of 17.79% of GDP in 2021, and 15.32% in Nicaragua.

Keeping them coming here, keeps the money flowing there.

[Anonymous]

Half of it funds chain migration for more illegals aliens to country shop their way to MoCo, MD USA.

[Anonymous]

Most of it is unreported income.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. Immigrants, for better or for worse, are usually too prideful for that. They’ll take any work they can get.

Immigrants also have lower rates of substance abuse and drug use (Which often are the trigger event for homelessness), even after controlling for every other factor.

Those are the immigrants of the past. I’ve seen the new immigrants pissing in the streets and getting drunk in the open, but I think they are more willing to take any job they can find.

[Anonymous]

Go volunteer at Holy Cross hospital.

[Anonymous]

The shelters are packed. Homelessness is increasing. People are sleeping on streets. Will cost $100M this year. No solution.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hope TX sends you more!

Why send them to DC and make them the burden of DC residents and taxpayers?

It's a federal issue, which takes action by Congress to do anything about it.

Don't you know that DC residents and taxpayers have no representation and no vote in Congress?

Being a sanctuary city comes with responsibilities.

All that "sanctuary city" means is that the city does not enforce federal laws. And, it's not their job to enforce federal laws.

And that comes with responsibilities. I don’t get why you’re so opposed to immigrants.

By "responsibilities" you mean you feel DC should be punished - for not doing something that is not their job, but the federal government's job to do, and for which DC receives no federal dollars to do. And again, DC has no say in immigrant policy. We don't have a vote. If you want federal action on this, you need to send them to places that DO have a vote.

Biden and other dems told you point blank they planned to flood the country with immigrants. You still voted for Biden. Enjoy!

Well who else was there? Trump certainly wasn’t a good option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The shelters are packed. Homelessness is increasing. People are sleeping on streets. Will cost $100M this year. No solution.

This is going to be a nightmare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go volunteer at Holy Cross hospital.

What will we see?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. Immigrants, for better or for worse, are usually too prideful for that. They’ll take any work they can get.

Immigrants also have lower rates of substance abuse and drug use (Which often are the trigger event for homelessness), even after controlling for every other factor.

Those are the immigrants of the past. I’ve seen the new immigrants pissing in the streets and getting drunk in the open, but I think they are more willing to take any job they can find.

Nope nothing racist about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Immigrants are taking up space in our local shelters and the unhoused population has grown by 12%.

Think there’s a connection?

Connection?

I think there's a direct connection to Greg Abbott, who quite bizarrely decided to put them on buses and sent them to DC as if somehow the citizens of DC who don't even have any representation in Congress are somehow going to be able to do something about national border and immigration policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Immigrants are taking up space in our local shelters and the unhoused population has grown by 12%.

Think there’s a connection?

Connection?

I think there's a direct connection to Greg Abbott, who quite bizarrely decided to put them on buses and sent them to DC as if somehow the citizens of DC who don't even have any representation in Congress are somehow going to be able to do something about national border and immigration policy.

If DC received statehood, would it vote differently than it does already? My guess is no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Immigrants are taking up space in our local shelters and the unhoused population has grown by 12%.

Think there’s a connection?

Connection?

I think there's a direct connection to Greg Abbott, who quite bizarrely decided to put them on buses and sent them to DC as if somehow the citizens of DC who don't even have any representation in Congress are somehow going to be able to do something about national border and immigration policy.

Why should border states have to bear the responsibility. We declared ourselves a sanctuary city, so it's on us to rise to the challenge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Immigrants are taking up space in our local shelters and the unhoused population has grown by 12%.

Think there’s a connection?

Connection?

I think there's a direct connection to Greg Abbott, who quite bizarrely decided to put them on buses and sent them to DC as if somehow the citizens of DC who don't even have any representation in Congress are somehow going to be able to do something about national border and immigration policy.

Why should border states have to bear the responsibility. We declared ourselves a sanctuary city, so it's on us to rise to the challenge.

Because there is a difference between people migrating to where they want to vs showboating state governors sending busses to places they have cultural disdain towards. If you pay for a bus then you are a trafficker yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Immigrants are taking up space in our local shelters and the unhoused population has grown by 12%.

Think there’s a connection?

Connection?

I think there's a direct connection to Greg Abbott, who quite bizarrely decided to put them on buses and sent them to DC as if somehow the citizens of DC who don't even have any representation in Congress are somehow going to be able to do something about national border and immigration policy.

Why should border states have to bear the responsibility. We declared ourselves a sanctuary city, so it's on us to rise to the challenge.

Because there is a difference between people migrating to where they want to vs showboating state governors sending busses to places they have cultural disdain towards. If you pay for a bus then you are a trafficker yourself.

DC is where these migrants WANT to go. If the governor of TX had not sent them, the Biden administration eventually would through the NGOs they fund to transport migrants.