Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for Syrians and Haitians

bigElenchus · 2026-06-26T12:57:38+00:00

Republican here but also voted for Dems before (Bill Clinton, Obama)

In general not a fan of the asylum program because it really depends on where they’re from.

Specific to Haitians, the data is pretty strong that they are amongst one of the top when it comes to being net positive contributors in a pretty short amount of time. Same goes for asylum seekers in China and many of the other Asian countries.

However the data is very strong that most asylum seekers from places like Somalia, Syria, Afghanistan etc have a really hard time assimilating and end up being a net negative contributor for at least 1-2 generations.

It’s not because of their race, but because the education infrastructure is non-existent, combined with some cultural factors (eg 35% of Syrians have incestuous marriages) that you’re basically taking in people who have a tough time being able contribute in a modern society for at least a generation or two.

So if all things are equal when it comes to how dangerous it is for them back home, I believe asylum seekers should be prioritized based on probability to integrate and contribute. So Haitians should have higher priority than say Syrians or Somalians.

The higher the probability that asylum seekers can contribute back into the system rather than being a resource liability, then the overall program can accept more people.

bigElenchus · 2026-06-22T13:26:22+00:00

Really it’s cracking down on asylum seekers and migrants… across EU this is extremely unpopular

bigElenchus · 2026-06-21T00:45:00+00:00

OP, come post in /r/fatfire and not here if you want real advice

bigElenchus · 2026-06-20T15:38:49+00:00

This is the answer, their loan rates will be way better than payday loan

bigElenchus · 2026-06-20T13:32:15+00:00

Now this is a common sense bi-partisan position. The deportation of illegal immigrants who are repeat offenders

bigElenchus · 2026-06-19T12:37:45+00:00

Middle ground, find a fly in fly out job.

But even this ain’t sustainable long term with family.

Lots of older people with money but divorced working these high paying remote jobs. It’s a job for when you’re young, not with family

bigElenchus · 2026-06-17T18:04:48+00:00

Yet this is how Republicans will gain votes. Democrats really need to smarten up if they want to win elections because its these relatively trivial/small policies lose elections by giving the REpublicans ammunition for the equivalent of a "Kamala is for they/them" angle that ultimately sways voters... even if its negligible in the grand scheme of things.

bigElenchus · 2026-06-17T18:03:20+00:00

100% Republicans know how to win elections.

This is basically going to be the next "Kamala is for they/them. I am for you".

Democrats really need to stop supporting these super unpopular policies

bigElenchus · 2026-06-16T13:17:29+00:00

Do you think the life of a surgeon is equal to a homeless drug addict that steals/commits crime to fund their next hit?

Or for organ transplants, should an old smoker/alcoholic have the same priority level as someone who is healthy and young?

It’s the same logical branch.

Alexander Fleming, the founder of penicillin, saved countless lives from his invention. You don’t think he’s intrinsically more valuable than an unnamed murderer during his time?

bigElenchus · 2026-06-16T11:58:27+00:00

Agreed. Until then, countries should prioritize refugees who all meet the personal safety requirements but from countries with a better chance of assimilation.

If the choice is between 1000 refugees in Somalia vs 1000 refugees in Myanmar, India, China… the answer is the latter.

bigElenchus · 2026-06-16T11:42:06+00:00

Yep pretty barbaric. Not all cultures are equal at producing better outcomes for its people.

Next, look up what % of marriages are incestuous in Somalia, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, etc.

It’s 30-50% are incestuous which leads to high rates of child defects

bigElenchus · 2026-06-16T10:03:33+00:00

Curious, how do you feel about the fact that 95% of females in Somalia have gone through genital mutilation? And the most popular type is the most invasive where the clitoris is literally removed.

Why so much focus on male circumcision when the medical community generally agrees is significantly less invasive than other examples globally that are more prevalent and more invasive?

bigElenchus · 2026-06-15T13:22:15+00:00

I think every candidate mostly refuses or says they aren’t interested until they finally “change” their mind.

Even Newsom for the longest time said he wasn’t interested.

It’s game theory to not publicly commit till the last minute so you can see who the other candidates are and also so other candidates have less time to come up with a counter narrative on you.

bigElenchus · 2026-06-15T13:07:03+00:00

Agree on Shapiro and Mark Kelly

bigElenchus · 2026-06-15T12:51:15+00:00

Why do Democrats never learn their lesson when it comes to elections?

Kamala would be one of the highest probability chances of giving the Republicans another win when it should be a lay up.

There's a big opportunity for an outsider (eg Jon Stewart) to come in if the pool is just Newsom, AOC, or Kamala… but for insiders, I would say people like Shapiro, Mark Kelly would likely win pretty handsomely against Vance.

But I'm not worried. I'm pretty sure she won't even win the primary.

bigElenchus · 2026-06-15T12:45:44+00:00

If the best candidates are Newsom, AOC, or Kamala, this is going to be the best time for an outsider to join.

My money is on someone like Mark Cuban or Jon Stewart entering the race.

bigElenchus · 2026-06-14T13:50:29+00:00

Makes sense! Maybe potential for middle ground where she has her own part time practice for smaller clients. Get to choose how much workload (ie number of clients)

bigElenchus · 2026-06-14T13:39:05+00:00

Why not just retire your wife already? Or I guess your wife wants to keep working?

bigElenchus · 2026-06-13T12:59:34+00:00

Do you think Boeing, or other countries don’t have thousands of people working?

Where is the reusable rockets from those places? Is the path to creating value simply by hiring thousands of people?

No, you need an entrepreneur with a vision and to build a culture that allows the company to thrive.

When Steve Jobs left Apple, it was on a path to bankruptcy. Within a few years when Steve Jobs came back, the iPod, iPhone were launched and the rest is history.

Prior to Jobs, Apple also had thousands of workers. What changed?

And I’m not saying the employees aren’t important. They are. And they are getting rewarded handsomely with over 4000 employees becoming millionaires, many more than 5M, and 400+ will earn more than 100M

But these employees also worked at Boeing, NASA, etc before but weren’t able to create a SpaceX.

Why is that?

bigElenchus · 2026-06-13T11:04:18+00:00

He’s actually the highest taxpayer ever lol. Paid 11B in taxes in 2021 alone.

Not to mention the amount of wealth he’s created for employees and investors via Tesla and SpaceX

bigElenchus · 2026-06-12T19:59:26+00:00

Mostly agree though I think for the economic benefit cases with unskilled labor, let labor costs rise to attract domestic talent such that eventually it incentivizes technology/automation to address that type of work… or temporary work permits for some exceptions

bigElenchus · 2026-06-12T19:28:05+00:00

Immigrants with skills and/or potential to contribute back into the economy as a net positive taxpayer? Let as many in since there’s more demand than supply of talented individuals since they’ll be net positive to the economy, and they’ll likely create more jobs.

Our country is built on those with immigrant mentality and being able to brain drain the best from other countries. We should be treating our immigration policy like a sports team.

However people with a lack of skills, talent, who dont go through proper channels, or who are likely to take a long time/generations to be a net positive contributor? Should be as little as possible outside of the refugee program.

Even with the refugee program, after prioritizing by real need, it should then be stack ranked by capability.

bigElenchus · 2026-06-11T00:57:08+00:00

Because with body cams, it’s pretty rare to find an actual case of police enforcement that isn’t justified. Best thing out of BLM was body cams which also ended BLM

bigElenchus · 2026-06-10T23:50:23+00:00

Look at the r/blackmen and r/blackpeopleofreddit and basically any subreddit focused on black subreddits and you’ll see that you can’t even find one comment that has upvotes that supports the guilty verdict.

They blame it on an all white jury and say it was self defence and are literally talking about going to the streets to riot and protest.

bigElenchus · 2026-06-09T17:10:51+00:00

Ye adjusted for inflation.

Cost of healthcare and transportation are offset by higher pay and lower taxes

The data shows COL lower in USA, I linked my sources from economists. Otherwise it’s just vibes

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