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I don’t know what foxnews has said about immigrants from Afghanistan but was simply trying to make a point about what was actually happening and how someone simply sees immigrant and immediately jumps to the dark side. And while I don’t always agree w Gov Stitt I am grateful for his leadership on this issue, grateful for the generosity of those supporting these immigrants and grateful for the immigrants themselves. I hope in 50 yrs Stillwater has a whole community of people w Afghan ancestry.
Oklahoma State has a facility (1 of 3 of its kind in the nation) that provides services, resources and community for immigrants and their families attending or affiliated with OSU. The Family Resource Center (FRC) is truly a jewel on our campus because of the people who work there and the people they serve.
Through the FRC I have met and have 1st hand accounts of some incredible people. One such person (a PhD student) was a volunteer who worked countless thankless hours on covid research that was on top of his PhD requirements. He volunteered when no other students would step up and stuck with it through 18 hour days.
Attitudes like Grandad exhibited above are wrong and need to be called out. Yes we are a nation of law. Yes we have borders and those have to be secure and laws have to be followed. But when you speak out like he did that shows you don’t understand those laws or respect those from other countries who make life better for him. It’s ignorant and borders on something else.
Oklahoma State has a facility (1 of 3 of its kind in the nation) that provides services, resources and community for immigrants and their families attending or affiliated with OSU. The Family Resource Center (FRC) is truly a jewel on our campus because of the people who work there and the people they serve.
Through the FRC I have met and have 1st hand accounts of some incredible people. One such person (a PhD student) was a volunteer who worked countless thankless hours on covid research that was on top of his PhD requirements. He volunteered when no other students would step up and stuck with it through 18 hour days.
Attitudes like Grandad exhibited above are wrong and need to be called out. Yes we are a nation of law. Yes we have borders and those have to be secure and laws have to be followed. But when you speak out like he did that shows you don’t understand those laws or respect those from other countries who make life better for him. It’s ignorant and borders on something else.
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I may have misunderstood your post. I thought you were saying that you had the wrong group, but you still believed that they shouldn't be allowed in our country.
I'm not sure we would disagree all that much on the southern border. I'm a big believer in legal immigration, but I don't like illegal immigration, and I don't think we should grant asylum to anyone and everyone that shows up at our border claiming to seek it.
I'm not sure we would disagree all that much on the southern border. I'm a big believer in legal immigration, but I don't like illegal immigration, and I don't think we should grant asylum to anyone and everyone that shows up at our border claiming to seek it.
Honestly, yes. But to make it work as intended and effectively the ENTIRE border must be sealed and the existing federal immigration laws strictly enforced. It will hurt some, but help the rest in the long run and it’s served us pretty well this far. Also, that doesn’t mean those already here are automatically in. If you’re caught and discovered not to be going through the process to become legal citizens, bye bye. And let me be emphasize, the asylum process is a formal application process, not just “everyone currently at the border raise your hand and request immediate asylum”…no no no no
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But in order to petition for asylum, a process you describe as formal and one you honestly support, you have to be IN the US. There are other ways to do that but one is to physically be in the US. And not everyone who applies get asylum. The majority are rejected and subject to deportation.
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I support our asylum laws. We should grant asylum to anyone that can prove that they fear persecution in their home country over things like race and religion. The problem is that many people use this process as a way to get around our immigration system.
The Trump administration did something really smart. They reached agreements with several countries that required refugees to seek asylum in the first safe country they stepped foot in. Now, we can argue about which countries are actually "safe", but this policy stopped people from traveling through multiple countries to seek asylum here.
The Biden administration suspended these agreements. It wasn't surprising to see the border crisis worsen. It's my understanding that our southern border activity is at it's highest level in over 2 decades.
The Trump administration did something really smart. They reached agreements with several countries that required refugees to seek asylum in the first safe country they stepped foot in. Now, we can argue about which countries are actually "safe", but this policy stopped people from traveling through multiple countries to seek asylum here.
The Biden administration suspended these agreements. It wasn't surprising to see the border crisis worsen. It's my understanding that our southern border activity is at it's highest level in over 2 decades.