• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    “Why would they do this?” Johnson said on Friday. “Why would they allow this chaos? Why the violence? Because they want to turn these people into voters.”

    People who legally enter the US as registered immigrants (not legal migrants seeking asylum or illegal immigrants), with diligence, study, and work, can become US citizens in as little as 18-24 months. They couldn’t vote in November if they were on the fastest track to citizenship.

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      7 months ago

      Enter legally how?

      This isn’t my experience, at least not with highly qualified H1B or other technical workers. I know some that have been waiting 5-10+ years. They work diligently and study hard, but there’s more to the process.

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        I’ve read that it can be more difficult to naturalize work Visas than visitor Visas from a port of entry. It’s awful to hear it’s been that long waiting for a reply. We need a more clear path to naturalization. Our birth rate is in decline, and that’s a much better solution than forcing people to have unwanted children.

        My previous comment was more a point that even if an immigrant met every requirement, there’s still no way they’d be eligible to vote this November.