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Marianna Ch.'s avatar

The Immigrants by Thomas Bernstein. 1923 - That were my Greek grandparents from both sides immigrating for just 20km after the re-arrangement of the borders between Greece and Turkey at exactly that date back in 2022 - 2023. Ernest Hemingway wrote about this in: The fall of a city: Refugees, exodus and exile in Ernest Hemingway’s Istanbul/Edirne, 1922

And then my uncle back in the 50ies being an illegal immigrant of just 16years old in Germany and right now in my prefecture thousands of immigrants find temporary residency. I so much and totally agree that our personal values and ethics reflects 100% on how we face immigration. Humanity above all!

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Jmac On Summer Break!!!'s avatar

I think it's an interesting but not easy question to answer. What is interesting is that the American view on immigration and who gets to be a citizen, seems to be a lot more open than many other countries in the world, which can be surprising to some I would imagine. I admittedly do not know the answer but do know that immigration has long been an issue politicians have said they will address, and yet they haven't...which has led to the current situation where President Trump is addressing the issue...but not in the way some would have preferred.

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