Originally Posted by francie:
“ALL asylum seekers should be stringently screened imo, no matter their origins and their destination.”
I don't understand how we got to a place where it's seen as bad to question anybody trying to enter the country, and to describe illegal immigrants as illegal.
How has this happened?
There seems to be loads of people promoting the idea of breaking down borders and acting as though it will be a utopia if we just all thought the same.
It's normal for a country to protect its borders and to be thorough in scrutinizing people who enter it.
Anyone here who thinks it's xenophobic to think otherwise should see if they can just waltz into any non-European country like Australia, America, or Japan willy nilly and see how far you get.
These checks and balances are crucial for absolutely any country. Once you see it as normal to blindly welcome anyone into your country without really questioning who they are this is taking a path to disaster.
It's incredible how critical some are of people simply wanting to uphold the law of the land and seeing people as xenophobic or even racist if they don't just open their doors to anyone. In some circles you're seen as a very bad person if you describe an illegal immigrant as an illegal immigrant. You're expected to use some other term like undocumented migrant.
What's going on? When did basic common sense just evaporate into thin air?