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But if you question you will be labeled a racist by certain posters.
And if you state your opinion and then try to defend it, even though you are not being racist or inflammatory, your posts will be deleted and/or the thread will be closed.
I say as long as they come here LEGALLY and are not terrorists (which we can't know for sure), then I'm not too worried.
Where are refugees coming from when they find themselves in Idaho? According to statistics from the Idaho Office for Refugees, about 5,700 refugees came to the state from between 2002 and 2012. The largest number, 926, came from Bhutan; 780 came from Iraq; 658 came from Uzbekistan; 562 came from Burma and 529 came from Somalia. The greatest share of Idaho’s refugees — 34 percent over the last decade — came from the Near East and South Asia.
Why does it seem like we have so few from say Great Briton, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, etc? At first glance, it seems like the "refugee" policy is rather racist and discriminatory.
Speaking as an immigrant from Great Britain, I'd say it is because the situation in Northern Europe is considerably less dire and needing of refuge than it is in those other places.
My question is why not relocate them to areas that are in need of workers, not into smaller towns and areas that are hard up for work with their current population. I am all for helping people out but we have to remember to look after our own first and once we have that taken care of, then reach out to help others.
Based on this thread, Idaho certainly deserves the reputation it has and continues to try to fight. Thank some of you for that.
What reputation is that? The one that respects hard work, community, effort, success? The one that respects small businesses and the opportunities that they provide to their communities? Businesses and neighborhoods that depend on people that have some degree of skills? That respect people that contribute to the community?
The concept of importing unskilled, uneducated individuals from radically different cultures, ones often steeped in violence and poverty, often with little concept of work and productivity, is an action that usually, though not always, results in harming the area they are dumped in. That is what I oppose. The entire concept of "you made your home a dump, come on in and live here" needs to change. That's not "wacist", it's common sense.
I don't care where someone is from or what race they are. We need to change our immigration policies. Give priority to people with skills this country needs, or at least to those that have contributed to their countries or helped Americans around the world. We have a Dr. in Pakistan that helped us take down Osama-we should do what we can to get him and his family here (if that's what they would like). Instead we leave him to rot in a prison. Iraqis that have helped US troops, warned them where IEDs were planted or helped take down insurgents should get a spot at the front of the line. Individuals with experience with business and with money to invest to start a business. People with advanced degrees in say physics, materials science, various STEM PhDs, those fields that are too hard for many Americans to work through and are in demand.
But people with no work experience, no skills, no abilities, no history of contributing to their community? We have enough of them already-why do we need to import more?
Bringing people in with no skills, no education, violent background is all part of...... "fundamentally transforming America", come on Toyman, get with the program......
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