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America, please be reasonable on immigration

Noahpinion • 13000 implied HN points • 29 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Immigration is important for the American economy and societal dynamism, but the current situation at the border is a major problem causing logistical, fiscal, and psychological challenges.
  2. Americans have shifted towards more restrictive views on immigration, with a majority now calling for tougher policies, as seen through rising support for measures like mass deportations and a border wall.
  3. To address the immigration issue, Americans need to embrace compromise on how people enter the country and who is allowed to come in, prioritizing solutions over political opposition.

February 18, 2026

Letters from an American • 40 implied HN points • 19 Feb 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Federal actions have directly hurt Illinois residents and the state budget. Money was withheld, tariffs and cuts raised costs for families and farmers, and unaccountable federal agents created chaos in Chicago.
  2. The state has countered with steady, progressive policies to help people and grow the economy. Illinois balanced its budget, erased $1 billion in medical debt, and plans to lower housing, electricity, and healthcare costs.
  3. Community love and everyday acts of courage are framed as the best defense against authoritarianism. Neighbors protecting immigrants, supporting small vendors, and standing up for one another show that empathy and civic action matter more than slogans.

I still call Australia home

Kvetch • 106 implied HN points • 25 Jan 26
🎭️ Culture Immigration
  1. A solemn memorial brought people together, with leaders, survivors, and the wider community showing reconciliation and shared grief. It helped restore faith in humanity and reclaimed public spaces as inclusive.
  2. Many immigrants feel deep gratitude and pride in Australia as a safe, welcoming home that offers opportunity and belonging. For people who escaped hardship, living here feels like a profound gain and reason to celebrate.
  3. The everyday beauty of Australia — its beaches, trees, rolling paddocks, and local rituals — inspires strong affection and a sense of home. Simple pleasures like surfing, neighborhood gatherings, and public displays of solidarity reinforce that belonging.
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🧠🌐 The Brilliance Dividend

Faster, Please! • 456 implied HN points • 21 Nov 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Having more high IQ workers can lead to greater economic growth and innovation. Smart people help push society forward with new ideas and solutions.
  2. It's important to welcome talented individuals from abroad, as they can contribute significantly to the economy. Different perspectives and skills are valuable for progress.
  3. Creating a supportive environment for high achievers can help them thrive. Cities or communities designed for innovation can lead to great advances in technology and society.

The Knot of Sovereignty

The J. Burden Show • 1098 implied HN points • 19 Mar 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. The West is facing issues like immigration and declining birthrates, with leaders seemingly avoiding real solutions.
  2. There's a need for a new elite with both power and competence to address complex societal problems.
  3. Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is praised for his strong leadership, cutting through complex problems with decisive action.

Concentration Camp Labor

Thinking about... • 1585 implied HN points • 04 Jul 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Concentration camps can become places for exploitative labor, similar to practices seen in history. It's important to be aware of how such systems can benefit companies financially.
  2. Individuals and companies should actively refuse to use or support labor from concentration camps to prevent normalization of such practices. Simple pledges can make a strong statement against this exploitation.
  3. The choices we make today, like where to shop or invest, can help fight against the rise of concentration camps and protect vulnerable populations. Every small action contributes to a larger movement against injustice.

Sorry Centrists. Americans Want to Abolish ICE

JoeWrote • 162 implied HN points • 14 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Public support for abolishing ICE has surged recently, with multiple polls showing growing backing and independents trending toward abolition.
  2. Centrist think tanks are using selective polling questions and media framing to argue abolition is politically risky and to steer the conversation toward preserving existing institutions.
  3. Abolishing ICE is presented as both a moral and political opportunity that could increase feelings of public safety and shift party politics, which explains why establishment actors resist it.

Does the Economy Need Migrants?

cryptoeconomy • 1434 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Immigrants do not necessarily solve labor shortages because they bring their own demand for various services and jobs.
  2. Immigration can lead to lower wages, depending on the skills of the immigrants being admitted into the country.
  3. The argument that immigration is needed to address labor shortages is often contested by voters who see other issues like welfare, crime, and decreasing wages.

Japan isn't quite "back", but it has a fighting chance

Noahpinion • 11000 implied HN points • 22 Feb 24
🌍 World Politics Immigration
  1. Japan's stock market is rallying due to foreign investment, but the real economy is struggling with recession and weak manufacturing and exports.
  2. Japan is increasing defense spending and bringing in foreign workers to address labor shortages, however, concerns remain about assimilation and potential backlash.
  3. Japan needs to focus on reclaiming its position in key industries like electronics, developing a software industry and EVs, and reforming its corporate culture to boost economic growth.

Nationalists Already Have the World They Want but Need to Pretend Otherwise

Richard Hanania's Newsletter • 3706 implied HN points • 07 Feb 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Nationalists often claim that the U.S. government prioritizes foreigners over citizens, but the reality shows that a tiny percentage of the federal budget actually goes to foreign aid. Most funds are directed towards helping American citizens.
  2. Even though nationalists argue for policies that benefit Americans, they often ignore facts about how much the government already does for its own people. This leads to misconceptions about foreign aid and immigration.
  3. The nationalist mindset may come from a tribal instinct, where they feel the need to show loyalty to their group. However, this can make them overlook the good that comes from global connections and shared interests.

The Trump Voter Taking On ICE. Michael Dell on His $6B Gift to America’s Kids. Plus. . .

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 338 implied HN points • 03 Dec 25
📰 News Immigration
  1. A Trump-voting Chicago mom has been helping Venezuelan migrant families with asylum, housing, work, and schooling and is now resisting ICE raids and deportations. Her work shows people can be patriotic yet oppose harsh immigration enforcement.
  2. Michael Dell and his wife are creating $250 savings accounts for 25 million American children, a roughly $6 billion effort meant to give kids a financial head start. The gift complements a federal newborn savings initiative and has economists debating possible unintended consequences.
  3. A 'peace through profit' approach to Ukraine — courting business with Russia to secure a deal — is being pushed by dealmakers but criticized because it’s hard to trust deals with an authoritarian, mafia-like state. Critics warn profit-driven diplomacy may not yield a durable or ethical peace.

Letting Palestinians Move Is Not "Ethnic Cleansing"

Richard Hanania's Newsletter • 3535 implied HN points • 13 Feb 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. People often argue about definitions of words instead of focusing on real-life impacts and solutions. It's important to prioritize human well-being over getting stuck in technical debates.
  2. Allowing Palestinians to move to safer places can be a positive solution. Instead of considering it 'ethnic cleansing,' it should be seen as a humanitarian effort to help those in need.
  3. Many people in Gaza might want to leave for better opportunities, especially after facing conflict. Supporting their choice to move could lead to a more peaceful future for everyone involved.

The Issue of Our Age. Plus. . .

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 380 implied HN points • 24 Nov 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Immigration has become the defining issue of our age, reshaping American identity and driving heated political debates that push policy toward harsher enforcement.
  2. Trump’s new peace plan has put heavy pressure on Ukraine, with allies meeting in Geneva and Zelensky facing a tight deadline that could shift the war’s political dynamics.
  3. A string of developments — from a congresswoman’s resignation and an Israeli strike to shifting U.S. migration rhetoric and surprising local political stories — shows growing volatility at home and abroad and strains on institutions.

Things Worth Remembering: Lady Liberty’s Open Arms

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 1548 implied HN points • 06 Jul 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. The Statue of Liberty symbolizes hope and welcome for immigrants coming to America. It tells them that they are accepted and can find a better life here.
  2. Ellis Island was a tough place for many immigrants. They arrived scared and tired, hoping for a new beginning while facing challenging conditions.
  3. The poem 'The New Colossus' on the statue’s pedestal emphasizes the importance of welcoming those who are poor and seeking freedom. It reminds us to open our arms to those in need.

Elite Resistance to Trump: What Does It Mean?

God's Spies by Thomas Neuburger • 80 implied HN points • 05 Feb 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. The powerful will preserve the state's ability to wield extreme power while blaming and limiting the individual who used it.
  2. Agencies and tools like ICE are likely to remain funded and intact, so small reforms or criticisms won't remove the underlying capacity for abuse.
  3. If the rules that enabled these abuses aren't reversed now, they will stay in place for future presidents, and relying on elections alone won't eliminate the danger.

The roundup -- and a request for your support

The Watch • 204 implied HN points • 29 Dec 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. A major investigative report warns the administration is building a mass deportation apparatus and using tactics many experts call authoritarian, while grassroots community groups are already organizing to protect immigrants.
  2. Paid subscriptions and reader donations are essential to fund investigative reporting and keep content freely available, and subscription prices will rise in mid‑January to help cover higher costs.
  3. The roundup catalogs many worrying trends—ICE abuses, harsh detention conditions, denaturalization and other immigration crackdowns, political corruption, and public‑health setbacks—and notes ongoing and planned investigations and a podcast that have already won recognition.

Nick Shirley’s Somali Daycare Fraud Video Is Bullsh*t. Here’s Why It Worked Anyway.

Weaponized • 190 implied HN points • 01 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Real footage and real documents can still mislead when selectively edited and stripped of context. Omissions, timing, and visual framing can make innocent scenes look like proof of wrongdoing.
  2. Creators borrow the look of journalism and use gotcha interviews, lingering shots, and in‑group/out‑group messaging to launder credibility and tap into viewers' emotions and biases.
  3. Traditional media and institutions lose the narrative race when they’re slow and reactive; to fight this they must preempt stories with quick, clear multimedia, monitor emerging narratives, and expose the tactics being used.

The Front Page: Pilgrims, Past and Present

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 338 implied HN points • 27 Nov 25
🎭️ Culture Immigration
  1. Immigrant stories show America as a place where people fleeing tyranny can find safety, opportunity, and freedom.
  2. A critique of land acknowledgments argues that treating territory as belonging to races is dangerous and that extreme calls for ‘decolonization’ could lead to ethnic cleansing.
  3. The edition collects Thanksgiving-themed pieces—personal gratitude, historical reflections, and profiles of new citizens—offering varied perspectives on the holiday.

Did immigration bring down inflation?

Noahpinion • 9647 implied HN points • 03 Mar 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Paul Krugman suggests that increased immigration led to a positive supply shock, boosting growth and lowering inflation.
  2. Immigration's impact on reducing costs for companies and expanding aggregate supply is complex, involving immigrant and native-born wage dynamics.
  3. There are differing perspectives on the role of immigration in reducing inflation, with suggestions including a combination of immigration, Fed action, and pandemic-era supply shocks.

The Bondi Massacre was a Choice

Kvetch • 238 implied HN points • 15 Dec 25
📰 News Immigration
  1. The Bondi massacre was a deadly, targeted antisemitic attack that has devastated Sydney’s Jewish community and killed and injured many families.
  2. This form of hatred is portrayed as imported rather than homegrown, and Australia must choose whether to let such extremism fester or to act decisively to prevent it.
  3. Increased security helps but is not enough; practical, pragmatic measures—like stronger prevention, vetting, and border controls—are needed to stop extremists, while communities refuse to be intimidated.

Chartbook 390 Beyond LA: Logics of escalation from Black Lives Matter (2020) to "No Kings" (June 14 2025)

Chartbook • 1630 implied HN points • 10 Jun 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Protests are increasing in LA due to a heavy military response to immigration issues. This creates a tense environment that could escalate further.
  2. The Trump administration is focusing on a confrontational approach to gather support from his base. They aim to use fear and division to unify and rally their followers.
  3. Upcoming events, like the planned 'No Kings' protests on June 14, show a deep divide in America and indicate that tensions could spread beyond LA.

It is not good enough to close the Southern Border (and Northern) to immigration for 10 years, NO, it must be closed immediately but every single illegal person last 30 years must be deported, if NO,

Alexander News Network -Dr. Paul Elias Alexander's substack • 1552 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Immediate closure of Southern and Northern borders for immigration is emphasized.
  2. Deportation of every illegal person from the last 30 years is suggested.
  3. Stricter rules for reentry into the US for individuals with criminal history are proposed.

Making Venezuela Mediocre Again

Slack Tide by Matt Labash • 168 implied HN points • 06 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Over the holiday period he kept working and took a string of provocative, authoritarian-leaning actions — from public threats and nonstop social posts to controversial law-enforcement moves — showing a chaotic, self-focused presidency.
  2. He invaded Venezuela and removed Maduro, a move that contradicts his usual anti–nation-building rhetoric and signals a dramatic, unsettling shift in foreign policy that could alarm regional strongmen.
  3. His behavior reveals hypocrisy toward authoritarian leaders and double standards, while policy choices like letting ACA subsidies lapse have real, harmful consequences for people at home.

The Ultimate Guide to Trump's Day 1 Executive Orders

Richard Hanania's Newsletter • 3389 implied HN points • 21 Jan 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Trump's Day 1 executive orders focus on making energy production easier. This means fewer regulations on things like oil and gas, which could lead to more energy available for everyone.
  2. He signed orders to end 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' programs in government, which many believe unfairly prioritize certain groups over others. This shift aims to promote hiring based on merit instead.
  3. Trump also took a tough stance on immigration, changing rules around citizenship and tightening enforcement. This includes declaring that children born to non-citizens in the U.S. might not be granted citizenship.

CROSSPOST: STEVE VLADECK: The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality • 46 implied HN points • 07 Feb 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. The Fifth Circuit recently embraced an extreme immigration rule that can force noncitizens who were never lawfully admitted into mandatory detention with no chance for bond, contradicting many district court decisions.
  2. A long-term strategy to install judges who distrust traditional judging has produced appellate judges who treat legal reasoning as an obstacle and are competing to be as lawless and ideologically driven as possible.
  3. That dynamic threatens to warp the judicial system: judges pushing radical positions hope a compliant Supreme Court will follow, risking widespread injustice and legal chaos beyond this single immigration case.

As Tensions Flare in Minneapolis, We Learn That the Shooting of Renee Good Is Even Worse Than Originally Believed

Proof • 122 implied HN points • 10 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. New details show the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent was even worse than first reported.
  2. The shooting appears tied to a broader, quota-driven deportation campaign and implicates high-level political figures connected to that enforcement agenda.
  3. Federal agents operated masked and without insignia, suggesting an unprecedented, government-sponsored use of force that threatens civil liberties and democratic norms.

Governments Do the Bad Things That Sound Good

Bet On It • 266 implied HN points • 04 Dec 25
🌍 World Politics Immigration
  1. Immigration bans throw away enormous economic gains; when migrants do cause real harms, it makes more sense to measure those harms and use taxes or transfers to fix or compensate, not to close the door.
  2. People often say culture matters more than money, but their choices (not moving away) suggest cultural attachment is weaker than claimed, so cultural costs rarely outweigh big material benefits from migration.
  3. Housing rules that block building ignore that denser living has large net benefits people are willing to pay for; policymakers should allow more construction and deal with specific nuisances using targeted charges instead of blanket bans.

UNITY OVER ICE

Pizza Party • 56 implied HN points • 28 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Unity is presented as a powerful, unstoppable force.
  2. The message is motivational and pushes people to come together and act in solidarity.
  3. There’s a clear call to join and support the movement, inviting readers to engage or subscribe.

The L.A. Riots Are a Trump Ad

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 1525 implied HN points • 10 Jun 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Many Americans feel uncertain about Democrats when it comes to issues like immigration and safety. The response to recent riots in LA isn't helping this view.
  2. The current chaos in Los Angeles seems to highlight weak spots for the Democratic Party, especially concerning crime and public disorder.
  3. Instead of addressing the unrest, Democrats are focusing on criticizing Trump for sending in the National Guard, while police say they are overwhelmed by the situation.

60 Minutes's 'Inside CECOT'

Unpopular Front • 158 implied HN points • 23 Dec 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. An editor halted a TV investigative piece about detainee abuse and pushed for major changes, asking for administration on-the-record responses and a policy debate instead of the human-focused report as produced.
  2. Several claims in that editorial request were inaccurate or misleading, including points about how many people were charged versus sentenced and what legal arguments the government actually made in court.
  3. Courts have ruled the deportations unlawful and subject to judicial review, and the whole episode raises worries about poor editorial judgment and possible conflicts of interest affecting newsroom decisions.

This is Zion

Freddie deBoer • 8663 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
🌍 World Politics Immigration
  1. The United States is considered a place of safety and prosperity for Jews, and some argue that it could be a better home for them than Israel.
  2. Critics of Jewish nationalism suggest that Israel's reliance on American support raises questions about its long-term viability.
  3. Encouraging Jewish immigration to the United States as an alternative to Israel is proposed as a solution for Jewish safety and success.

On the open-borders insanity of the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show

Unreported Truths • 56 implied HN points • 09 Feb 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Immigration
  1. Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was overtly political, pushing a pro-immigration message and using deliberately provocative imagery that went farther than past NFL protests.
  2. Much of the mainstream media downplayed or mischaracterized the performance as simply joyful entertainment, failing to acknowledge its clear political content.
  3. The intentionally provocative nature of the show could alienate viewers and energize critics, potentially worsening public sentiment against open-borders advocates.