Women’s rights activist Riley Gaines has joined billionaire Elon Musk in calling for better, fairer immigration laws.
Last Friday, Musk posted a tweet pushing back on the media-concocted smear that he’s “anti-immigrant” just because he’s concerned about the hordes of criminal illegal aliens pouring across the southern U.S. border.
“As an immigrant myself, nothing could be further from the truth,” he wrote. “I am very much in favor of increased and expedited legal immigration for anyone who is talented, hard-working and honest.”
“It is bizarrely difficult and agonizingly slow to immigrate to the USA legally, but trivial and fast to enter illegally! This obviously makes no sense,” he added.
Look:
Because I am raising concerns about the flood of unvetted illegal immigrants overwhelming American cities, the press will often characterize me as “anti-immigrant”.
As an immigrant myself, nothing could be further from the truth.
I am very much in favor of increased and…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2024
He had a point. Under President Joe Biden’s administration, it is far easier to illegally migrate to the United States than it is to legally immigrate here the right and legal way.
Gaines knows this firsthand because her husband of two years is himself an immigrant — one who’s been struggling to get a green card.
“[M]y husband is an immigrant. We’ve been married for nearly 2 years and he still doesn’t have his green card,” she wrote in a tweet in response to Musk’s original tweet.
Look:
Truth my husband is an immigrant. We’ve been married for nearly 2 years and he still doesn’t have his green card https://t.co/FsBPlbgqNK
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) March 9, 2024
Her husband, Louis Barker, was born in England, according to Sportskeeda. They began dating in 2019 while they were both studying at the University of Kentucky.
Gaines’ tweet prompted an outpouring of agreement from hundreds of people, including Musk.
Look:
A friend of mine’s wife still doesn’t have hers and it’s been years
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2024
It’s a long and expensive process becoming a legal citizen the traditional/legal way – no matter your marriage or degrees you’re bringing to this nation.
It’s ridiculous— WhiteBear (@WhiteBearWhitey) March 9, 2024
They never talk about the broken legal immigration system where good people are made to wait for years and years, and now people just walk right and are treated like royalty by the Regime it’s outrageous to say the least.
— Jericho (@JerichoXVI) March 9, 2024
Immigration is fine with me if done like your husband. Sad part is the ones that can contribute to the betterment of America are the ones that have to struggle to be here. Much respect for everything you do, and I wish you guys only the best.
— Eric Cook (@Greentownmayor) March 9, 2024
My mom was an immigrant.
One of the proudest moments of her life was when she was naturalized.
One of the most insulting things to her were illegal immigrants.
Illegals disrespect all Americans and legals.
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) March 9, 2024
Note what one X user wrote: “Immigration is fine with me if done like your husband.”
Exactly. This is in fact the view of the majority of so-called “anti-immigrant” Republicans, not that Democrats or their adoring media allies will ever admit it.
The problem is that legal immigration “is nearly impossible,” according to the Cato Institute.
“Today, fewer than 1 percent of people who want to move permanently to the United States can do so legally,” the institute noted in a post published last summer. “Immigrants cannot simply get an exception to immigrate any more than restaurateurs in the 1920s could simply get an exception to sell alcohol.”
“Instead, just as Prohibition granted only a few exemptions for religious, industrial, or medical uses of alcohol, people seeking an exception to immigration prohibition must also fit into preexisting carve‐outs for a select few,” the report continued.
Here’s why legal immigration is almost impossible… https://t.co/GRj8L5Ff9P #CatoImmigration pic.twitter.com/EcI3urf5L8
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) July 1, 2023
But while many Americans believe the existing carve-outs are fair, the institute warns that “the government’s restrictive criteria render the legal paths available only in the most extreme cases.”
“Even when someone qualifies, annual immigration caps greatly delay and, more frequently, eliminate the immigrant’s chance to come to the United States. Legal immigration is less like waiting in line and more like winning the lottery: it happens, but it is so rare that it is irrational to expect it in any individual case,” the institute notes.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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