▲ 350 ▼ Immigrants Are Becoming U.S. Citizens at Fastest Clip in Years: The government has reduced a backlog of applications that built up during the Trump administration. New citizens look forward to voting (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments It's amazing what the threat of mass deportation will do
[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 34 points 2 years ago (2 children) purposeful, bullshit bureaucracy is the real reason for huge chunk of 'illegal immigrants' they throw literally everything they can to prevent legal immigration and then throw their hands up at 'all the illegals' vetting is important, but they pay for themselves. we have plenty of resources for the vast majority of immigrants. we always have. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] barsquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aren't most immigrants just an economic gain for the communities they join? Last I recall the data also shows they commit fewer crimes than citizens. They certainly pay more taxes than the wealthy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Yup permalink fedilink source parent [–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago I think at one point during Trump's reign, immigration permits were down to something ridiculous like 300 people annually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aren't most immigrants just an economic gain for the communities they join? Last I recall the data also shows they commit fewer crimes than citizens. They certainly pay more taxes than the wealthy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Yup permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago I think at one point during Trump's reign, immigration permits were down to something ridiculous like 300 people annually. permalink fedilink source parent