Has Fox News been anti-Afghan immigration? If so, I’ve missed that. Seems many conservatives have been on leading edge publicly supporting. Including Gov Stitt who was very vocal last month (during his address at Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce address) supporting Afghans getting residence in Oklahoma.
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.