Everything is so black and white with you, isn't it?
Immigration is not and never has been a question of quotas. There is no question but that immigration must be subject to controls but those controls need to be carefully considered. There must also be an 're-emigration' policy.
I would suggest the controls be enforced according to:
1. the amount of difference over time an influx of foreigners might make to the life, culture and society of the host country.
2. The estimated cost of assimilation in terms of education, social security, language and culture.
3. The estimated benefits to the host society of new skills and new cultures.
4. The amount of reciprical acceptance by the foreign country to citizens and their attendant culture of the host nation. No churches in Iran = no mosques for Iranians. Enforced dress codes in one = enforced dress codes in the other.
and for 're-emigration'.
1. Being found guilty of any major crime,
2. being a member of or a supporter of any organisation that promotes terrorism.
3. Refusal of parents to allow their children to fully assimilate into the host nation.
To sum up: You are welcome if you want to be like us, to work like us, to dress like us and to embrace our culture and way of life.
Otherwise... stay where you are.
This is so perverse and bizarre, I am tempted to think you are merely being sarcastic, or doing a Colbert impersonation, or something. But it comes across as Colbert doing an impersonation of Archie Bunker, who's doing an impersonation of Drunk Mel Gibson! I can't make a lot of sense out of what you're saying, except that you sound rather prejudiced and bigoted toward people not like you.
the amount of difference over time an influx of foreigners might make to the life, culture and society of the host country.
Who gets to determine the criteria? Your prejudiced bigoted ass?
The estimated cost of assimilation in terms of education, social security, language and culture.
The estimated benefits to the host society of new skills and new cultures.
How would you even begin to 'estimate the cost' of such a thing? All people are different, they are individuals, and all have different levels of learning, comprehension, interest, motivation... and how are you to 'estimate' their contributions to culture, in order to make this evaluation?
The amount of reciprical acceptance by the foreign country to citizens and their attendant culture of the host nation. No churches in Iran = no mosques for Iranians. Enforced dress codes in one = enforced dress codes in the other.
This is where you really start to scare me. Do you understand, the United States of America is founded on the principles of unalienable rights, and Iran is not? Perhaps that might be the reason an Iranian wants to come here, so they aren't restricted by preconditions and violation of their freedoms? What you are suggesting is, we should be like them, but... if we're going to do that, why not just shoot illegal immigrants in the back of the head and dump them in a ditch, that's what happens if you're caught sneaking into Iran.
And as for your "re-emigration" policy (whateverthefuck that is)
1. Being found guilty of any major crime.
I think most of us have probably been found guilty of a crime, at some point in our lives. I know Stringy will argue that breaking the law isn't a crime, but for the most part, all of us have had some experience with being found guilty of something, at some time. Now, if the person has been found guilty of a major crime, yet they haven't served their penalty for the crime, and they are fugitives from justice, maybe that's a different story, but just being found guilty? What if it's an Iranian woman found guilty of fornication after she was raped and didn't have 3 witnesses to attest to that? Should we send her back to Iran to face public stoning?
2. being a member of or a supporter of any organisation that promotes terrorism.
Okay, finally you said something that sort of makes a little sense. Yes, I think we should always do a background check on people we let into the country, but we can't really do that if they are sneaking across the Mexican border in the middle of the night. That's exactly why illegal immigration is such a problem, not because we don't like people who don't look the same as us or speak our language.
Refusal of parents to allow their children to fully assimilate into the host nation.
So, we are going to force foreign parents to raise their children with the values and ideals we set for them? Perhaps Chinese parents could have their children learn to do laundry and work in Chinese restaurants? This would help them to fit in and 'assimilate' in our society!
How about something more reasonable and simple... You can come here and live whatever life you wish to live, providing you come legally, through the immigration process, and obey our laws. Pretty easy, huh?
