I told y’all about Yorgi, a groundhog that escaped his violent country to immigrate to my backyard.
He occasionally drops in to be my morning coffee buddy as my work day gets started.
I feel for Yorgi. Because of the previous administration’s well-meaning (just giving the benefit of the doubt here) decision to suddenly flood the United States with partially or unvetted migrants, the society is feeling the pushing and pulling dynamics of more people in a place already saturated with alot of people. Whatever negative economic dynamics were at play have now become amplified; cost of living, rent, housing supply, socio-economic-ethnic tensions, etc.
Animal migration to the U.S. follows the same path and Yorgi has felt the cold shoulder from U.S. born groundhogs as well as other U.S. animals.
But despite all this, Yorgi maintains that he understands the scarcity plight of native U.S. groundhog citizens. And he often speaks on his agreement about the folly of this whole disingenuous population/demographic agenda. “A performative, dollar store Shakespeare display“, he opines. “Too broad on idealism, too narrow on pragmatic logistics.“, he adds.
He and I agree on alot of points regarding immigration.
We both appreciate how, after years of extreme performative altruism, there are now voices within the government that call for caution in this open-borders approach.
We both appreciate how there is a nuanced understanding of such a complex issue from nativists, liberals and people (and groundhogs) that took the lawful route to U.S. immigration.
Such a nuanced understanding has led us both to agree that a generous immigration policy, coupled with a firm stand on assimilation is the best way to assuage both rational nativists and liberals. Even though Yorgi has only had his green acorn – the animal equivalent of a green card – for a year, he is fine waiting for his citizenship. But as a testament to his depth in thinking of the issue, he wants to see a policy wherein anyone that has had their legal resident designation for more than 7 years becomes a citizen, right away, after vetting in order to clear the immigration pipeline. This, he says, will show everyone that the U.S. is taking steps towards resetting and running that process efficiently.
Finally, we both agree wholeheartedly that, in order to curb the financial and societal abuse the current system has allowed, there has to be a firm commitment to flying offending criminals and groundhogs back to their country of origin.
We both know that the social fabric of the United States is very important. The generous benefits the country accords should only be for people (and groundhogs) that want to promote assimilation, public safety, and living a productive life.
But I know that it grates on Yorgi a little that these tensions won’t seem to be solved anytime soon. I have faith, but it’s different for me as a citizen than it is for him being an immigrant. Yorgi often says that, in order for an understanding to take place from the heart, all of us have to see – not just the criminality or abuse, which is BAD! – but we have to see that there is an innocent face to this immigration crisis, a face that says; “hey, we love this country too and we want to show that we can contribute to it!”
Y’all, I don’t think we need to look any further than my little coffee buddy Yorgi.
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