The next time you read an article about Supreme Court ethics and Clarence Thomas, keep thisin mind:
In February 2022, three days after President Biden nominated her to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson amended her 2020 disclosure to note that in various years between 2011 and 2021 she had “inadvertently omitted” travel reimbursements for two speaking trips, a university teaching salary, four nonprofit board memberships, her husband’s consulting income and a 529 college savings plan. No senator mentioned these omissions at her confirmation hearings.
Michael Lind, I am so sorry your social security card is being used, and so glad your credit score is not compromised. Extra social security for you on retirement!
But really, as Jews, why are we fighting immigration? My family have been illegal for many generations, in many countries. Portugal, Mexico, Peru, the Caribbean, Italy, France, North Africa, Syria. Finally England gave us a home, and then the US. We're grateful. And isn't this the typical Jewish story? Always moving, never a home.
If you think about it, all Americans except Native Americans were immigrants. Our grandfathers and great grandfathers were immigrants. The founding fathers and nearly everyone who fought in the War between the States were immigrants or descended from immigrants. And currently we welcome light skinned blue eyed Ukrainian refugees. But definitely we are not welcoming immigrants from the war torn and starving African & Middle Eastern nations. Isn't this curious?
But, and its a big but. If the US doesn't want to welcome a darker population, historically they should have avoided these actions:
1. Between 1600 and 1850 the US imported 10 million live African slaves. (There were many more but up to 50 % died during the process of being enslaved). At one time there were more African slaves that Caucasians, though that soon changed.
2. The US purchased Louisiana, which was primarily French, African and Spanish, and had darker skinned residents who spoke French, Spanish, and Creole.
3. And let's consider the acquisitions of the Mexican American war. First the US annexed Tejas (which became Texas in English) in 1845. Mexico and Spain had settled Tejas. It was filled with brown skinned, Spanish speaking residents who automatically became Americans. Then, to settle the war, the US gained Spanish-settled, Spanish-speaking California, Nevada and Utah as well as parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. They acquired a large population of brown, Spanish speaking Americans.
So now immigration from Central and Latin America is a problem, when, historically, we welcomed, demanded, purchased, and fought for it? Really?
We need workers who will work hard for very little. We need farm workers, health aides, school aides, line chefs, child care workers. Immigrants take those jobs and their professional children treat us in the ER. (Just happened to me). You say many of these illegals are on welfare? I worked in the welfare system. You need at least a green card to access welfare benefits. This isn't happening often.
Instead of throwing money at an easily circumvented wall, detainment camps, and perpetual military presence, and criminalizing the immigrants who get through, lets welcome immigrants to do the jobs we refuse, let them have a green card or social security number (to prevent theft of yours), give them good health care, and their children good educations so the next generation becomes professional. When we stop throwing money away on ineffective enforcement, and instead extend those funds in helping, we can afford that help. It's good, and traditional, public policy.
Are there a few criminals? Yes. One arrest gets them deported, and our cops are good.
Peggy Hill, LCSW, QEEGD, BCN Sr. Fellow, in Hawaii, the daughter of a refugee from Syria and stepdaughter of a refugee from Italy. A Ukrainian Psychology PhD is currently cooking our week's food. I want to get her qualified here. It's really hard.
"Last week, Democrats of Congress introduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would both put an end to any private detainment facilities for illegal immigrants coming over the border and increase standards at the public ones, as well as make it harder to detain anyone who is “vulnerable,” including LGBT individuals, people under age 21 or over 60, pregnant women, or those with “limited English language proficiency.”"
Looking forward to the influx of men-in-dresses, taking advantage of our current cultural moment, as the press strikes up a chorus to inform us of these "brave women coming in record numbers to flee persecution" when the obvious is hitting the rest of us in the face like a 90mph fastball. If you offer preferential treatment based on flimsy pretenses, they will come (in momma's sunday best).
As an aside: how in the world would you verify that an undocumented immigrant is NOT gay or a lesbian? Geez, just pair up two families - the two dads take one set of kids, the two moms take the other set. Boom. Welcome to America. Here's your complimentary rainbow flag.
The next time you read an article about Supreme Court ethics and Clarence Thomas, keep thisin mind:
In February 2022, three days after President Biden nominated her to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson amended her 2020 disclosure to note that in various years between 2011 and 2021 she had “inadvertently omitted” travel reimbursements for two speaking trips, a university teaching salary, four nonprofit board memberships, her husband’s consulting income and a 529 college savings plan. No senator mentioned these omissions at her confirmation hearings.
Michael Lind, I am so sorry your social security card is being used, and so glad your credit score is not compromised. Extra social security for you on retirement!
But really, as Jews, why are we fighting immigration? My family have been illegal for many generations, in many countries. Portugal, Mexico, Peru, the Caribbean, Italy, France, North Africa, Syria. Finally England gave us a home, and then the US. We're grateful. And isn't this the typical Jewish story? Always moving, never a home.
If you think about it, all Americans except Native Americans were immigrants. Our grandfathers and great grandfathers were immigrants. The founding fathers and nearly everyone who fought in the War between the States were immigrants or descended from immigrants. And currently we welcome light skinned blue eyed Ukrainian refugees. But definitely we are not welcoming immigrants from the war torn and starving African & Middle Eastern nations. Isn't this curious?
But, and its a big but. If the US doesn't want to welcome a darker population, historically they should have avoided these actions:
1. Between 1600 and 1850 the US imported 10 million live African slaves. (There were many more but up to 50 % died during the process of being enslaved). At one time there were more African slaves that Caucasians, though that soon changed.
2. The US purchased Louisiana, which was primarily French, African and Spanish, and had darker skinned residents who spoke French, Spanish, and Creole.
3. And let's consider the acquisitions of the Mexican American war. First the US annexed Tejas (which became Texas in English) in 1845. Mexico and Spain had settled Tejas. It was filled with brown skinned, Spanish speaking residents who automatically became Americans. Then, to settle the war, the US gained Spanish-settled, Spanish-speaking California, Nevada and Utah as well as parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. They acquired a large population of brown, Spanish speaking Americans.
So now immigration from Central and Latin America is a problem, when, historically, we welcomed, demanded, purchased, and fought for it? Really?
We need workers who will work hard for very little. We need farm workers, health aides, school aides, line chefs, child care workers. Immigrants take those jobs and their professional children treat us in the ER. (Just happened to me). You say many of these illegals are on welfare? I worked in the welfare system. You need at least a green card to access welfare benefits. This isn't happening often.
Instead of throwing money at an easily circumvented wall, detainment camps, and perpetual military presence, and criminalizing the immigrants who get through, lets welcome immigrants to do the jobs we refuse, let them have a green card or social security number (to prevent theft of yours), give them good health care, and their children good educations so the next generation becomes professional. When we stop throwing money away on ineffective enforcement, and instead extend those funds in helping, we can afford that help. It's good, and traditional, public policy.
Are there a few criminals? Yes. One arrest gets them deported, and our cops are good.
Peggy Hill, LCSW, QEEGD, BCN Sr. Fellow, in Hawaii, the daughter of a refugee from Syria and stepdaughter of a refugee from Italy. A Ukrainian Psychology PhD is currently cooking our week's food. I want to get her qualified here. It's really hard.
"Last week, Democrats of Congress introduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would both put an end to any private detainment facilities for illegal immigrants coming over the border and increase standards at the public ones, as well as make it harder to detain anyone who is “vulnerable,” including LGBT individuals, people under age 21 or over 60, pregnant women, or those with “limited English language proficiency.”"
Looking forward to the influx of men-in-dresses, taking advantage of our current cultural moment, as the press strikes up a chorus to inform us of these "brave women coming in record numbers to flee persecution" when the obvious is hitting the rest of us in the face like a 90mph fastball. If you offer preferential treatment based on flimsy pretenses, they will come (in momma's sunday best).
As an aside: how in the world would you verify that an undocumented immigrant is NOT gay or a lesbian? Geez, just pair up two families - the two dads take one set of kids, the two moms take the other set. Boom. Welcome to America. Here's your complimentary rainbow flag.
Don't low-wage immigrants benefit from low-wage jobs? Isn't that why they come? Why aren't *they* part of the moral equation?