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Just to quell the inevitable outcry of treating them like terrorists-
The base is 45 square miles according to Wikipedia.
I'm not defending what Biden is doing, I think we should be taking them in as asylum seekers, but it's not as bad as the headline makes it sound.
Regardless of his recent misgivings, you should check out this video by someone who actually paid a coyote to take him across the border (idiot thought because he was American that it was fine and legal, lol) and got caught by US border patrol and ended up staying in a holding center for 3 days. https://youtu.be/M5MxAMKmXAM
I'm not suggesting they are living in luxury. I'm not even suggesting they're being treated well. I'm just saying they're not being locked into little cages like they did with prisoners caught in Afghanistan.
Give everyone who asks asylum? All 2 million per year, which would increase exponentially per year as soon as that decision is announced?
Asylum suggests they're living here. 2 million additional people per year. America only has 334 million citizens. Or, we could do what every other reasonable country does and what Biden is trying to do in a more humane way: give them shelter somewhere safe and let the people in who are genuinely in need of asylum, those who's lives would be endangered by blocking entry... And the rest will be sent back to try again.
I'm not a conservative, but I am for rational policy decisions. I suggest letting anyone who's open for a free-for-all house 10-20 people who have no familiarity with their culture, who don't even know each other, and pay for all their needs. I think they would change their mind quite quickly.
I'm not sure what the number of citizens has to do with anything. Why would it be bad to let them become citizens if they want to? The U.S. also has plenty of room and they'll be paying taxes. We've also taken in large numbers of asylum seekers before. That's why Ilhan Omar is one of the best women in congress.
There is already a path to citizenship and asylum. They're called citizenship and asylum.
Too bad they're both beyond achievable for so many who could benefit from them...
Our strength as a country for the last century is due to the unending flow of new ambition, hope, and vitality from people coming here in search of a better life. Immigrants swell the ranks of our doctors, researchers, and entrepreneurs. They package our meat, pick our tomatoes, and find new cures. They are our lifeblood and always have been.
Absolutely! There is no argument from me there, we're in full agreement.
There's a difference between allowing immigrants and asylum seekers to be vetted and then start a life here, and just opening our borders for anyone that wants to come in with no vetting process. One is good for the country, one is insanity that no critical thinker in any party (including unaffiliated) would support.
Then you're arguing against a straw man