LurkingBones · 1 points · *
Nah, it's obviously not black and white but it's really kind of absurd to think that people who immigrate somewhere aren't just mostly trying to find their place and build themselves a better life than whatever was going on wherever they came from.
I'm personally from a european country but my brother in law (who is an educated man, and whose presence is absolutely a net benefit to the country) is form morocco.
I have literally never been controlled by the police in my entire life and he has like 10% odds of getting ID checked if he walks by officers.
I've been in situations with him where random people in stores have been openly racist towards him (not violently so, thankfully).
I've had entirely different experiences in the same places as him because i have the correct local look and people were nice to me but he tells me they were kinda ***s when he went there.
All this to say that yes, i can garantee there's lots of places where the society is casually xenophobic and toxic to strangers.
About the issues of criminal illegal imigrants but mostly, sure that happens, but mostly, illegal immigrants are exploited by unscrupulous employers who pay them half rate and don't declare they are working for them.
And then people are all surprised when the same illegal immigrants start dealing drugs for a living because, well, if it turns out that if your work is going to be illegal might as well get a good paycheck for very light work rather than breaking your back in construction sites right ?
I'm personally from a european country but my brother in law (who is an educated man, and whose presence is absolutely a net benefit to the country) is form morocco.
I have literally never been controlled by the police in my entire life and he has like 10% odds of getting ID checked if he walks by officers.
I've been in situations with him where random people in stores have been openly racist towards him (not violently so, thankfully).
I've had entirely different experiences in the same places as him because i have the correct local look and people were nice to me but he tells me they were kinda ***s when he went there.
All this to say that yes, i can garantee there's lots of places where the society is casually xenophobic and toxic to strangers.
About the issues of criminal illegal imigrants but mostly, sure that happens, but mostly, illegal immigrants are exploited by unscrupulous employers who pay them half rate and don't declare they are working for them.
And then people are all surprised when the same illegal immigrants start dealing drugs for a living because, well, if it turns out that if your work is going to be illegal might as well get a good paycheck for very light work rather than breaking your back in construction sites right ?
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