And by immigrants I really mean immigrants: you don’t have the nationality and live in the country = you’re an immigrant.
I keep reading about the plans of parties to kick out all immigrants, stop letting in any, and some parties even advocate to revoke dual-nationalities and kick those people out too. I’ve never really understood what the point of it is and have trouble imagining what the effects of such actions would be within the country.
That’s similar to what I’ve heard. I don’t think they understand just how many jobs are being done by immigrants and that immigrants aren’t all poor. An Italian in Finland is also an immigrant.
There are just so many holes in the discourse!
First, immigrants usually take unwanted jobs, jobs that are either low pay, high risk, low job security, or many other downsides. Then, obviously, they pay taxes “here”, so they contribute to the social net. Further, they on average use less of the social welfare programs. So none of their talking points is correct.
As an immigrant that “doesn’t look like an immigrant”: anti-immigration policies are almost all rooted in racism. Because somehow they never talk about me when they talk about banning all immigrants. Not the highly educated European. It’s “the others” that are the problem… [rage]
And about “immigrants stealing jobs”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_for_Britain