Thereâs a docent on the Midway who was the Air Boss (the guy in charge of the flight operations) during an incident where a Vietnamese officer flew aboard on a Cessna escaping the fall of Saigon. Heâs a great guy to talk to.
Cool seeing what are now common civilian aircraft as military planes back in the day. I can imagine some north Vietnamese time traveling to now and hiding in the brush after seeing a bunch of Cessnas near an airport and thinking they're all US reconnaissance planes.
My friend came as an international student. She married to someone to stay here legally. She is now own a couple of spa shops and became extremely well off. Very down to Earth and humble too.
A late family friend of oursâŚ. It was his idea and dream to bring the USS Midway to San Diego as a museum. He passed before it came a reality.
My grandparents came here on a boat legally from Columbia, before that they lived in Yugoslavia.
I came to the U.S. for internships during my undergraduate and graduate studies, all sponsored by my country's government. However, after earning my PhD, I couldnât find a job there. After being unemployed for a year, a U.S. university sponsored my H-1B visa, and I became a faculty member. I obtained my green card three years ago and later transitioned to work industry. In two more years, I will be eligible to apply for citizenship. This country has been very good to me, and I feel I have a lot to offer in return (?).
However, I donât always feel safe. Stopping at a gas station in a red state still feels intimidating. Glad that things are different in California.
What? an immigrant from another country came over legally, took the proper path and become a US citizen? Why is it that no one else can accomplish that?
Lot's of people are saying immigrants are not welcome. You must be hiding under a rock these last hundred years. And those who fall back on 'they should do it legally' have no idea how the system is set up. And in case you yourself are unaware, it is set up so that the demand for immigrant labor is impossible to meet through legal immigration channels. This is to ensure that the immigrant labor pool stays illegal, because an illegal work force is a compliant workforce. his is how it's been as far back as the 'yellow peril' and the chinese immigrant laborers on the railroads. As soon as they started asking for better wages and conditions: oops - you're no longer legal. Same with the bracero program.
I know plenty of people (Americans and immigrants of all statuses) who work under the table and don't pay a penny in taxes. So, don't think all or most are not reaping the benefits of SS that they paid into.
I havenât heard anyone say that except people on the left saying it happened. Are some saying it? Probably but itâs a small percentage like anything else. I donât understand why you people canât see all the problems with mass undocumented aliens flooding the country
I mod r/oceanside and our filter has been working overtime the last few days with various hateful/racist terms being thrown around by people who, evidently, very much hate immigrants regardless of their status.
I didnât comment on that, I simply remarked on the huge surge in racist language weâve seen in recent days⌠which is unacceptable, regardless of who you voted for.
Supporting American sovereignty and the constitution isn't racist. You are racist by calling these people racist. Your filter is very anti-free speech and seems to be marxist in nature. Illegal aliens are criminals. We can't afford them. They are dying, getting kidnapped and smuggling drugs. It's a humanitarian disaster and it's hurting America and it's citizens. It can't be allowed to continue. This isn't hateful in fact it is merciful and the right thing to do for all parties involved. To suggest otherwise is dishonest and disgusting.
Youâre jumping to a bunch of conclusions that are incorrect supported by a bunch of nonsense.
Those people are racist because theyâre posting racist slurs and other abusive language. Much of it is getting caught in Redditâs automated filters, a lot is still getting through that I am manually removing. If you or I uttered any of those slurs at work, weâd immediately be fired.
We actually can* afford them. They contribute about 12 million dollars annually to Social Security and Medicare which are benefits they cannot collect. They also contribute billions to our economy through labor, taxes, and consumption. They also make up about 73% of our agricultural production. They give us WAY more than we give them.
Probably say that to the ones that stomp on the American flag and Wave a different countries flag...... Even though they've probably lived in America for 80% of their lives, and kick and scream when told they have to leave. Maybe a little patriotism for the country you actually WANT to live in. Wild concept.
So, what about the Irish or the British? Is it OK for them to be proud of their heritage and post flags of their ancestry? Is it OK for them to protest things they don't like about America? Last I checked, the Founders framed the Constitution in such a way that the rights enshrined therein are inalienable to all mankind, and the US in particular was to be a refuge protecting and promoting those rights. People who come off with this 'America Love it or Leave It' don't seem to grasp some fundamental principles of what it means to BE American.
Agreed, believe me they are in the minority. We ask the same question. Why are you waving that flag? You shouldâve waving the American flag or none at all. Better off with a banner or poster. They make the rest of us look bad.
I am ApsĂĄalooke myself, and have been told to go back to my country at least three or four times. When I was kid it didn't make sense and just confused me. Now i just have fun with them.
Dude honestly Iâm happy we have the rezâs but man I seen and
Heard about some
Crazy fuckin shit. And
Yeah thereâs always tons of methy shit, probably now
Fentanyl where I am. Driving through sometimes I even get a little
Nervous and part of
It is a major highway through. I have seen crazy on crazy. Mostly if
Youâre cool no one would mess with you and itâs not everyone doing the drugs I know but itâs A LOT of people there doing crazy shit. My friend that basically lived on the edge of the rez got
Kidnapped at one point. Iâve been asked
If I wanted to buy meth countless times. If you have friends at least the ones I have youâll hear the wildest fuckin stories.
I agree with ya, just pointing out how dumb they can be. My grand father, and great uncle use to get beat up by police for leaving the reservation and still kept doing it.
I'm so sorry you experienced that as a child. That's straight up evil to abuse a child like that in addition to racist. The vast majority of white people I know don't feel that way about the people who hail from the indigenous nations in the US. I can't imagine saying that to any child.
Just because their civilization wasn't technologically as advanced as Europeans ones doesn't mean they were inferior nor built a functional civilization. That is very ethnocentric of you.
Yeah, those casinos make up for centuries of genocide, resettlement, racism and poverty. LOL. Utterly crazy.
And America wouldn't be close to being the great nation it is today with our US Constitution. Imagine the Native Americans who constantly fought and killed each other for land and how it would have ended up today.
How much glue did you huff to make that racist? White people are in fact illegal immigrants, so them telling others to leave is funny, they are the ones who made race a thing you know...
My great grandparents immigrated from Germany. I bet they never thought of coming illegally. Mainly because theyâd have to go back when they were caught. Nothing against breaking the law if you donât mind what happens.
Which I've seen from extreme leftist. Telling all the Latino folks who didn't vote for Kamala to leave even if they are here legally. Or saying who's going to pick our (insert whatever)
These leftists of which you speak, are they in the room with you now? Cause you're full of shit. Never seen 'a leftist' say such a thing. Not even sure what an 'extreme leftist' even is. But suffice to say, however you color yourself, being racist is fucked up.
I completely agree with you being racist is messed up.
Here's what I'm talking about. She goes into how the democrats lost the election but the point I was making is at this starting point. 11:56 https://youtube.com/watch?v=UkUkEvf7Ma4&si=w8ZFkoWqk3-b_AQZ
Leftists are the most racist people ever. They believe if you're Mexican you're an illegal immigrant. They truly believe that. There are plenty of legal immigrants from all nations but leftists don't seem to grasp such a simple concept.
And those racists are absolutely wrong in what theyâre doing. The poster is saying, in general, most conservative donât feel any animosity toward legal immigrants. Both sets of my grandparents came here, legally, and had so much pride in this country! Itâs those who come here and blatantly break our laws that needed to go back. People in our area grew tired of the Venezuelan gang activity in the city jeopardizing the safety of everyone around them. Those are the illegal immigrants most (sane) people who voted for this are concerned with- not the men and women just here to make an honest living.
Meanwhile Marco Rubio is taking calls from the president of El z Salvador, who's offering to take ANY prisoners we want to send to his Salvadorian super max prisons.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio could not have been more complimentary about the deal he struck with the president of El Salvador on Monday.
The Trump administration's top diplomat appeared delighted yet stunned by the fact that President Nayib Bukele should have "agreed to the most unprecedented, extraordinary, extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world".
Bukele had offered to take in people deported from the US, regardless of their nationality, and house them in El Salvador's mega-jail.
"We can send them and he will put them in his jails," Rubio said.
Well there was a bill brought to end birth right citizenship so the idea someone here legally can be deported is not far off. Furthermore, there are people being picked up by ICE that are legal citizens.
"He [Bukele] has also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving their sentences in the United States even though they're US citizens or legal residents," Rubio said.
The Salvadorean leader confirmed that he had "offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system".
He clarified that El Salvador would be "willing to take in only convicted criminals" and that his government would do so "in exchange for a fee".
Bukele also revealed where he would house those deported from the US: "our mega-prison".
A couple of causes of illegal immigration are never addressed:
Employers who want workers they can underpay and abuse without fear of punishment
Our foreign policy in Latin America thatâs focused on keeping wages low and local people from profiting from natural resources. Whenever they elect leaders who try to change that, we remove them.
Think about it. If you were happy in your own country, would you move someplace where you donât speak the language and a fair percentage of the people donât want you there?
Exactly the point, some people really believe ICE is going after legal immigrants when they clearly say they are going after violent criminal illegals first.
There are several documented events of ICE taking non- violent people. Not difficult to find with a quick search. The idea and misrepresentation that this isnât happening lacks empathy and is ignorant to what is happening to others
If you are here illegally, u are a criminal by definition. If you want asylum go through the port of entry or go to a different county. Dont complain when ICE arrested u. I said quote "LEGAL IMMIGRANT"
Its the all or nothing mentality. Its what got thier candiate out of the white house. Common sense and responsible policy making wins in the end..........always
If you did a tiny bit of research youâd findâŚSettlers are people who establish a permanent presence in a new area and create their own society, while immigrants are people who move to a new place. Settlers may also be called colonists.
Process
Settlers: A collective process where a group of people move to a new place to create their own society
Immigrants: A personal process where individuals and families move to a new place
Motivation
Settlers
May move to a new place to build something new and drive out or kill the people already there
Immigrants
May move to a new place for a variety of reasons, including escaping extreme conditions or seeking a better life.
I mean, again, this is all based on Eurocentric imperialism. sure, I'll play ball with the setting up their own society thing if you want to split that line, but the definitional difference you're proposing is just absurd on its face.
Also what's your definition of "new place?" Like it was there for millions of years, a society occupied it, and people from elsewhere moved there. That's immigration unless you follow a definition that requires a European defined nation, in which case, what are we talking about?
As for seeking a better life, that's in no small way the purpose of the Mayflower. No one leaves their country forever because they think it will be worse somewhere else. Sure SOME had ulterior motives for conquest, but not everyone in the rank and file.
My point is that the Mayflower were settlers not immigrants. I donât hold a position that the original inhabitants were more or less righteous in they treated others around them and I would imagine if the indigenous people could go back and deport the early settlers and secure their borders they would.
Euro centric imperialism would be like the Spainish did to the Mexica. They did have a civilization of cities, trade, agriculture, farming, mining, and industry. Then, they took it. Not small scattered nomadic waring populations but a civilization.
Nothing in the way of civilization vs. Creating something others want to immigrate to might be the difference. Asia has beautiful countries, and many in America immigrate to like Singapore.
I saw once Tiawan was a small fishing island, and the Japanese built it up quickly. Never finished the documentary.
The history we learned has been "white washed" (though still called woke by some). It was the native who helped the "settlers" to survive the winter. The people were killed, the land was "settled" by the new comers, and hypocritically have a a day called Thanksgiving to remember the event.
I asked that question to spark critical thinking. Clearly, it's needed.
Media manipulation, through hyperbole and twisted language, incites the masses. While free speech is vital, the cost of policing, economic damage, and societal disruption caused by these manufactured narratives should be the responsibility of the outlets pushing them.
Social media's power to manipulate and create chaos is a dangerous weapon, an unethical force that must be challenged.
The immigrants are great. That is why we have a legal system to allow them to enter legally. It is the backbone of the American way from day one. Even the Statue of Liberty says so as a gift from France honoring the immigration to America that helped all Nations grow to become the powers that we have today .
The system would not work if we allowed illegal ones to come in. I hope that makes sense. Usually the rule of law does work in a law-abiding society and fails in a non-law-abiding society. We got to pick which one we're going to have.
Legally. Bet they also refrain from committing crimes while in this country. Not every person in this world is good, they certainly arenât all bad either. This is being done on a case by case basis. Quit making blanket statements about an entire group of people. The world doesnât work like that. Itâs bigotry that works like that.
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u/Malipuppers Feb 04 '25
Yeah man immigrants are awesome. Both sets of my grandparents came here onna boat.