Thursday, 10 July 2025

"Immigrants justifiably celebrate when they obtain citizenship in their new country ..."

"Immigrants justifiably celebrate when they obtain citizenship in their new country ...

"Aside from patriotism, however, the sense of jubilation they feel is significantly due to having secured at last the freedom to live and work without impediment by government.

"They should never have required citizenship in order to exercise these rights.

"Dispense with the fallacious zero-sum thinking that every migrant is a burden (as if we all partake from an imaginary finite pie of opportunity).

"Let anyone arrive and work, so long as they are law-abiding and willing to stake no claim on the welfare state, insofar that it exists.

"On this basis, there ought to be no compelling impetus for migrants to seek or obtain citizenship.

"Let them apply after 20 years of continuous and law-abiding residence."

5 comments:

Phil S said...

law-abiding and willing to stake no claim on the welfare state,

Ahahahahahaha. Yeah right. A situation that exists nowhere migrants are trying to get to.

Peter Cresswell said...

Nowhere?
Really?
30,000 New Zealanders moved to Australia last year. Australian government does not offer welfare unless or until you are a permanent resident or on a special visa. NZers are not moving there for welfare. Do you suggest they are not law-abiding?
Immigrants to the US "Consume Less Welfare & Entitlement Benefits Than Native-Born Americans". They are not moving there for welfare either — and immigrants are overwhelmingly law-abiding since they are generally more forward thinking and, of course, if illegal, don't wish to draw attention to themselves.
So, *nowhere*? Ahahahahahaha. Yeah right.

Anonymous said...

The majority, the vast majority, of people who 'migrated' to USA in recent times have been 'without papers'. In other words, they are illegals. They are not law abiding. They broke the law the moment they came across the border.

So yes. Nowhere. Really.


MarkT said...

I doubt a rational discussion is possible with you when you can't distinguish 'somewhere' from 'nowhere'.

Anonymous said...

MT Instead of smearing me you ought to debate the topic.