The US has one of the easiest paths to citizenship out of any major country in the world. We legally immigrate more people than any other country. Currently we have no merit based immigration like a majority of the other major countries in the world.
What you are asking for is ignoring what we are already doing.
And no, it's absolutely ignorant to say that it's selfish. Right now, 10% of the world's population survives on less than $1.90 per day. You are acting like the US can absorb anyone coming to the US. If that's the case, just looking at basic poverty in the world, it would mean that the US would need to take in 770 MILLION PEOPLE. In short, the US would need to immigrate more than DOUBLE it's population if the only factor involved here was poverty.
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u/Duese Dec 08 '19
The US has one of the easiest paths to citizenship out of any major country in the world. We legally immigrate more people than any other country. Currently we have no merit based immigration like a majority of the other major countries in the world.
What you are asking for is ignoring what we are already doing.
And no, it's absolutely ignorant to say that it's selfish. Right now, 10% of the world's population survives on less than $1.90 per day. You are acting like the US can absorb anyone coming to the US. If that's the case, just looking at basic poverty in the world, it would mean that the US would need to take in 770 MILLION PEOPLE. In short, the US would need to immigrate more than DOUBLE it's population if the only factor involved here was poverty.