Ponying up is an incorrect term which implies paying a price or giving a thing away. In such a case, the homeowner would be compensated for the occupancy.
Why do you assume anyone would not be a respectful and quiet boarder or tenant based on their immigration status?
You are not considering the reasons people might have for crossing into the US. Many seek refuge from political or religious persecution, violent regimes, starvation, and other existential threats.
DI’d you know, for example, that US immigration policies and quotas in the 1930s and 194Os kept hundreds of thousands of eastern European Jews from being saved from the Holocaust and condemned them to death in Hitler’s ovens and gas chambers?
The US historically has welcomed and provided safe harbor for “your tired, poor, and huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” It says so on the Statue of Liberty.
Being xenophobic and blocking or turning away anyone trying to immigrate by any means is un-American beyond words.
Those who think this way and support Trump deserve what they get.
Stu, I agree with your views and belive that we should provide refuge to those who need it. But, it is a myth that the US has always welcomed immigrants. In fact, xenophobia and turning away immigrants is sadly, very much American. Immigrants were often exploited and discriminated against. I'd like to think we evolved and become more compassionate, but that is clearly not the case.
That was my point in the example I gave of immigration policies and quotas during the Holocaust. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and others died as a direct result of the quotas.
So who stays and who get removed? We have a process for refugees and asylum seekers. Why should someone who crossed illegally be rewarded and allowed to stay when there are others in the same or maybe worse situation who are doing it correctly and waiting for permission to legally come to the country?
No. I have lived on my own for too many years, I need my own space. I would be uneasy about having a stranger living under my roof. We would get on each other's nerves and I wouldn't be able to sleep. If I were allowed to accommodate him or her in my garden shed or other outbuilding, I might consider it.
But would I reject this person as a potential lodger just because they'd entered my country illegally? Maybe, maybe not - it would depend on their reasons for coming here, their age, and a host of other factors.
This post was edited by Reverend Muhammadovsky at June 8, 2023 2:23 PM MDT
I have refused to work someone who was not legal...it is not legal for me to work them. I would not rent to anyone in my home....legal or not. But the illegal part makes it certain.
Your "don't have a spare room" reminded me of the Russian "communal apartments", a subject not related in any way to the subject of this post (up to four pages yet!! But then the whole post is based on conjecture, so why not?).
Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end...
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