Unusual-Solid3435 t1_j4rxhiu wrote
Unpopular opinion here: it's pretty on-par with how much Boston pays to house the homeless (it's a lot). It ain't cheap but it's cheaper than them on the streets causing havoc.
Maybe we could work them down a bit but this is the cost of housing the homeless, it's expensive. It would be better if we as a country started to build more housing in general and crash the housing market but everybody uses their house as a retirement plan so it won't happen. Until then these stories are only going to be more and more extreme.
Jaaawsh t1_j4tkgtz wrote
Except.. the homeless are (mostly) citizens, whereas most asylum seekers don’t actually even end up qualifying for asylum……
Unusual-Solid3435 t1_j4uz71s wrote
Do I care? No, my wife and her family isn't a citizen and wasn't for a long time. They need to be taken care of sir!
Jaaawsh t1_j4xabsu wrote
Are they LPRs?
Unusual-Solid3435 t1_j4xnluy wrote
No, they are super super fucked legally because they crossed the Rio Grande without papers (while my wife was 2). Because of that they will never attain citizenship, they are stuck in America for the rest of their lives. The only possible way for them to attain citizenship is if they go back to Mexico and stay out of the US for 10 years, which is untenable with their health. All the while their daughter was lucky enough to receive and keep her DACA long enough to find a US citizen to fall in love with (basically the only path to citizenship for DACA recipients). Her parents aren't so lucky just because they don't have the paper that says they simply overstayed their visa.
We make good money and pay a lot of taxes but this will always weigh us down.
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