The trouble is...the mass immigration in such large and sudden numbers, doesn't allow for waves to integrate into the US culture....instead they are congregating in areas and not learning English, they are bringing non-western values in to the US and changing the very fabric and philosophy of life that made the US what it is......rather than integrating and contributing, it is slowly overtaking and trying to remake the US more into the countries they left in the first place for some reason.....

We need to monitor and regular migration into the US for skills, for what they can contribute to the US to make it better...AND...regulate from which parts of the world that are more akin to US/Western classic thinking, and living philosophy .......we need to keep some things the same that historically grew the US to the powerhouse it is today....

You forget one thing.

Even illegal immigrants count in the census...which is used to delegate how many House seats each state has.

If you could instantly remove all the illegals....many states, especially blue sanctuary House seats would evaporate and be redistributed to other states, thus losing influence they currently have....

I spotted the Trump-follower. They're the only ones who refer to immigrants as "illegals." Most of them would come in legally if there were a legal way to do so. So let's make it a straightforward process: pay a reasonable fee and fill out paperwork, sign up with the IRS for tax withholding, and let them in. But I doubt you'd agree to such an arrangement. If I'm right, then your beef is not really with "illegals" but with immigrants, period. And that's a different beef altogether.

This should be really simple and have support of most US citizens.

1. If the migrant broke the laws currently in effect, then the laws currently in effect should be upheld and they are gone from the country. Voluntarily would be best and those that self deport get some special consideration to possibly come back.

But ALL should be gone and we should make it difficult for anyone to stay here and rent or buy a place to live, open banking, anything unless you are a US citizen or here legally...

2. Let's reform the immigration policies, make then straightforward an reasonable.

3.Caveat this by making sure we have the Feds vote each year on how many people we let in and of that what skills and attributed these migrants can bring to the US...this isn't charity, we want people that can help the country grow and prosper, AND....give much heavier weight to those migrants that want to to actually come here to become US citizens and become part of the US culture, and learn English.

4. Let's make English the official US language....we already have people applying for citizenship to show a proficiency in Englishl let's make it the official language. All official work and interactions with govt in English. (Other countries do this in their languages so should we).

5. In general, it should be about as easy or difficult to come into our country and work as it is in other countries.....most do NOT make it as easy as the US has by shutting our eyes on how folks enter illegally....and stay for long times, work, etc.

So, how's that? Let's get those here illegally OUT Let's be more thoughtful on those we let in and make our immigrations laws simple, straightforward....but regulated to do the best for our nations' interests.

How does that sound?

Well, it still can't pick apples or milk cows. It still can't clean your house or mow your lawn. You know, the kinds of jobs immigrants tend to do.

You know not that long ago...in my lifetime...the majority of jobs like that or construction, etc...were done NATIVELY by US citizens.

If we got rid of the illegal migrants...wages might rise back up to where they need and US citizens might have those jobs again....although it may take awhile to retrain since we've lost that over the past 20-30 years.....

Remote work is not the Panacea many claim it to be. The more coordination and collaboration there is the more in-person has advantages.

I"ve yet to see any work that I've ever done...much of it contractor Sysadm or DBA work...that didn't work just fine remote.

I've yet to have a situation where I benefitted from collaboration in person....

Stop zoning most of our cities such that most housing requires a car.

I like how and where I live....and any politician that tries to pass laws to mandate I have to live where I have to share walls with other people is going to quickly get voted out with me actively working against them.

If people want to live in apartments sharing walls, more power to them, there are parts of the city that cater to that.

I for one,, do now want that type of lifestyle....I'm too old to live like a college student in an apartment, I want a single family house, with back yard, etc....

I vote to have people zone the way I like to live......I want to preserve that option as well as preserve the value of the home and neighborhood I buy into.

Because most people who promote the "walking city", or heavy EV usage, or Urban this or that....also seems to think THAT is the only way humans should be allowed to live and that any other way is climate heresy.

I actually live just outside New Orleans...a city, but one I'd hardly term as "urban", at least with respect to the general living in high tower apartmentments, etc.

However, I'm sure it's a city you've heard of...?

Why do people who don't like urban areas think everyone doesn't?

I was going to ask that the other way around....

Why do people who like urban areas thinks everyone else should like and live in then too?

And with the US, depends on your definition of Urban City.

I'd say NYC and Chicago...a typical urban city...lots of high rise buildings, few single family homes.

But some data quoted about the US mostly being urban..will include cities like Houston. Which are decidedly NOT like a NYC...Houston is a huge city with some high rises in the center but there are also vast swaths of single family homes....more like suburbia than a true urban city, but it is still just one city of Houston....although there are suburbs outside Houston too....

If you take out a lot of US more modern cities...from the "urban" definition I think youi'll find the numbers drop as to how many people actually live in a true urban city like NYC, etc.

I'd not consider Los Angeles a "urban city", although it is probably included in the stats.....not everyone shares walls there either, I'd guess most people do not....

Sure, and then in the real world they all get high blood pressure from absurdly long and congested commutes because of car-dependent sprawl.

Funny...I've never run into anything like that wherever I've lived....the US is a BIG place, not everywhere is Los Angeles...

I do NOT want to live stacked like rats.....I do NOT want to share walls with other people.

I feel like that's a step backwards....I lived in apartments as a student in college and just out of college....

Now that I have grown up money, I can afford a real stand alone home. I have a back yard I can plant gardens in, house my big ass wood fired smoker, a Big Green Egg XL also for grilling and space to have friends over for a crawfish boil, etc.....

I have a nice stereo and occasionally I like to exercise its decibel range....

Moving to an apartment would be a major BACK step in life to me.

Thankfully, the US is large enough to support many modes of life...urban, suburban, small city, rural.....

I also like driving cars...I've always bought cars and motorcycles that are FUN to drive, so that every time I fire one of them up...it's an adventure.

I'd hate to think someone or a govt would try to force extreme urbanism on everyone.

What is "ESG" ?

I have a feeling this article might make more sense if everyone knew what this apparent TLA (Three Letter Acronym) stood for....?

My childhood introduction to stand-up comedy was Bill Cosby records my parents had so I can sympathize with the idea of "separate art from the artist."

I can't remember which side of the album it was...but, Bill Cosby's comic album "To Russel My Brother with Whom I Slept" is still a landmark rendition of one of the funniest comic bits EVER uttered....

What exactly did he come out to day that made him an "asshole" or divisive?

I guess I missed all that...

Could you imagine a country under president Kamala?

No tariffs, no masked police going door to door, no bombing of fishing boats, a whitehouse with an intact wing, competent government leaders and not DEI hires...

I can imagine it, but I SHUDDER to do so....

Let's see.

Tarrif's....working.

If not for leftist extremists DOX'ing and threatening to terrorize our ICE officers and their families, just for doing their jobs of enforcing laws ON THE BOOKS...they'd not need masks

And hell, what's the big deal? The officers are plainly marked in uniforms/patches, etc.....and just a few years ago, everyone was masked and no complaints then??

Bombing drug boats...I"m good with it.

White House under renovation....it isn't like this is the first presesident to do so...and it's using private funds, so why not?

DEI hires...are you kidding?

Kamala said she'd do nothing different than Biden and that admin was NOTHING but DEI hires...including Kamala her self!

Sure there are a few things I dislike about Trump and his moves...but for the most part I and most all I Know are quite happy with him so far and are finally getting what we voted for in a politician....

I wish the US all the best in that struggle.

Even with the troubles you face at the moment, I somehow still feel that a country that was able to summon the optimism, idealism and confidence that turned the moon from an idea into a place, can probably find their way through.

What problems?

Nothing major going on over here, except we're having to motivate some states to actually follow the law with regard to federal immigration.....