Third World Lifeboats

[camoguard]

What can people in first world countries do to invite more second and third world people? Can I do something to speed up the process for otherwise random immigrants?

[Thinking Aloud]

Invite them to what?

[camoguard]

To first world countries. Immigration is a hassle. And in some countries, frankly, I feel like we should help volunteers leave if they want to leave. I'm wondering if there's a way I could speed up someone's legal entry into the U.S.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

We could do more by improving their countries rather than abandoning them.

[Feck]

We could do more by improving their countries rather than abandoning them.

[camoguard]

Agreed. But I can't individually do all that. I'm not really qualified to correct civil systems.

[Bella Fortuna]

Go work for USCIS, the most fucked-up government entity I've had the misfortune of having to deal with.

[Thinking Aloud]

Go work for USCIS, the most fucked-up government entity I've had the misfortune of having to deal with.

Which roughly translates as "there's not a cat-in-hell's chance of speeding up any kind of immigration into the US."

[Bella Fortuna]

Go work for USCIS, the most fucked-up government entity I've had the misfortune of having to deal with.

Which roughly translates as "there's not a cat-in-hell's chance of speeding up any kind of immigration into the US."

Yep.

That said, if someone in the UK would kindly trade places with me...

[camoguard]

Doesn't it seem like as a citizen of a country, I should be able to invite people at a modest rate?

[Thinking Aloud]

Doesn't it seem like as a citizen of a country, I should be able to invite people at a modest rate?

Unfortunately such a system would be open to massive abuse.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Doesn't it seem like as a citizen of a country, I should be able to invite people at a modest rate?

[camoguard]

Doesn't it seem like as a citizen of a country, I should be able to invite people at a modest rate?

Unfortunately such a system would be open to massive abuse.

Which way do you see the abuse happening? Immigrants are vulnerable but they are already trying to get here. I want to help.

[Thinking Aloud]

Doesn't it seem like as a citizen of a country, I should be able to invite people at a modest rate?

Unfortunately such a system would be open to massive abuse.

Which way do you see the abuse happening? Immigrants are vulnerable but they are already trying to get here. I want to help.

Immigrants may want to move somewhere else, but somewhere else may not want / need / have the resources to cope with them. Any system that allowed existing citizens to preferentially "import" foreign nationals would be abused one way or another, and potentially leave the receiving nation with a major population problem locally or nationally.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Doesn't it seem like as a citizen of a country, I should be able to invite people at a modest rate?

Unfortunately such a system would be open to massive abuse.

Which way do you see the abuse happening? Immigrants are vulnerable but they are already trying to get here. I want to help.

Are you thinking about helping Sandinista across the border?