Mission of the VA is to serve veterans, not unauthorized migrants: Darin Selnick

[iluvatar5150]

Not even the same logic

I agree. It's not even close to the same logic at all.

Then perhaps one of you two could explain how it's different. Remember, your answer has to account for the fact that the only service the VA is providing in this case is a for-hire accounting service that was explicitly designed to be utilized by other agencies outside the VA.

True ... but we haven't had mass migration (millions) until now ...

lol wut?

Yes, we have. Migration to the US in the early 20th century was about as numerous as it is now (in raw numbers).

Trends in Migration to the U.S.

Informing a Smarter World

www.prb.org

The percentage of foreign-born people in the US is also on par with the early 20th century.

Infographic: Foreign-Born Population Grows, But Relative Size Not Unprecedented

This chart shows the foreign-born population in the United States between 1850 and 2023 (total & percentage share).

www.statista.com

The number of illegal immigrants peaked around 2007:

Facts on U.S. immigrants, 2018

Key charts and statistics about immigrants in the United States from 1980 to 2018.

www.pewresearch.org

seems "coincidental" that 1. US military enrollment is down significantly and 2. We are involved in 2 wars and 3. It is being brought up .. we will see how this plays out.

The only people bringing this up are the conservatives on Fox News trying to gin up nativist resentment because doing so makes them rich.

 

[Hans Blaster]

True ... but we haven't had mass migration (millions) until now ... seems "coincidental" that 1. US military enrollment is down significantly and 2. We are involved in 2 wars and 3. It is being brought up .. we will see how this plays out.

Name them.

 

[USincognito]

2. We are involved in 2 wars and

The U.S. military is not involved in two wars. We have some advisors in both Ukraine and Israel, but no significant troop presence.

 

[eleos1954]

Then perhaps one of you two could explain how it's different. Remember, your answer has to account for the fact that the only service the VA is providing in this case is a for-hire accounting service that was explicitly designed to be utilized by other agencies outside the VA.




lol wut?

Yes, we have. Migration to the US in the early 20th century was about as numerous as it is now (in raw numbers).

Trends in Migration to the U.S.

Informing a Smarter World

www.prb.org

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The percentage of foreign-born people in the US is also on par with the early 20th century.

Infographic: Foreign-Born Population Grows, But Relative Size Not Unprecedented

This chart shows the foreign-born population in the United States between 1850 and 2023 (total & percentage share).

www.statista.com

View attachment 340248


The number of illegal immigrants peaked around 2007:

Facts on U.S. immigrants, 2018

Key charts and statistics about immigrants in the United States from 1980 to 2018.

www.pewresearch.org

View attachment 340250




The only people bringing this up are the conservatives on Fox News trying to gin up nativist resentment because doing so makes them rich.

The problem is the all at once migration ... sudden influx.