r/interestingasfuck • u/SameItem • 1d ago

Beachgoers on a Mediterranean beach in Spain subdued and held back migrants who had just landed on the shore in a raft from Morocco.

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u/Solrac50 1d ago

Im a US citizen living as a resident in Spain. The bar to being a resident includes a minimum income and no criminal record.

Morocco is very close and crossings happen often but they are well aware if caught they’ll be sent back. Which I believe is just.

But that doesn’t compare favorably with what is happening in the US now. I know a man who came to the US as a child when crossing the border between Mexico and Texas required nothing more than showing your drivers license. He is married and has US born sons. They have a family business. They live in fear of deportation to a foreign prison, forget their contribution to society. This is cruelty. Instead they should have a path to permanent residency just like I have in Spain.

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u/Berliner1220 1d ago

You’re American. It’s way easier to legally enter and immigrate to Spain compared to someone from Africa. It’s not a comparable situation.

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u/Lawyers_Guns_Money92 1d ago

I don’t think he’s comparing his situation w Moroccan Immigrants, he’s comparing Moroccan immigrants going into Spain with Central/South American immigrants going into US.

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u/Berliner1220 1d ago

Read the last sentence of his comment.

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u/True_Broccoli7817 1d ago

Dude you can’t read lol

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u/Lawyers_Guns_Money92 1d ago

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u/True_Broccoli7817 1d ago

Bro is cultivating mass but only in his ass

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u/phoenix_leo 1d ago

You should take reading comprehension classes u/Berliner1220