How does a nation reconcile when its identity is at odds with its policies? Ali Noorani traces the arc of the US immigration debate to show a safer and more compassionate way forward, highlighting why centering human dignity creates lasting bonds and healthier communities.
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Anonymous
August 18, 2022 at 11:31 pm
First
Lami
August 18, 2022 at 11:32 pm
Cringe af.’
Seepana Srinivasa Rao
August 18, 2022 at 11:33 pm
Indians are the heart and brain of US immigration
Luis Daniel Martinez Gonzalez
August 18, 2022 at 11:34 pm
Here we are
Raj Kumar Tripathi
August 18, 2022 at 11:36 pm
Hola everyone
Randal Collins
August 19, 2022 at 12:14 am
Hola amigos!
Toast & Soup
August 18, 2022 at 11:37 pm
No country has the obligation to recive inmigrants in mass, specialy when said inmigrants hate the country they are going and would like nothing more than to see it destroyed.
Lisa Love Ministry
August 18, 2022 at 11:40 pm
John 3:16-21💝
jestermoon
August 18, 2022 at 11:59 pm
Who’s John?
Old Guy
August 18, 2022 at 11:40 pm
WOKE MUCH ! ! ! ! !
Old Guy
August 18, 2022 at 11:44 pm
I am an American. I cannot cross any US border legally without proper documentation!
Make Racists Afraid Again
August 18, 2022 at 11:49 pm
Are you Evangelical?
Randal Collins
August 19, 2022 at 12:13 am
That seems like a crime to me!
Luo De Li Ge Si
August 19, 2022 at 12:30 am
the documentation is so you can come back. You can walk into Mexico with no documents all you want, but good luck coming back.
Help My Children🤲
August 18, 2022 at 11:46 pm
🤲🇵🇸🇵🇸🤲
Reggie Rec
August 18, 2022 at 11:52 pm
So then let them live with you. Don’t ask everyone to do what you wouldn’t do yourself. You want everyone to take responsibility and sacrifice their quality of life for people who come in this country illegally? Why don’t you take them all in?
Randal Collins
August 19, 2022 at 12:16 am
One day you will eat your words.
Luo De Li Ge Si
August 19, 2022 at 12:29 am
no one is asking you to take them into your home, unless your house happens to be the size of the country. By that logic, I had no say in you being in the US either, so why am I sacrificing my quality of life for your existence?
harshbutt
August 19, 2022 at 12:33 am
@Luo De Li Ge Si Is he there legally, though? You don’t need to have a say on whether he can be in the US or not, the law does that for you. There’s a big difference between “migrant” and “criminal migrant.” If you need to break the law to get some place you don’t belong there.
JASON MILLER
August 18, 2022 at 11:58 pm
I wonder how many economic migrants from the third world he has welcomed to his gated community.
John Simpson
August 19, 2022 at 12:21 am
The guy that washes is toilets
jestermoon
August 18, 2022 at 11:58 pm
Why are they doing to the only country with a constitution based on Freedom?
I am with you brother’s and sister’s.
Stay Free
CornPopWasABadDude
August 19, 2022 at 12:04 am
There is no debate, we have laws in place to become a US citizen. Follow them and become one. Don’t… And get deported. Njt sure what the “discussion” is about besides to get votes by democrats…?
Randal Collins
August 19, 2022 at 12:12 am
History is going to look poorly at any anti immigration advocates. We need everyone, we will accept you all. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled massed yearning to breath free….
R C
August 19, 2022 at 12:14 am
How can we help them better their own communities? We are left with such a problem w housing and homicides in our own community. Supply & demand plays a role.
Let’s get back to responsible immigration.
Shorts Remixed
August 19, 2022 at 12:36 am
The nephlin giant’s of the yester world woukd like to say that they will never have to wait for the first round of the vermin to get back into their own system. They have to wait for the result to start by the end up at least before midnight tomorrow. Some of these will need to be told by the way of the order of the heplaisemis. The good thing about that is that the first thing that is going to happen in our next couple of weeks is the process of getting oil from our factory in China with a couple whilst doing the same treatment as your insurance policymakers. The reason for this is that the order has not been processed yet.
Lata Ramooji
August 19, 2022 at 1:19 am
Unfortunately we are becoming less tolerant towards humanity.
K jhn
August 19, 2022 at 1:23 am
I support a stricter immigration policy
Colin
August 19, 2022 at 2:47 am
It takes 2 years to get someone from a non first world country into the US even with a pledge of marriage. What more do you want? Indians and Filipinos are already the highest payed races due to how strict the immigration policy is. What is your suggestion
Superpower Dragon
August 19, 2022 at 3:03 am
@Colin i want only the migrants that already has or are willing to change their culture and beliefs to the country who they are migrating to. this applies to all countries obviously, that includes first world countries to first world countries, third world countries to first world countries or first world countries to third world countries. i also want educated people, so at least a college degree. i would also charge them a high fee (about 50000usd), so that only the rich migrate to my country.
btw, a lot people likes to think that i am a white supremacist, but i am not, i am east asian, i just like my country to have higher a level of homogeneity, which creates a more dynamic world where each country is a bit different
mso1ps4
August 19, 2022 at 3:44 am
@Superpower Dragon No one asked you.
Greg Bors
August 19, 2022 at 7:08 am
@Superpower Dragon Are you saying you don’t live in the US?
AJX
August 19, 2022 at 1:55 pm
@Colin Make it 3 years
randy9 simmons up 6
August 19, 2022 at 2:10 am
People need to fix the problems in their own country
D D
August 19, 2022 at 3:59 am
Which are created by US?
randy9 simmons up 6
August 19, 2022 at 4:30 am
@D D more excuses
Maarten Toors
August 19, 2022 at 2:11 am
Borders are made by…
People.
Borders are the problem.
Ef Borders, and Ef visa.
We are all one.
Maarten Toors
August 19, 2022 at 2:23 am
There is a book by a dutch author ‘Harry Mulisch’
“The Discovery of Heaven”
Read it.
Please.
Vincent Young
August 19, 2022 at 3:35 am
Ignorance
Maarten Toors
August 19, 2022 at 10:40 am
@Vincent Young Is bliss
Captain Kirk
August 19, 2022 at 11:06 am
@Maarten Toors we appreciate you thinking of him so, but it’s more important you stop being completely obtuse.
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Over Comers Group LLC.
August 19, 2022 at 3:45 am
Interesting!
Kangaroo Ninja
August 19, 2022 at 4:04 am
My great-grandparents immigrated to Texas from Mexico, legally. They came here and embraced America, raised their children to be responsible citizens, and they built a good life here. They appreciated being here, made this their home, and never insisted that they were entitled to be here, that they had some historical right.
The “immigrants” who come here now behave as though they are entitled, they break our laws coming here illegally, they bring drugs and violence, they neglect their children who then become delinquents and criminals, they overwhelm our government services, take what they didn’t contribute to building, and do all of this as though they’re entitled to.
They wave their flags and shout “La Raza!”, which means “The Race!” and don’t let these leftist liars pretend that it means something else, it’s a slogan that means exactly what it says. It means tribalism, it means taking from those who aren’t them, it means that they believe they are entitled and do not care about assimilating, it means they are here to take what they want from you.
Of course, this isn’t everyone from south of the border, I’m Mexican myself, but it isn’t a small percentage. They are millions, they hate you, they want what you have and are willing to take it from you in any way they can.
These leftist, champagne-socialists don’t have to worry about this, not in their neighborhoods, it’s not their kid’s schools being overrun by violence and having their classrooms being overcrowded and resources diverted to teaching children who neither speak the common language here nor are willing to learn. No, they can stand on stage and preach to you about how unfair some made up, emotionally charged anecdote is and how it’s your fault for not putting them before you. They’ll stand there and lie right to your face about how this fairy tale is representative of the millions who invade our country and show no respect and even hatred toward us, which is evident in the many thousands of your children who are killed in the streets, fed the drugs they bring, sexually abused and trafficked because of their vile culture of permissive abusive behavior by men towards women and girls. No, they just want the power that the new votes will bring them, and they don’t mind paying for it with the future of your children, the destruction of your cities, and your spilled blood, they and theirs will be fine. Anyone who cares about their children and their country needs to vote these traitors out in November, it’s either them or you.
mso1ps4
August 19, 2022 at 12:51 pm
Tribalism is a social/economic ‘us vs them’ mentality, which is what you’ve shown with this comment.
Day that Fallows
August 19, 2022 at 4:12 am
Immigration needs to be prohibited all over the world…or we will do nothing but hate and start civil wars.
m
August 19, 2022 at 4:19 am
There’s still a legal path of immigration that many on the Southern border refuse to use. Also, if they don’t care about your immigration laws, they won’t care about your laws at all once they’re in the US.
VARSHA VYAS
August 19, 2022 at 5:15 am
So good.
Eileen Mcgovern
August 19, 2022 at 5:54 am
That young woman is a criminal…she entered illegally
toney bond
August 19, 2022 at 5:57 am
Oh a thief is not a thief if what was stolen has NO VALUE. GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE TO CITIZENSHIP OR GO HOME! Citizenship of the U.S.A. is VERY VERY VALUABLE
mso1ps4
August 19, 2022 at 12:21 pm
What are they stealing that has no value to you?
Rene' Nel
August 19, 2022 at 7:11 am
I am South African. Need to literally flee my country for the safety of my children. There is no future. There is death and unthinkable violence everyday. Electricity supply is scheduled, so so sometimes you have it or you don’t. My kids 17 & 16 have never been in trouble. We have no safe haven. Now the dream of Texas looks even less possible. I have been the victim of violent crimes 4 times already. My kids have never had the privilege to take a SAFE bus or train ride. Now “getting out” is even less of a possibility. Texas doesn’t want more people – America doesn’t want more people🤷🏻♀️😔
user 15481
August 19, 2022 at 3:26 pm
Why texas? Why not go somewhere else?
Darran Wardle
August 19, 2022 at 5:37 pm
Your people need to stand up ad fight for your country
Brooke Sinclair
August 19, 2022 at 6:12 pm
Learn self defense
Kangaroo Ninja
August 21, 2022 at 5:14 am
My great-grandparents immigrated here to Texas, from Mexico, legally. I can certainly sympathize with people who want to immigrate here, it’s wonderful. But the problem isn’t that we don’t want immigrants, the problem is that we have people coming here without going through the proper channels, and so many of them are violent criminals, or are simply coming to make money, exploit the system, and are not refugees at all.
And yes, the people who want to follow the rules and really do need to flee oppressive systems and violence suffer because of the bad ones.
The only way we can fix the problem and bring the right people here and in the right way is to strengthen our borders and stop buying the nonsense that people like the man in this video keeps pushing.
I do hope you make it here, I promise you that Texans don’t hate immigrants. In fact, we’ve benefitted a great deal from one South African immigrant in particular. We’d certainly welcome more. Good luck.
Elvies Mascarenhas
August 19, 2022 at 7:48 am
Corruption, poverty is there in every country that doesn’t mean u run away from ur land, why did ur ancestors fight against the British, French, Portuguese or Spanish….????
Just an excuse
bigsarge72
August 19, 2022 at 8:16 am
We have laws for a reason. If I suggested that anyone here leave their yard and house open to everyone who wanted to go in, you would think I was insane. Our country’s border is no different. There are legal processes in place to come to America, if you try to come here outside those processes you are doing it illegally… you might be harmless, you might not, but there is no way to know when you sneak in.
mso1ps4
August 19, 2022 at 12:39 pm
Following your anology, that would mean that we already own our neighbor’s houses and they also own ours. I don’t think that comparison holds up unless you are a very generous person.
Blue Turkey
August 19, 2022 at 9:50 am
I just want to say that I dislike TED. I don’t know if anyone else has expressed their dislike or not. I just wanted the TED organization to know that they do not have my support.
mso1ps4
August 19, 2022 at 12:23 pm
poor bait
Adriana M.
August 19, 2022 at 2:36 pm
If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.
Blue Turkey
August 20, 2022 at 12:03 am
Very difficult to find any instances of paradigm change or similar. Straight down the scientific line without any divergence from the norm. One cannot expect to have advancement under these conditions. That is my argument; not out of naiivety but from philosophy.
If the TED lectures encompass these variations, then they are rare.
I cite the banned talks of Graham Hancock, Rupert Sheldrake and Nick Hanauer if you feel like looking them up.
Adriana M.
August 20, 2022 at 4:24 am
@Blue Turkey Thanks for the recommendation. I saw TED more as a way to hear things usually not available to me, but you are correct that divergence is important to get a full or at least better picture. Will check out those you mention to get a better picture of what you mean.
Herman Spaerman
August 19, 2022 at 10:36 am
Always this simplification. Always portraying all immigrant like angels seeking refuge. Could there sometimes be a more nuanced approach. There are far to many fortune seekers trying to illegally enter other countries to leech off benefits, far to many criminals, far to many religious extremists in rank of migrants. I wish one day we could have an open debate about the benefits but also the many negatives with migration.
mso1ps4
August 19, 2022 at 11:57 am
America is literally advertised as the land of opportunity lmao, and how do you suppose benefits are ‘leeched’ when they arrive illegally?
Fahed A. Al-slepi
August 19, 2022 at 1:10 pm
so what?!
Raygun9000
August 19, 2022 at 2:54 pm
You aren’t a nation of immigrants.
Choosing not to distinguish between illegal and legal is sadly too common, you will only increase the amount of xenophobia in your country by doing this.
Lu Delirio
August 19, 2022 at 2:59 pm
Let’s open my borders
Darran Wardle
August 19, 2022 at 5:39 pm
This might sound harsh but the us is full. The cities are running out of water,we have housing shortages everywhere and doctors are in short supply, traffic is horrible and it is only getting worse.
Brooke Sinclair
August 19, 2022 at 6:11 pm
No one ever publically discusses how immigration hurts Black Americans.
David Springer
August 19, 2022 at 7:16 pm
First of all, American are aware of the food shortage. There are so many pieces of the pie, while you can say we can grow more food, 11 million slices three times a day is a huge chunk, which raises the question, do we have the farms to do it? Second, this isn’t about the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect, it is about food, houses, jobs, land, monetary resources, taxes, and…you get the picture, plus 11 million makes a good size army. How much can America, Americans afford? If I let even one into my home, it more than strains my resources, it’s the same as a nation. What about citizen’s American dream. Yes, we need to do something. I suggest we teach them agriculture, how to build homes, fight back against their political system. We did it during the civil war, and so can they. Honor comes from fighting against oppression. inviting them in only makes them weak (male them believe that they can’t do it). If I were you, I’d look at both side of the picture before giving another talk. I don’t agree with you Mr. Noorani. Americans are angry because they know this. it makes us nervous. At some point I have to stop letting my family use my resources, my food, my home or we;d all starve as a family.
Akash Goel
August 22, 2022 at 4:36 pm
Excuse me, but thats a very narrow understanding of the world that we live in. Its absolutely a myth that America is having a shortage of food/water/housing etc. America is nowhere nearly as populated as the rest of the world (Europe, Asia and Africa). The land is fertile and the average worker productivity is the highest in the world. Not only is America self-sufficient in food, it is in fact one of the largest exporters of food grains in the world (behind Ukraine and Canada). America has the strongest military and can defend itself against any external threat. It has one of the strongest legal enforcement systems in the modern world. Average person consumes more than 1.5x of their daily caloric intake requirement. There is ample supply of water from fresh water lakes and rivers (some of them need to be tapped more to provide a much better supply though).
You know what America is actually short on? People. Its people who build new houses, work on developing new water pipelines, participate in the army and the police as well as provide the hope that we like to call future. And you cannot do all that if wages are high and there’s an energy crisis going on (which makes everything more expensive naturally). Get more people, stabilize wages and invest in the nation’s infrastructure, otherwise it won’t take more than a few odd decades for other high-growth nations to leave America behind.
Sally Jones
August 19, 2022 at 8:03 pm
If I want to immigrate to Mexico, I have to have and be able to prove $2600 a month income. I’m happy to put that kind of requirement on humans that want to immigrate to the US.
dojochuck
August 20, 2022 at 2:46 am
Human dignity is not more important that ensuring that we have a properly functioning legal system. When we let people ignore our laws, any laws at all, then we are doing nothing more than providing them undeserved dignity at our own expense. So, this whole “dignity” argument is just another smokescreen to argue that we should let anyone and everyone flood the country. After all, they’re all fleeing something unpleasant, aren’t they?
The majority of Americans have had enough of this. We don’t want em, and they can take their dignity with them when they go home.
Gato Pelon
August 20, 2022 at 7:10 pm
Lmao ok gringo
Kevin Wells
August 21, 2022 at 9:27 am
First of all – thank you.
America was/is comprised of immigrants. The definition of an immigrant always lies within our laws, and political climate. The law seems to be the lessor factor. That is my issue. An ‘illegal’ immigrant is traditionally anyone that tries to enter our borders bypassing our established criteria. When did this change? We need immigrants, to improve ourselves – that is how we have grown. But why are we surrendering our own security of immigration policy for any political motives? The law does not seem to matter. Politics does. I don’t care about the politics of this issue at all. I am part of a large family of immigrants, all of whom work, pay taxes, and school their children. Most of us have earned citizenship at this point, and others are pending but legally abiding here. Regardless, we are losing control when we just ship people from one state to another, and take no stand on the matter what so ever. BTW, I was born here.
Clothahump1
August 22, 2022 at 1:34 am
Come in legally, you are welcome. Break the law and sneak in, you are a criminal. Simple as that.
D Lemons
August 23, 2022 at 12:37 pm
People move around. People look after eachother. There are good people and bad people. Why do some people worry about someone coming or going? It’s happened all down the road of history. Stop worrying