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superangry2 t1_j6ail17 wrote

Honest question - not being a troll. How was life wherever they were that this is better?

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SexyEdMeese t1_j6apmj2 wrote

Where would you want to have your kids educated? NYC public schools or somewhere in rural central america?

Also remember there are tons of public benefits in NYC that don't exist in their home country.

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nycdataviz t1_j6awawj wrote

But why don’t more of the population from Central America migrate to NYC? Lots of good free public services, free education, and jobs for them. What’s stopping them and why aren’t we doing more to facilitate the process.

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chale122 t1_j6bdrcf wrote

not everyone outside of the U.S. is poor

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nycdataviz t1_j6bevpp wrote

76.6% of Venezuelans live on less than $1.90 a day, the international standard for extreme poverty.

https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/themes/poverty-and-inequality.html

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chale122 t1_j6bf5d9 wrote

Cool, also irrelevant and unhinged response to what I wrote.

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nycdataviz t1_j6bfirp wrote

So... Citing.... WorldBank statistics... on poverty... when discussing poverty ... is ...

"Unhinged."

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chale122 t1_j6bhbq1 wrote

I said not everyone outside the U.S. is poor and you responded with one random country and a percentage. Either way good luck arguing with yourself any further than this. Bye troll.

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nycdataviz t1_j6bkh1d wrote

I never said everyone outside the U.S. is poor. Do you believe they are?

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b104747849 t1_j6b9hwp wrote

Look into how immigration affects nations. When you deregulate it, your nation could crumble. Germany had a serious issue by letting anyone come through. Crime was rampant, the new year rape debacle etc etc

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nycdataviz t1_j6bamz5 wrote

NY offers these newcomers a new chance at life, though? They are coming from very poor and hopeless situations. Don't they deserve to be able to come here, just like the migrants that were sent here by bus?

Isn't it a good thing that migrants can escape their countries in very large numbers and come to New York for a better quality of life? I thought that was the whole idea around why immigration is important.

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SexyEdMeese t1_j6apuxk wrote

> They usually come from places that the American government destabilized in order to privatize and profit from their natural resources and workforce.

Lol shoehorning this kind of thing into every post is very weird especially when you're wrong.

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dontbealuddyduddy t1_j6bcpj4 wrote

Thanks, this is the gist of what I was going to say. We actively destabilize countries then act surprised when people immigrate here from the areas we’ve fucked. It’s a vicious, never ending cycle. Not hard to see once you put in the time analyzing it and studying migration patterns in relation to US foreign policy

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dontbealuddyduddy t1_j6gq3fh wrote

It’s awesome you’re actively speaking out and trying to better inform people. Only way to possibly create a better future .. for all, not just the powerful

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