The story of the El Paso alligator statue is stranger than you think. In the late 1800s, the city underwent a beautification project, one element of which included renovating the city park. For some wonderfully inspired reason, the city decided to put a group of young American Alligators into the newly-renovated park pond (alligators are not native to the El Paso area). The gators stayed there for many years, but as time went on, more and more problems arose. The gators weren't the problem, they were quite well-mannered, but the citizens of El Paso were not responsible enough with their alligators. The city faced numerous issues ranging from people throwing things at them, to people catching the alligators and putting them in someone's house or office as a prank, to drunk men jumping into the pond at night hoping to wrestle one. The vandalism and disrespect caused two alligators to die and one to be blinded in one eye. Eventually, in the 1960s the city decided that the alligators would go to the city zoo where they could be safe from the city's population. They tried again in the 70s, but results were soon the same. Then, in 1995, a statue was placed to honor the reptiles that we did not deserve.
That's not terribly surprising, alligators are mostly just dangerous because of their size, for the most part they aren't interested in people and even in the cases where they do attack, it's a case of mistaken identity, or they get a hold of somebody's hand because they think there's food and drag the poor person to their death underwater before realizing that there's been a mistake and leaving the body uneaten. Crocodiles though, are definitely up for eating people.
While I do understand the plea of these migrants, I have some first hand experience with people who had to leave the country as legal highly skilled labor who had come into the country ”the right way”. An Indian friend of mine had been married and settled in the US. She had been working for nearly 2 decades as an H1-b worker since her permanent residence permit was still very much stuck in the process. She and her spouse were working in medicine and tech respectively, so atleast $130k plus each, and were law abiding tax paying citizens, contributing to their society and their economies. They had bought and built a house for their family and had one daughter who was a US citizen by birth. When my friend lost her job during the Covid-19 pandemic, she had a total of 3 months to find another one in exactly the same field. When she was unable to do so her family had to upend their entire lives and leave immediately along with their daughter, abandoning their house and pet. If this is how the US government treats people who were educated in the country, contributing to the economy greatly and were overall outstanding members of their societies, I can only wonder how they treat migrants from these other countries.
those politicians dont want decent people becoming their constituents, they want americans to be dumb so that they can fuck up the country with less opposition lol the only people they let in are crazy rich and crazy poor people. middle class people only make their lives harder lol
God, that's disgusting. Absolutely f*cking deplorable. Holy shit And because it's H1-B, yeah, they need to have a job to retain the visa... I seriously question the morality of that Visa... Those who worked under H1-B should have access to better citizenship access after certain amount of time of application. Like seriously, these people pay taxes and worked for the economy. They are just a document short of a proper Citizen. And throwing them away just because they can't find a new job IN 3 MONTHS after their years of contribution is disgusting
Ahhhhh the second he started talking about the app my thought was “wow this puts my Ticketmaster experience in perspective.” And to learn that I was not the only person who’s mind went there is both gratifying and horrifying
I remember trying to get a ticket for Radiohead! I did it working with two computers at my phone at the same time. I felt a winner even though I got the last ticket in the last raw. I can't imagine the same thing for an immigration appointment 😢
My first thought when he started mentioning facial recognition was, “You know full damn well this isn’t going to work if their skin tone is even remotely dark.” Lo and behold, I was sadly right.
The problem is we're probably gonna be right back where we started with it being Biden vs. Trump. The lack of even an alternative within the "two party" system is damning of its failure.
Unfortunately the system is deliberately made that the other parties have little chance of winning. So yeah it's just another election on which of these two idiots do you prefer even though they are both incompetent. It is not a two party system like you phrased with the quotation marks but it sort of is.
Gop has alternates. Vivek is next up after Trump. Whos after Biden? Gavin? The guy not even running that lost a debate to Florida man? Name one democrat that hasn't screwed their cred by how they are running their states?
@samc5794 Not sure if you've had your primary yet where you are. But consider voting "uncommited" for the democratic primary, it's one of the few tactics that seems to get a rise out of the democratic party these days.
I thought he was going to talk about the failed "Operation Fast and Furious" of the Biden administration to give American guns to drug cartels which resulted in the death of many people including a border patrol agent. But sure the movie reference was good too.
If John were fair, when Biden began rambling about "family", he would have mentioned the 4 year old granddaughter he won't even acknowledge, despite a genetic test proving that Hunter IS the father. China Joe hung Christmas stockings for his dog, but not his own granddaughter.
I worked with a vietnamese boat person. His brother got to America a year ahead of the rest of his family and had a car, a house, and a steel mill job waiting for them. Hard working, decent people. Of course, this was 45 years ago when an individual could, through hard work, earn his way into a house and a car in a year.
@@bluevanga30 you're not having to drop out of school to go work on the family farm, which still happened regularly 50yrs ago & all through human history before that. So like every generation you've got advantages & disadvantages over previous generations. But on the whole you're much better off now than someone born in the mid 1900s who still had to worry about Polio or diabetes before insulin besides everything else
@@nolongerblocked6210 We're the first generation in the history of the country that will be worse off economically than our parents on average. We're the first generation since before 1920 to have faced a pandemic with the death toll as high as it was, and we're likely to have to face multiple more before we'd have reached retirement age, and we're much less likely to be able to retire ever. We're the first generation since the Great Depression to have the economy so heavily damaged and further threatened as its being literally right now in congress more than once. We're the first generation that has faced more days with mass violence being perpetrated against our peers and younger generations than without. We're the first generation to have faced all of those things at once and still be told that we ought to just bend over and take it because we don't have to do what our great grandparents did while our immediate predecessors didn't either and ended up much better off than we ever will. On top of that, the reason why people don't quit school to work on their family farm is because that's impossible, because family farms go bankrupt by the thousands every year thanks to support for policies that leave giant corporate agricultural corporations heavily subsidized and profitable but family farms left on the wrong side of a volatile market, and because a lack of education equivalent to a high school diploma makes you effectively useless as an heir to a farm since you can't do a fraction of the things needed just to keep it running, like understanding accounting practices, negotiating contracts, reverse-engineering heavy farm equipment because the repair tech can't make it out for weeks during a harvest season, and desperately trying to make ends meet after all of that. Diabetes is still a near death sentence for anyone below the poverty line (which makes up over 10% of the population) unless they're lucky enough to get on Medicare, and then only because of a law that was passed during this administration. Polio is being detected in cities again, likely due to the anti-vax movement. Everything you listed is actually a reason anyone paying attention to those concepts knows we're not doing well. Btw, 50 years ago was 1973, where right about 1.5% of Americans worked in agriculture. So although that may have happened "regularly," it definitely didn't happen commonly, especially since in the 1970's there was an 80% rate of high school graduation. In case you don't have a calculator handy, that's over 50 times more common than it would be possible for those people to have dropped out to work on a family farm. I live in an agricultural state, and the last admin screwed over our family farms so bad that hundreds more than expected went bankrupt during their trade war with China, who is a major importer of American agricultural products, and then subsidies for farms only came after the giant corporations bought their family farms, their equipment, and just about everything else they had of value for pennies on the dollar so they could be forced to move nearer to a city so they could work for other corporations at a loss. I get why people are often unwilling to accept that the world has changed compared to what they are used to or what they expected, but I highly encourage you to figure it out.
That app makes me think of when I worked with my state's unemployment office during the pandemic. Our role was very limited (we could help with filing a weekly claim and update personal information on the account, but we could not approve an account for benefits as I believe that had to be done by a licensed adjudicator). For those needing more assistance, they required an appointment to speak with someone by phone. Appointments could only be made Sunday through Thursday after 5PM. The slots were taken within two minutes of opening and people were going months without being able to speak with someone. We were actually informed to flag a supervisor if someone made mention of committing suicide because of this. That was just unemployment benefits, I can only imagine how much worse it is for those seeking asylum.
Adjudicators are licensed? I take it there's no ethics exam involved, because around here they're some of the worst scum and villainy that the state can find. And I've been a state employee, I'm generally not one to badmouth state employees, the only government employees that I can think of that are worse are tax assessors and prosecutors.
Yeah that's nonsense it needs to be triaged ..the most vulnerable first. And that could easily be done by a human being. I always think when I am going by through some beurocratic hoops that one person with a brain could easily and quickly solve the problem...and example is my mom who broke her hip and got home help one year later....she took it cos she had broken her arm by then..she recently broke her arm again and they had delete her file so she had to go through the process again because they only hold records for five years. Now that makes sense with a young person. It does not make sense with elderly people who are acsessing elderly care because they are only going to need more care as time goes by. Not less. Its not like a young person who had an issue got over it and has 70 years of health. This is a 70 year old having their records delete at 75 when their need it. Going to be more. They should automatically go on a list of vulnerable people and actually asked if they need help not wait to apply for help. The hospital should flag these people who come in with a broken skull or injury because at that age you may not be able to fill out a form and most of them cant use a bloody website or app to save their lives they can barely use whatsapp. Yet all in person office are closed all phone lines closed and only online available and hardly anyone knows how to reach them and if you are old and just had a fall youre not even able to type cos you just broke your damn hand and are in a fog of pain. Its just a useless load of Pen pushing going on and ive literally had arguements with those people who can somehow spend an hour argueing but cant spend five minutes go something? They're worse than robots. No offence i know your hands are tied. I'd be fired in five minutes fron your job because id break the rules to help people. THe system is stupid and smart people and kind people like yourself have their hands tied and are punished for helping people. Its very wrong.
I recognize that I'm late to this, but I hope the WGA and especially the Last Week Tonight team are able to make it through this strike. It's a bummer there hasn't been any new episodes for near a full month, but getting fair treatment and compensation for the talented folks who deserve it comes first. Good luck to the Last Week Tonight team and I hope you all are managing through the strike okay
Fully Agree! We can't become a society full of people who just odd job (gig work) their way through life because the corporate over lords need every penny to buy trips to jerk each other off on the moon.
@@alexham7356 Right after this episode aired, the WGA (Writers Guild of America) went on strike... which led to late night talk shows (including LWT w/John Oliver) to be temporarly put on halt 'cause they rely on their writers for material!
I'm German, and I was in a LDR with an American girl. At one point, I looked into ways to stay in the US for a longer time. She couldn't believe how hard it is to get into the country, maybe she thought I was too stupid to find the right approach. I'm a software developer with a degree, and it would be so incredible difficult to come with a work visa, and then you are on the mercy of the company hiring you. Also marrying wouldn't be all rainbows and unicorn puke. Things didn't work out between us, and to be honest, I prefer the employee rights and protections I have in Germany very much over the American nightmare. After we broke up, she accused me to be anti-american. That's not true, I like your country, but that means even more that I have to criticize it if it becomes a shit show of a dumpsterfire on an erupting volcano. Get your shit together, and immigration would be a good starting point.
Our country is a raging hell. Ik there are worst countries, but there are much better ones too. I wish usa would get its shit together, but a large portion of our population doesn't want that. 🤦♀
@@rlundquest I can see why you would think that. And maybe you're right. But I also think there are well-funded corporate interests who are very good at keeping the dumpster fire going.
I am a US citizen born here, wife is from Brazil we have been waiting for a year to get her visa, it literally puts our life on pause we have done all the paperwork had to pay over 4k in fees and they lost our paperwork 3 times. it is a complete shit process. The reason why a lot of people enter illegally is because even doing it the legal way takes years and is not a guarantee. I have a friend who was seeking asylum from Venezuela and its been over 3 years for him to get his Visa.
@@freeman7079 When white people literally stole this country and forced humans to build everything yes you are. Families are dying because of what Regan,North and Bush started.
@@freeman7079 No. But it would be fair if you get your answer quickly. I don't know about USA, but for EU countries you can read the requirements on the embassy website and then apply for the category that suits you (work, marriage, study, travel...). If you are refused, you have few weeks to make a formal complaint.
Even entering legally is incredibly difficult. My aunts and uncles, who are middle class in Mexico, and can afford an attorney to handle the process, have been waiting for 24 years for their green cards to be approved.
A friend of mine, born in the US, has been waiting for years (married in 2019 and only started to see some progress by late 2022) for his WIFE to be allowed to immigrate. Something tells me that if he was white and/or she was European, he wouldn't be waiting, but he's Asian, and she's from Laos.
Facial recognition IS HARDER when your skin is darker, period. I'm dark myself, and I've written this code, and it's frustrating, but there's little that can be done about it. it's because there's less contrast in my features (dark skin, dark hair, eyebrows) and if I'm not in a well-lit area, I just fade into the background. This has to do with the very physics of photography and vision -- how much light and how much difference in the light and dark areas. One solution is to remove the IR filter that's on all digital cameras, that made me look very white, gave me plenty of contrast. This means that the melanin in my skin apparently reflects, not absorbs, near infrared. That was good enough for my purposes.
Fake news. This is America, where correlation is equal to or greater than causation. Computer science is racist and gravity is prejudice against fat people, I know cause Twitter said so
I have a few really stupids question regarding this (and apologies for doing it 9 months after you made this comment): 1) would there be some workaround in trying to more-or-less echolocate the face. 2) does it mean people with large birthmarks on their face and/or missing features are also far harder to get working facial recognition scans. 3) would telling it to use an IR spectro reading generally improve the accuracy long term (and it makes sense to me that such skintones would reflect more IR, white people are white because they moved away from the area where they would be in danger if they absorbed it all day), and 4) for an app like this at some point wouldn't it just be easier to upload a photo? I assume they're trying to automate the process of running people through criminal databases, but frankly that's kinda a hard one to begin with. also I'm glad you did find a workaround for your own project :)
Just because things could be worse, doesn't mean they couldn't be better. Just because you love your country, doesn't meant you can't wish better for it. It's our duty to guide our country towards a better state.
@what’s there to explain? Seriously, he’s said it about s simply as can be expected. If you want it dumbed down even further, best I can give you is “don’t get complacent,” which is only part of the sentiment
@TheFishOwnsYou we did. It was totally rigged against him. The dems do it, the repubs do it. They're all afraid of people like Bernie who threaten their hegemony. I was on the ground level, starting at the local elections and watched him systematically be edged out by the establishment dems.
yes by saying Biden isnt left ENOUGH? When the right already thinks hes too far left. Wouldnt mind him criticizing someone or something for being too left.... at least once a year
If anyone actually travels down to Mexico and tries to come into the US, you will see an entire spectrum of people from all over the world standing in lines waiting for help across. Nobody talks about this. Its not just South Americans. It’s a mix.
@@xanderLudahl Fighting tooth and nail, using all their life savings, seeking help from relatives and strangers, and a heaping dose of hope... but none of these things last under dire conditions
But why? I’m always wondering why so many people would want to risk so much to come when there lives aren’t going to be much better at all. I understand if they’re coming from especially violent areas, but that leaves the question of why can’t they settle someone where closer by that’s also pretty safe compared to where they’re coming from.
50% of illegal immigrants into the United States come from Mexico. 25% come from the rest of latin America. That means only 25% of illegal immigrants in America come from non-latin American countries. Also, these countries have high rates of asylum seekers. So, the most illegal immigrants come from countries with the worst crimes. In other words, we are recreating conditions that people risk their lives to escape!
The US border situation is also making “criminals at the border” worse: “When migrants arrive in these Mexican cities near the border, they’re the targets of a vicious criminal business that kidnaps them and can torture them for weeks, extorting thousands of dollars of ransom from their relatives over the phone. Those who are kidnapped know that if they don’t pay, the outstanding balances can end in death.”
I read an article last week that said the Biden administration is setting up asylum application centers in Guatemala and some of the other countries. That would help keep asylum seekers safe from the Mexican street thugs.
No one realizes a big part of these migrants are also criminals fleeing from their countries because they have capture orders and arrive as poor inocent humans. No one applies for asylum, they are all just economic migrants and are mostly uneducated trash people, they even publish vids of how to thief in retail stores. If not even the permisive democrats are tolerating it, its for a reason, US can't allow unlimited anyone who just want to come
To be fair, even if they want to honor their promises we live in a democratic republic with three supposedly co-equal branches of government so unlike a dictatorship they can't just declare that something will happen and magically make it so. I wish candidates would be more honest about that, be more accurate for them to describe their promises as their wish list of items.
The president is only responding to the needs of the people. Americans don't want refugees, but they want vanity. Trump tells the truth, stops refugees; Biden lies, and stops refugees, the same. So Biden is more in line with the needs of the people.
Once they show us otherwise, we will remain jaded and apathetic. Biden is using this rhetoric solely to gain Latino support behind his presidential run. He had 4 years and has not done shit for Latinos. All these politicians are disgusting.
Even entering legally into USA is difficult, I was offered with a research internship in Florida, but the last changes in the process turn out impossible to me to apply essentially for the waste of time that trying to apply will represent. Currently I'm applying to a PHD in Europe.
You’re better off in Europe where most universities have time limits on the PhD. In the USA you can be held hostage by a PI for years if they don’t want to let you submit your thesis. I am Canadian and did my PhD in Europe. I was paid better, had less time wasted in rotations and course work and didn’t need to teach in order to have enough money to eat! Good luck!
Even applying for a tourist visa is hard. In Costa Rica people wait up to a year for an appointment to apply for a visa to go to Disneyworld. And the fee is really expensive for most people. You pay, you wait and you can still be refused.
The $160 application fee is not refundable. And 50% of applicants in Nicaragua before 2018 were getting rejected. Can’t apply at the border anymore, have to apply at the US consulate. Most get two year parole entry visas, at least in Nicaragua.
I have a friend who is Indonesian and lives here in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband, in the house that they own. They wanted to go to her sister's wedding in the US. But because she has family in the US, her visa was denied instantly, they deemed she might want to stay.
@@moniqueengleman873 American tourist visa is notoriously one of the most batshit insane visa interviews all around. While the process itself isn't that much harsher than many others (Japanese tourist visa comes to mind, they want an actual document listing everything you intend to do in the country), most countries have very clear requirements and recommendations that basically guarantee the tourist visa after the interview. The USA not only doesn't really have as such, it often denies visa for basically no discernible reason whatsoever. The interview process is straight up a gamble. If the interviewer is on a bad day they can and will blanket deny anyone that day.
Remember when America had no border laws? Remember when human movement wasn't criminalized? Remember how that didn't lead to mass violence or the collapse of civilization?
@Natdl - yeah, I really can’t get into a ‘debate’ with a loser who can only ‘strawman’ and / or smear . . . you people are literally energy vampires ay? 👍
...and also the fact that the tech industry is overwhelmingly run by white men who give lip service to equality while developing tools of systemic racism.
Dear god, let them stay on strike forever. People are actually getting smarter now that they aren't getting their political opinions from late night tv hosts.
As an American who has lived in other countries (applied for residency, some denied, some accepted)... I've seen how Asian, African, European countries handle their own migrant issues. I've seen the US too. What seems to be missing from all of them is a clear understanding of what they want their immigration rules to be. We're all missing the mark. But maybe we should decide where the mark actually is.
Read the statue of liberty. Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! beyyyy
@@deus_ex_machina_ American author Emma Lazarus wrote the poem to help fundraise for the Statue's pedestal. The plaque was installed almost two decades after the statue had been dedicated in 1886. The provenance of the poem is entirely American.
As a Scot that grew up in the Lone Star state, I went through the immigration process. I eventually held a green card. The amazing people don’t realise is if someone is arrested as an illegal immigrate, they sent to an immigration jail to do time before they deported! So there are thousands of people in prison waiting to be sent back to their country.
@@masterofalltrades_ usually they return bc their family are in the US. So they take the risks over and over. America used to be a land of opportunity. But now it’s rejecting the very concept that it was founded upon.
it's been a long time since it's been founded and now. there are plenty of changes to the opportunities that there were at the founding of the nation. @@ryanchristophergavan80
I came to this country perfectly legally, speaking good English, trained in a highly sought-after profession, and it took me 14 years to get citizenship, during which I did lose my status by following instructions from the Department of Homeland Security and was illegal for 2 years. And I consider myself lucky. I didn't get arrested. I didn't get deported. Sure, I was interrogated for hours about being a terrorist and had all of my privacy stripped from me, but that is actually not the worst that can happen - this story here demonstrates this APTLY. US immigration system is an exercise in advanced sadism.
@@charlespancamo9771 where did I say that? You are agreeing with something that is a product of your imagination. I was pointing out that the immigration system, as it exists today, is broken and inhumane. It is a sad tribute to the country built by and, in many ways, sustained by immigrants. So, kindly abstain from ignorant remarks and, instead, consider what is actually being said.
@@angryhobbit5919 what I don't understand is why you moved to a shithole country like the usa? You'd be more welcome in western Europe and have a better life
@@charlespancamo9771 Lol Japan has had negative economic growth partly due to their immigration policies limiting their growth potential. Neither is beacon of good immigration process, not a model the US should follow.
It's amazing to me that they failed to realize that the app for creating asylum appointments would never work simply do to the fact that bots can take up all of the appointments, using the exact same methods they use to buy up all of the Nvidia graphics cards every time they release. All it takes is one right-wing group with some technology and they can cancel everybody's ability to use the app.
I was also thinking - WHY are they so convinced all the immigrants have smartphones? Talk about privilege talking! Come on! I get that they are ubiquitous, even in the poorest nation, but they are not a given. Wouldn't it be AWESOME if they formed a thinktank made up of immigrants who have been through the current process to design a new one? I bet you the first thing they would do is ditch the stupid app.
@@angryhobbit5919 You're not just talking about immigrants, but asylum seekers. These people have been forced to flee, they didn't make a decision, so it's even crazier to just assume they have everything they need
7 families including mine were give a work visa in USA, in IT. All of us professionals with over 15 years of experience. After 3 years there, we learned (the hard way) that the written law is very, very different from the implementation. We all left, never coming back. Europe is much more suited for us all at this moment, and the taxes we pay seem to have some real purpose here. What is stagering, is that we work as contractors for US based companies. So your system is OK with that...
At least we treat educated people well in europe but if you are a refugee that crosses the mediteranian sea or come through balkan its also a terrible situation... But not even the most far right countries here seem to be anywhere as cold as the US who knowingly let people die and get kidnapped
I am a very right leaning conservative, but I watch this and other media that (tends to) swing left because I personally feel it's important to leave the echo chamber and be educated in what others are thinking. I am not here to take a political stance on this issue, I have my own perspective through my own experiences, but I feel that Jon here makes a great point that we ALL (no matter idealogy) need to seriously consider. The point is, being critical of someone you supported or still support or even being critical of your own idealogy/mindset at times is extremely crucial. It's something that we severely lack in this country currently and something we should all really take time to think about, and consider. The biggest problem (I believe) is that we are so caught up in our own echo chambers, our own "Yes" groups, and our own idealogical tunnels that we easily forget that a vast majority of our neighbors and countrymen are just trying to live a decent life like we are. We tend to hate each other over these things rather than listen to each other and reach proper solutions through compromise and understanding. It's a shame, but I have hope we can one day end the absolute divisiveness that politicians use to tear us apart. And when we do, we can really progress into a better future.
There won't be any progress into a better future as long as America is so highly conservative. The entire point of conservatism is to not progress after all, it's literally what conserve means. Neoliberals (whom are still conservative) and conservatives have control of America, and by extension the world, and make sure there is an ever widening wealth gap between the rich, middle class, and poor while also ruining labor and living conditions.
Shhh!!! Don't give Netflix any ideas...! You know how that would turn out and we don't need them to carelessly produce more manure out of beloved properties.
We are proud about America's values, just not those! What, those are what America is for the rest of the world? I am not interested in the rest of the world, I am American!!!
We take a lot of migrant but can’t take all. We aren’t the only country that has an asylum program. Why isn’t Russia taking in asylum seekers to the extent the U.S./West is? The asylum seeker program is for ppl who’s lives r in danger by someone or their government for pro-democracy activism and can prove it, not for ppl who just want a better life.
The tired, poor and the huddled masses have been used as cheap labor throughout our history. I don't believe this is an example of our shining light on the hill.
I think that the word "humanity" as a descriptive noun, is an abstract term with undefined boundaries. Technically, the average human determines the definition of humanity. So where do you look for the "average human" certainly not north america.
@@alltheusernameswastaken8936 I would love to say México and Canadá might have some but I really don't trust any of the three countries in North América.
The US can’t take in everyone. If everyone dissatisfied w/their crappy government leaves, how does that crappy government ever get fired, overthrown, or the gangs/drug cartels r brought down? The US had a revolution to gain independence and a civil war to free the slaves. If everyone dissatisfied just left, we’d still have those problems. Migrants should work together to make this country better, not run to another country creating problems in that other country.
I'm genuinely really excited for this show to come back - whenever that may be. I hope WGA gets their demands soon too. This has been a wild month as soon as theyve gone off air. I wish everyone on the LWT team good luck with this strike!
"Excellent they have some sort of solution to this bullshit. Let's see what it is... What the fuck? I abruptly stopped what I was doing and ran from the cartels. Telling me to use an app is as useful as telling me to form a summoning circle!" -- Asylum seeker that lost everything
2,175,196 case backlog, at 740 appointments per day and 250 court days per year is almost a 12 year backlog. During which time, just as many people or more will get in line. They are falling even further behind ecru day. Also, that 12 years assumes each case will take just one court appointment, which seems pretty optimistic.
The backlog is they don't have enough government workers. Why not apply for a federal job to assist with the issue if you're interested especially if you're an attorney.
@@PhoenixAngel429 there is no problem with trying to get the jobs. People have to apply for federal jobs and have the necessary credentials and be professional. It's not that deep but Americans don't want to do it. Countries can only function properly and work if we have citizenship participating in the right way. Most citizens want to complain or try to overthrow the government, but do not want to participate in the realistic solution by doing public service jobs or getting an college education and caring about the country or people. I'm not a super fan of JFK, but he was correct in saying ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country. He was right on that one.
Just the sight of him puts him on the internalized "FBI watchlist" to be entirely wary of him at all times. I don't see how anyone can stand near him and feel comfortable.
Steven Miller looks like he can dislocate his jaw when swallowing his prey whole like a reptile. I imagine there's an entire circle of Hell where the only torment is having to have sex with him.
"hate" lol. ok. you mean a guy who cares about safety of US citizens over migrant illegals. The US needs to see its own people above all others, its ridiculous to give even one single ounce of our safety away for theirs.
16:39 international law says exactly that, seek asylum in the first safe country. Not 7th like the syrians are trying to in Europe. Or nth, like the US is for North America
Except the United States typically IS the first safe country, because the things they're fleeing (cartels, discrimination etc.) control much if not all of the countries from their place of origin up to the US border. For many the US border basically marks the line where cartels and gangs stop having explicit, overt control and have to go back to operating underground/quietly.
im not gunna lie, this show is really intriguing, and it's funny, but i think it's also severely bringing my mood down. I don't think i've ever been this combination of angry depressed and hopeless.
What??? Lol this is one of the most liberal biased shows out their. Just listen to how he’s constantly throwing shade at Republicans and only cherry picking clips that allow him to make a joke about them. Like he just assumes all sane people are on the left and the Republicans are the enemy and getting in the way
Agree. When it comes to making immigrants a target, though, there is one party 🤷♀️ that works to create hatred, not two, not three. FOX did a huge amount 👀 of it and should be accountable, too. Free speech does not allow for that; people forget to read what it does not cover and assume. Government? 😶 Let's start with 6 SCOTUS who have committed to an agenda that violates their oaths and puts it ahead of constitutional law and ALL 6 are involved in a specific organization that pushes against any women's rights, human rights ⚖ overall, and injects religion, corporate control, and authoritarianism into government, the Federalist society. Fair begins at the top, unlike trickle down 🙄 economics.
The Democrat party line (which Biden does not follow) is there should be a low bar for asylum. The GOP partly line is asylum should only be used in special cases, like political prisoners. The GOP wants everyone to have the same chance of immigration regardless of race, whereas the Dems want to keep the per nationality limits. There was no mention of drawbacks to the expansion of asylum definition. So yes, he is a shill.
He essentially attacked the entire government. However as heartless as it sounds, the border needs to be completely shutdown. Do you people see how broken this country is currently? How are we to ever make a dent in homelessness, poverty, crime, and most importantly taking care of our military veterans if we're also tackling this endless stream of migrants flooding across the border???? They are destroying border towns and that's not fair to the residents who live there and it's not fair to the governments who control those towns and states either.
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
For clarity, I am a native born American. But my wife who is Colombian has gone through the immigration process and a lot of her family is also trying to apply and get visas and it’s not much better, and in many cases, worse than what you seem to talk about at the border. It’s almost like there are millions of people trying to get into the United States every year.
And conservatives simply cut funding and slow downs the process when they can’t outright ban “scary dirty invading entitled foreigners coming for your jobs”. Which funnily enough ALSO makes the job harder for the people who background check people for terrorism or actual crimes
They could just stay at home, no? I mean seriously...why would you try and live in a country you hate? I wouldn't, and that's why I don't live in America...it's like they aren't committed to their own worldview. In my experience, when your actions don't reflect your words, it is because you are lying. Weird as heck
09:39... lol wait, what? People fleeing an actual war should NOT get preferential treatment? People from central america get to "walk" to USA... people from other continents don't have that privilege. What's fair here? In any case, why are we required to allow this many people into our country? I realize this segment came out 6 months ago... probably before NY and other sanctuary cities started crying for help after being overrun by migrants. Care to post an update, John? 14:23 Spot on, actually. 1 million fans want to see Taylor Swift perform at a venue that holds 75K people. It's TICKETMASTER's fault that 925K will not get tickets... do you see it now?
Im honestly surprised Haiku's are still being taught to students. I could see Marjorie Taylor Greene ranting about Haiku's not being American enough for our children.
Why, yes of course. The strongest, swollest culture of the bestest country ever falls to pieces when merely exposed to other cultures. That's some weak shit, but that's how we know our frightened bigots, our European iterations are no less sad and concerning. MTG is an embarassment but i'd never lay her at America's feet, just Republican feet, especially those in Baldwin County. Oh, and the conservative shmews media cheerleading for ghouls like her.
My husband should have had his green card over a year ago, they haven't even interviewed him. He is a highly skilled worker with a good job, married to a citizen (me) and a father to 2 citizens.
My wife has been waiting for almost 1.5 years for her greencard renewal. We've been married for 25 years, it should be a rubber stamp at this point. Her first renewal took a few months. Everything related to immigration is backlogged right now.
I agree with the other commenter - it's going to be long and painful, but get working on her citizenship. Some of the backlog you are seeing today tracks back to the drastic immigration measures implemented after 9/11. Criminal background checks were lengthened, number of documents had increased, all the forms got longer with additional questions, and the "are you a terrorist" interview has been extended as well. So, the whole thing exponentially blew up.
@@RM_VFX Yes. Trust me - I get it. As I mentioned in another comment, the way it's gotten over the last 10 years or so, had I been alone, I would have taken my chances and tried to get out. So.... no, I am not surprised at all. I mean - look at people commenting at this post here with ZERO compassion for the immigrants at the border or those trying to help them. What the hell happened to "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"? Forget that!
My wife and I are going through the process for the first time. Just got married last year. It has been frustrating and honestly dehuminizing. We have been waiting to even get our interview. Even still, she has it better than the rest of our friends that are here on other types of visas. It isn't just slow, they make the process miserable. (And to others, not everyone wants to be a US citizen. My wife also plans to keep her current citizenship. Plenty of reasons to.)
For anyone who hasn’t seen the full episode I HIGHLY recommend you do. Radiant Plumbing responded to the commercial proposal from a few weeks back and it is GLORIOUS.
Its not a problem. Its on purpose. Its a stall tactic to prevent immigration. Do you really think that the US government couldn't create enough courts to hear every pending case by the end of the month if they wanted to?
Not just courts - although, that too. Immigration personnel in general - across all the stages of the immigration process. Whenever I talk to other immigrants about just... coming to any of the locations across the country, we all share the same experience: every processing location has a waiting room and at least five, if not ten, windows for officials to work with. However, of those, only two or three are usually opened, and at least one of the opened ones is working on something lengthy so, it might as well be unavailable. I get WHY no one wants to work at the Department of Homeland Security - like the IRS, the institution is one of the most despised in America. I think it has to be a two-fold effort - simplify the process on one hand, make it make sense and reasonable to navigate AND employ more people to attend to the process. It is bound to take a LONG time, but maybe, with a simpler process, the immigration representatives will be less despised, and more will be willing to work for the department.
The problem is the people that legally need those courts can't get to them because their full of people that decided to come illegally. If someone wants to come here they can go through the actual process instead of just coming here and then getting caught and deported. I can't just move to Mexico or any other country..
Certain late night hosts are treating their staff like shit. And though i miss my last week tonight fix. Nothing but respect for John Oliver standing with his staff
Please do a piece on NC Tricia Cotham who ran as a Dem in support of womens rights to choose. Gave a speech on the House floor explaining that she had an abortion, saying, "This decision was up to me, my husband, my doctor and my God. It was not up to any of you in this chamber." As soon as she is elected as a democrat she switched parties to republican, giving republicans a super majority in the state, and now voted in favor of a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
"Fuck em".. Man it's nice to hear it being said without being bleeped. I love this channel for it. And the fact that it is used only on special occasions to really drive a point home makes it just the better.
I know the show has covered it before, but I think this segment would’ve been helped by a very very brief recap on the right to asylum internationally and under US law. Most people are not familiar/ may not remember what exactly asylum is. Also, a piece missing from this discussion is: what is the long term solution? With the climate crisis, refugees and asylum seekers will exponentially rise- is the U.S. supposed to accept all of these people?
Never get your hopes up about any haiku. That's a good rule of thumb. They're all disappointing. They are the Ruve Goldberg machines of poetry. Hard to craft but utterly useless.
@@221b-l3twith all the artful periods you have in your comment, i was really hoping it would be a haiku. it was not. ive learned so much about keeping my haiku hopes low today
@@kerenk Nope that's just me failing at basic grammar. I try to keep my sentences shorter now, to avoid most of punctuation pitfalls. I gave up on grammar in my native language so English is not getting extra effort.
I have no experience with the CBPOne app, so I'll just comment to the extent that John discussed it. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the facial recognition piece leaves something to be desired. That's an issue with a number of apps using that technology. As for the app creating a lottery process, I suspect the issue isn't the app itself. The issue is that the app can only allow as many appointments in a day as there may be agents to hold those appointments. To John's point nearer the end of his monologue, in this respect, the app is working at intended. The app isn't broken, it's quite simply that the staff who are available to process applications are, and have been for quite some time, grossly outnumbered by the number of applicants. So, while I agree with John that we need to better fund our ability to process applications, it is not pragmatic to think that any politician supporting such an idea is going to get anywhere with it. There are just way too many people who would rather spend money to keep immigrants out (legal or otherwise), rather than spending money on how to bring them in legally in greater numbers. You don't have to like that fact, but it's a fact. There are just way too many US citizens who live in fear of immigration, rather than embracing it.
This may surprise you, but hold on to your hat: you can schedule appointments more than 8 hours in advance 😨😨🤯 Just give them an appointment for next week, or next month, or however long the queue is, so it's actually a fair "first come first serve" situation instead of a lottery every day... If you close the app when the day is fully booked and people have to start over the next day, people who just got there might get an appointment while others are waiting for months in dire conditions.
@@TheTwan85 the problem with that is then people arriving now would be stuck for years waiting. We simply don’t have the staff and infrastructure for the volume
As an IT developer, I'll simply claim the app is badly designed. If you know you'll have a high number of applicants vs a small number of application slots, you don't assign them on a 'whoever clicks the fastest' system, but implement a basic queue. That, in combination with the default 'woops, we didn't train our facial recognition with a broad enough dataset' screams incompetence to me. So probably the app was made on a tight budget or contracted out via nepotism (and thus most of the money meant for the developement went into private pockets). As the president of the richest country in the world, I would be ashamed to present to any government-funded software as shoddy as that.
@@Alblaka It kinda sounds like this was Biden wanting to show that he's young and hip, and instead just proving that he's totally out of touch and doesn't know how apps work. Even the logo (boner jokes aside) looks like an angry gatekeeper who's excited to tell you "no." I also highly doubt that Biden actually cares about the border situation at all, aside from how it makes him look with voters. He had no issues when Obama was doubling down on immigration and setting up border camps, and only complained when Trump quadrupled down on those same policies.
In 1985 or 86 former UN Ambassador Andrew Young spoke at my school. One of the things I remember best is him saying that the US needed to deal with Mexico & Central America then because it was going to affect us & it wasn't going to get better on its own. Almost 40 years later & it's still true.
40 years ago, the USA was dealing with said nations just fine via regime change, sanctions, covert cia destabalzing operations, etc that CREATED the situation we have now. Immigrants from VNZ do NOT want to WALK thousands of miles, leaving thier country to come here just for the excersise. They left because of a domestic situation we, the USA, at least in part, had a significant influence in. Imagine how different our southern border would be right now, if we didn't regime change / sanction / invade 90% of central and south america. But because we despise their way of life, (socialism, / communism via their democratically elected leaders) our country made it a policy to destroy / undermine them. And now we are reaping what we sow.
@@Timekeeper20239 Don't forget manipulating global markets through legislation to control commodities markets like crops & such making it impossible for farmers to compete in this part of the world outside our border. I've also found it amusing how the 'pro-war' far right who supported us invading distant desert lands over political lies resulting in decades-long failed wars feel the solution to a REAL long-term problem on our southern border is a 'wall': the same party whose showbiz has-been icon promoted tearing down walls. Then again, he also began work on what became NAFTA which is what primarily helped destroy the middle class & we can't forget his "trickle-down economics" that also contributed with the demise of the middle class but also helped create & expand the wealth gap, as well as our national debt.
@@arbyjack2552 Every time they try to fix an issue guess who comes swooping by to "preserve their assets", the last time they did it was just 10 years ago, HIllary Clinton in Honduras.
Thank you John for being both fair to Biden, not diminishing his accomplishments or falling into "both sides" false equivalency, while also not engaging in partisan apologism and brushing aside his failures and betrayals on this issue. That is a fine needle to thread, and most commentary fails to do so. This feels like a very even-handed report.
Ticketmaster: There are 6,500 people ahead of you in the queue. 🚶♂ Asylum Ticketmaster: There are 3,000,000 people ahead of you in the queue. 🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂
So anyone just seek for asylum even without a case and will stay legal for years in US just waiting for a reply, piece of cake. While the legal ways for honest ppl abroad are harder and harder
@@XBarajasX actually, yes. It’s an actual human right to be able to seek asylum. And second thought, we should be better at going through these requests for public safety. Imagine if we could get through them with months. That would mean people who will be granted asylum get the safety they need fast and the bad people trying to game the system get out quickly. But with the mindset you have, it actually makes things worse for Americans and worse for them. But that’s what the Dems want. They WANT these people to be in danger and they WANT their families to be at risk. Because they don’t care about their basic human rights.
@@Styphon Why should they get special treatment simply because they are willing to live someplace there is no employment capacity? That's kinda stupid.
@@nobodyspecial4702 there is *enornous* demand for rural agricultural labor. but I guess you xenophobes love food price inflation resulting from the labor shortage.
So niche topic but it seems like something you would cover. Hasbro, one of the worlds largest gaming companies, sent the Pinkertons, an armed mercenary group used to unionbust, to a mans home because their overworked mercenary threatened employees sent a box of Magic the Gathering cards to the wrong store and they sold it to this poor guy. They showed up to his house, threatened him, and stole what was, as I understand, legally purchased goods. I feel like a look at this group and its long bIoodsta¡ned history might make a good main story.
He could also cover the increasing number of child labor law violations that have been occurring recently along with how some states have been rolling back regulations regarding child labor.
As an immigration lawyer whose main practice area is asylum, you are spot on. I'm so disappointed in the Biden administration, and I thank you for bringing this important issue to light.
Which makes it doubly insane how Republicans are parroting the same tired lie that our borders are open. Policy hasn’t changed, but their talking points have.
What is it like for people after they file asylum? How often do they deal with the same criminals they left their countries to escape? Because those criminals tend to live in the same areas and neighborhoods due to food, language, culture, cost.
So how many people should we allow into the country every year? And how much money should we spend handling asylum seekers? Because these important questions were never mentioned, not surprising coming from those who exploit low wage workers.
The "invasion" rhetoric makes me think of the time when that did happen. Of course I'm talking about the time the USA invaded Texas (then México) through immigration into the Mexican territory, achieved 50%+ citizen support for "independization" leading to the USA-Mex war and well u know the history. So i took a look at how close is the US to having that story turn onto themselves. Best estimates of current ilegal immigrants in the US is 3.2% of the population. Meaning they are missing 47% even if you count all latinos (which are obviously not necessarily immigrants and are not all from the same country) that rises to 18.7%. So.. invasion? not even close.
@@felixfungle-bung4688negative. Only a number Estadounidense were given permission to be in Mexico but little by little, more than were allowed, snuck on to the land. When they got enough bodies, the US just turned around and said "u know what? This is ours now" The territory of Texas was stolen. Good book is South to Freedom.
@@Kittymancer78 and those Estadounidenses wanted to bring their slaves into freedom loving Mexico where it was outlawed. Solution, steal the land to bring in slaves.
Just visiting the US as EU citizen, without any demand for immigration, is so unnecessarily complicated, that it really blew my mind. From an Embassy appointment months away, the quote on the embassy site that says ,,bring additional paperwork if you think it will help your visa process” (meaning u don’t have to bring 300€ of extra paperwork, but don’t be surprised if u don’t get your visa if u don’t), extra paperwork u gotta wait for and pick up at the end of the world, having to go through additional ID checks on the airport, a million different forms to fill in that nobody will ever check on flight, to waiting 4 hours at the hot LAX for border and customs….even funnier tho, most of these things don’t even get enforced! I brought paperwork that was DEMANDED for entry and nobody ever looked at it!
U.S. citizens are treated the same at the border. I had a male CBP officer touch my balls just yesterday at the Nogales, Arizona port of entry when I was simply exiting the US as an American citizen taxpayer.
@@pedro72246 that’s crazy! My Cali Bf always travels to me to the EU and he had it easy, he could even stay 12 more months on super short notice (3 days), when I got sick. No problem at all! But to hear that the US even treats their own citizens that badly is terrible!
#Gabi I don’t know from which country of the EU you’re coming from but for most countries you don’t need a Visa, just the online form ESTA and you can come. I know this is valid for Italy, France, Ireland, Spain, Germany and many other countries
Well, I'm Latin American, and I also got adviced to bring nearly $100 worth of additional documents bc, even with the ones strictly required, I might have been rejected. And we all still have to obligatorily pay, I think, €200, regardless of whether we get it or not. (Luckily, I got it, but a friend didn't, and he lost more than €3000 bc he had already paid for rent and other services and documents.)
As ALWAYS, besides enjoying your wicked humor, I learn so many things about just about everything while watching your show, that it DOES NOT appear in any news programs 🤔🧐 So, for that, I thank you and look forward to watching your shows, although not always write a comment; it would just be repeating myself and express my OUTRAGE time and time again. You go, John Oliver ❤
Which one is worse? Telling immigrants up front they are not welcome, or saying they are welcome but simultaneously setting up policies that make it almost impossible to enter? If I were the immigrant, I'd rather appreciate some honestly up front.
Well I mean to be fair, the USA does a great job of saying 'you're not welcome here' without actually saying it. And if they are clueless before they arrive then seeing the lines and encampments should clue a reasonable person in. I'm with you though, I think the US should either reform the whole process to be as swift and fair as is possible, or move to fund almost complete border lockdown. I don't even care much anymore which, just pick a path and stick with it already instead of waffling every few years. Then the applicants will at least know what to expect. Funding either path is going to be stupidly expensive but doing nothing different makes no sense.
We have forgotten that nurses were the real heroes through the worst of the pandemic. In less than 24 hours of John saying that I read on Axios A.M. by Mike Allen that nurses are quitting in record droves.
Ya but they had P.P.E. what about the real heroes The Grocery Workers who had No protection and dealt with crowds of people with No regulation and definitely N o temperature check at the door..just saying
@@Troy-McClure81ummm no we didn’t… we had to use the same mask for up to 6 weeks because “studies show that n95s are safe to use multiple times”. We ran out of the most basic things that are needed to do our job on a regular basis. All the while being yelled at, physically and sexually abused, and shit and pissed on by some Covid denier… as they died from covid. If you have not been a nurse or do not know one personally then you have no idea my friend.
@@ProVideos13 I do know nurses and do know how bad it was for you folks.But Grocery Workers dealt with the same violence, covid denial, all while keeping shelves stocked, Public Restrooms that had to be cleaned with no splash protection or anything to protect them but a pair of gloves,cleaning puke and feces no 95 masks.Just saying nurses knew what they signed up for and trained for including a possibility of a Pandemic.Grocery Workers had to service same nurses who possibly had been infected by those dying and bring it to the store after there shift ,usually wearing the same shoes and clothing,with no training and for half the pay.Just saying give some credit to the folks that kept you fed and your backsides wiped.
I worked in a deli making people's food during the entire pandemic. Somehow delis were considered "essential", even though you can easily buy lunch meat and cheese without people slicing it for you, potentially spreading the disease. Not to mention overpriced sandwiches. And this is a blue state. Amazing. In the meantime no construction can take place, even though it's all outside and the threat of spreading covid is minimal. Funny how every industry that actually impacts the economy was shutdown...in an election year, mostly by blue states. Crazy coincidence. Basically, made your sandwich while you sat on your ass collecting max unemployment. We food workers didn't even get good masks, just nonsense dust masks that dont block crap. And when there's an outbreak they blame Republicans, and people not wearing masks...even though everyone was wearing a mask. The whole thing was transparently political. My parents were some of the first to get vaccinated. They got every shot and every booster and STILL got covid. But not getting a useless vaccination makes you an evil racist republican...
Simple, we didn't need John to tell it to us to get the joke. Some people are only good for a laugh, and you don't need anybody to point it out to tell.
I have a long-time friend who lives in Peru. Things there have been really bad lately, like fascism bad, and the job market has been really difficult since the pandemic as many places closed or downsized. He has several degrees, including a masters in engineering, and wanted to see if he could get a visa to come work in the USA. It's impossible. Just straight up. I worry about him and his family all the time and what would happen if he -- the main breadwinner in a family of 4 -- would suddenly lose the job he has. I have another friend who was born in USA and married a Mexican immigrant before he got deported. For the last 15+ years they have been trying to get him back into the US legally so they can actually live like a married couple. Still nothing.
The Peruvian people rioted en masse when the government there tried to stop coca production. They literlaly wanted to be the state growing most of the coca leaves in the world. They can't now whine that, you know, the state is experiencing a ton fo violence due to the illegal drug trade. They had their chance to not be a narco state. They chose to be a narco state. Sorry, but they don't deserve sympathy.
@@The_Ballo While I agree in a general sense, the United States meddled in South American politics for decades to create such a mess, and continues to give military aid to the very government in Peru that is gunning down its own citizens. There are definitely diplomatic steps that could be taken right now, and should have been taken months ago.
I talked to my mother about 6 months ago, and I told her that there are several families down there that are running from cartel. And we've already seen 2 execution style killings on families that have ended up in America, one in California, and now the one in Texas. I mean the latest was over someone calling the police over a noise complaint, then killed the callers execution style!?! Yeah, that doesn't make sense. I know that it's not everyone coming from south of the US, I'm just certain that there are probably several hundred families, if not thousands that are trying to escape the cartel. My mom thinks that the US is giving them new cars, new homes, new clothes, and all our tax money. But I can't explain anything to her because FOX News has done eat her brain lol. Plus it really makes me feel horrible to know my mother is failing to see the human beings that need help.
I have an uncle who did the same exact thing because he got into a fight in a bar with someone who happens to be a member from some drug cartel and had to flee our family’s hometown to the frontier. And funny enough, I have this one friend who watches compulsive amounts of Fox News and says things like, “they’re giving all the filthy wetbacks our tax dollars and food stamps” or “the illegals are coming here to start a hole in the wall drug smuggling business and using asylum seekers as a Trojan horse”.
I don't think that citizens born and raised in the USA should have to live in fear because foreign entities have entered our neighborhoods. If our country won't help them when they're here, we shouldn't let the cartels and corporations use these people like slaves on our soil.
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus Hey, I totally get that. And I can't blame people for thinking the way my mother does. Especially when all they want to hear is the negatives about immigrants. If the blacks and whites, middle class, and even the ones that are poor, along with the legal Hispanics in this country, would see that neither the democratic party, nor the republican party are here to help any of us. The churches play the same political game with our heads just like the republican and democrats do. They give off this perception of helping people, but behind the closed doors of capital hill, or the pulpit. They are doing everything they can to keep everyone in poverty. And they have the middle class by the balls with debt so severe that a few finger points one way, and a few the other. They now have what's left of the middle class pointing fingers at blacks and the poor, whether they're white, black, latino, or whatever. And they have pretty much destroyed the middle class. The only reason the middle class is still labeled as such is because of the neighborhoods they live in, the schools their kids attend, mostly Christian private schools, or home schooled. To basically be so uneducated about reality, that since their parents had to sign another mortgage for college, just added another $100k to that bank note, guess what? Now the children of the middle class will never own their homes. Because the parents who payed for their kids college education likley won't be able to pay that mortgage off. And when they allow all these kids to have debt relief and not have to pay for college? There is going to be alot of pissed off middle class white parents. And they will be mad at the people they feel are beneath them. Not the government, not their church either because - "God almighty would never let this happen to good Christians like them!" And to that I would say - "Well, when you're dead and gone, your kids will likley be homeless, in debt, or both. Just like the majority of Americans right now. And just think about it if you were poor, or already homeless, like poor people are. But you may say - "They need to pull up those straps and get to work." Then that tells me that anyone who says that. Has no clue what it's like to live that way. And to be in a repetitive cycle of family addiction, in neighborhoods where every home has someone that has either been on drugs, been arrested for drugs, been arrested for stealing, been arrested for domestic violence, and then they're targeted all the time by police, and then their children are. Because like father like son, or daughter like mother, right? I agree with you about the safety of our own American citizens. I've got a question for ya. - "Why do we let people from India come to the states, buy a convenience store, what? 7-10 years tax exempt, let their son, nephew, daughter, cousin, or whatever relatives they will let take over the store. Can have another 7-10 yrs tax exempt. That's another repetitive cycle that I never could figure out. Then it hit me! In the US alone. There are nearly 1% of the world's wealthiest people that call the US home. It's not hard to see how they've earned their wealth. And it really pisses you off when you learn that black people got shafted hard also when it came to generational wealth. And the wealthy white people made it that way. So why can someone like a poor person get a $100k loan to start a business, and get 7-10 yrs tax exempt, sell that business to his family, get another decade of tax exemption? And don't tell me that don't happen. Because I know every store located in my city in Northwest Alabama used to be owned by white, local, hard working people. Now everyone is owned by people from either India, or someone from that region, especially ally countries. And I've gotten to know these people pretty well. Done work for em'. And in no way am I talking bad about them! These are good people, kind people, and caring people. Their country was given an opportunity to come to the US, own a business, make money, then go home and retire really early, and be filthy rich in their country, this happens! And you know why poor people don't get the chance? Because there is a 1/3 chance that $100k will be blowed or used for other purposes. They've got most of them tied up with legal issues already...so? Can't take that chance huh? You have to be 3 things- "Blind, Stupid, or evil" to not see what the fuck is going on. Does these rednecks actually think that having guns is going to save them from their government? Lmmfao!!!! That's straight up gangster stupid! Here is a simple thing that can be done. That could actually save alot of lives, make the world a better place, at least in the US. Force that 1% to accept losing some cash for about 5-10 years. Because if you think that would hurt their pocket books, and for some stupid reason, think our economy would collapse if overly wealthy human beings list a dollar, when you actually put it to scale. They really wouldn't lose a damn thing. Just some lost sleep because rich people are si fucking greedy they may not he able to hire a 10 year old kid to get a job and die after 3 years. If this isn't ringing alarms in your head right now what needs to be done. All they would need to do is put a billion dollars together. And remember, some billionaires have over $100 billion in banks. Take that money, let it draw interest for 1-3 years. Take that money, build homes for the homeless and poor, pay everyone's utilities for a year, help everyone stabilize their living situation. That includes blacks, whites, and latinos. Let the American citizens live tax free for 10 years, let the Hispanics get jobs, pay taxes for 10 years. Well, they get cash, under the table jobs. Of course they do! And who does that really benefit? RIIIGHT!?!?! Can you see the picture? When company owners pay under the table, to illegal or legals. They get a pass! Unless something happens and they have no other choice. But they pay a fine, live long and prosper. You force the wealthy to finally help the people that have actually made them the money that they've made? I promise, you'll see progress! Of course will be the ones that fail in their part. But it shouldn't be that way, especially if we considered mental health care a priority. Just remember that the church is constantly trying to destroy public education, trying to destroy America's lead in the technological world, make our citizens brainwashed, levitucus law abiding fools. And if you don't know what leviticus law is? You would call sharia law a joke. That's what the evangelicals want to create with our government. That's no conspiracy, because they are actively doing this in front of our faces. #1 by destroying the abortion ruling from decades ago. That's a human right! A fetus isn't conscious, nor even capable of making decisions. But we want to bring em into a world where most are poor families, most are black and hispanic and cannot take care of another child. Why do we have some with 12 kids on welfare? Because they believe God hates abortions, and God will sew them through. But they won't tell you about God giving approval for abortions in the bible. Listen, I apologize for the long rant. And maybe you're not a piece of shit political promotion airhead that is oblivious to the circumstances. But if you're then more than likely you've stopped reading this, and I'm already a liberal cuck. After explaining at the beginning that I support none of those assholes when I vote. I put down "Anyone who will tax the wealthy, force them to help, and will stop acting like a goddamn rock star when they become president!" And imo, the president thing should just stop. Go ahead and call it what it is. A committee! But we have to get people in office that aren't dumbass uneducated morons. And have people that have lived life like a poor, incarcerated constantly, drug addicted bum. But you'll find out, the only reason you have bums, is because what else is there to do but die? Poor men are 90% likley to be forced to pay child support, when beauty 60% of that situation wasn't anything they did that should have made their situation so bad. Then we let the mother of their kids raise the children. In the very same situation they would likley be in with ol dead beat dad. Instead, they pay housing and welfare for the women to go sleep with whomever they want, likey with more of sorry asshole. Look, I'll end here. Cause I have to defend some of these young women also. But it always points in one direction. Just there is a fork in that direction where on is headed to church, the other is headed to Washington DC. And if you want to cling to religious beliefs? Fine! Just keep religion out of our government! And educate our kids!!!!!! Stop teaching them that biological evolution isn't a true science. Stop teaching them that God will heal everything, it's just the liberal, commie, atheist, baby eating illuminate that a re to balme. That's when you know they have zero clue to what they're talking about. That's why critical thinking is a must for our future. You educate so they won't indoctrinate. If they indoctrinate, no need to educate. Especially when everything will be nearly autonomous, and there will be need for less people to work. Anyway, it's nothing against you. It's just something I can't stand to see Americans fall for. While the wealthy laugh at us,.and try to use religious tactics to control us..
@@AloisAgos Ain't THAT the truth ! And what's even MORE SCARY, is to see 'clips' or hear songs going all the way back to the 60s, 70s, 80's, etc. that seem that they were done 'yesterday' ! Boggles the Sane mind !
The facial recognition software scan used for passport photos also has issues with very dark complexions. I have to take the picture multiple times to get one that the software can function with. Mostly, it's just light angle, which is all one can do in a retail pharmacy situation. We always get it to work just by adjusting (very minorly) the angle and distance from subject. The overhead lighting cannot be adjusted, so floodlights are not necessary.
It baffles me how long one facial recognition system or another has consistently had issues with darker skin. You'd think developers/testing teams would catch on by now.
This has been an issue since automatic hand washers, the problem is that in designing it people don't bother testing with darker complexions or on this day probably don't care about the discrepancies of results.
As long as one party believes that letting any asylum seekers at all into the country amounts to an invasion, this just feels hopeless. The administration can, and should, try to make things marginally better by executive order, but the solution must be a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress.
It's not. You just don't understand the issue. You seem to care about it, so why not learn. Thanks to some court cases, you have two choices: 1. Catch and relaese - ANYONE shows up at the border, claims asylum and you let htem into the country and you can't detain them. 2. You let them apply for asylum and they stay out of the country while it is sorted out. ANYONE can still apply for asylum in the US. You just wait outside.
@@internetposta7389waiting outside is the point; you do realize Mexico still has a massive gang war going on with their dozens of cartel groups trying to kill or bribe each other out. What do you say to the innocent people who are abducted from the refugee camps south the border and then are proceeded into being robbed and killed or even kidnapped by these members?
@@internetposta7389 95% of asylum applicants either attend their hearing or fail to show and are immediately rounded up and deported. If you watch the whole video, you will see the consequences of making them wait in Mexico.
@@modernmasculinity6560 you know how many vacant homes we have in this country? You know, the ones that are being torn down and rebuilt as expensive rentals for rich people? Maybe instead of…you know doing that, we refurbish them; bring the building up to code, furnish it and give it to asylum seekers. Also I could ask you the same, how many people did you help? I help any who is willing to come over here; normally it’s migrants who are traveling north. I room them for the evening, feed them food, give them some money, and take them to a charter bus stop for the north. I actually help these people, what’s your fucking excuse?
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” - the inscription on the Statue of Liberty
@@ClayLoomis1958 I'm not sure we ever believed that. From the founding of this country we have been hypocrites to slaves, indigenous people and immigrants anyway. As far as the doofus asking about federal law, Americans like to pretend we're good the guys all over the world and yet we can't even help the poor people along our border or the poor people in our very country because there's no profit in it. It's despicable. We're a pathetic selfish country.
Ah yes, according to Duffy Graham, migrants don't deserve to be treated with dignity because they just happened to be born somewhere else. Truly an altruistic thoughtful man this Duffy Graham is.
Oh yeah the same guy who wrecked our economy, destroyed the middle class, and blew up any chance the US has of staying a super power. He fully sold us to corporations and they *will* bleed us dry until the country implodes.
Winner take all politics will never get immigration reform done. Things must change. Bringing the country’s they are coming from to more accountability to their country’s people would be good as well. They are leaving for a reason
Any update to policy would be ineffective so long as we don’t have the bureaucratic capacity to process these cases. There’s a stifling amount of paperwork that needs to be processed and approved for each individual seeking asylum, and there aren’t enough government workers and judges to meet the demand. The Biden app was likely an attempt to automate the process to free up manpower, but that doesn’t solve the problem of there only being so many appointments a day that can be scheduled, and the government can’t very well outsource the appointments to call centers in Malaysia, India, or Latin America.
Everything is so backlogged even if you make positive changes that transition on top of existing and incoming applications... they're not catching up for several years. Worked in an immigration law firm, we had cases with client applications dated back to the 90s.
@@deliriumsd142 We do, that was put on VP Harris' plate, and much private investment has gone to those countries. Need more, need it sustained, need to open new diplomatic communications to places like Venezuela. I find it a little frustrating that while accurate, this video didn't really provide any potential solutions, that's the whole reason this has been so complicated, there aren't any! So 💩on Biden all you want, there's a time and place for everything, can't just go back to the way things were before fixing a few things... Title 42 was not lifted, improvements apparently made to the app and other procedures since apprehensions at the border have significantly dropped!
@@deliriumsd142es. It would be outstanding if our political leaders actually identified and poured this amount of effort into solving the upstream problem that compels so many to seek leave their country in droves just to improve the material condition of their lives.
Biggest problem is our homeless. The US can't even figure out how to get its own people housing let alone migrants. Shipping them to states is only making things worse.😢
The US isnt willing to put money towards homeless programs that have seen efficacy elsewhere. Theres a difference. They know what to do they just dont want to
Been waiting for this episode. Thank you for keeping the pressure on. It's a sad day when comedians have to do the job our press is meant to... but I'm glad you all step up. Sometimes you laugh just to keep from crying.
When Jon Oliver shows us a picture of Stephen Miller we think "oh it looks like he picked a picture that makes that guy look bad" then we see a video and its like "nope its just that guys face"
That's alot of federal troops , no doubt , The TSA started accepting alternative identification of passengers . It's a right hand palm print of girls . The Mark of the Aleph Tav , God's daughters have right palm print matching to God's left . I was excited when I heard this I said were adding aliens in the field , one is taken one is left . It's definitely one way to keep track of your daughters . Isn't it . Let other people that wanna believe , God will send His angels . Apparently arriving on a jet plan . Now you know what an IDjet is .
The TSA started accepting alternative identification. Worldwide , wanna bet what country dares of not accepting of God's daughters. Their Father is the judger of Nations and Tribes. Their Father is The Aleph Tav. Wanna bet this is happening. The one world order has to do with Awomen , not amen .
The story of the El Paso alligator statue is stranger than you think.
In the late 1800s, the city underwent a beautification project, one element of which included renovating the city park. For some wonderfully inspired reason, the city decided to put a group of young American Alligators into the newly-renovated park pond (alligators are not native to the El Paso area). The gators stayed there for many years, but as time went on, more and more problems arose. The gators weren't the problem, they were quite well-mannered, but the citizens of El Paso were not responsible enough with their alligators. The city faced numerous issues ranging from people throwing things at them, to people catching the alligators and putting them in someone's house or office as a prank, to drunk men jumping into the pond at night hoping to wrestle one. The vandalism and disrespect caused two alligators to die and one to be blinded in one eye. Eventually, in the 1960s the city decided that the alligators would go to the city zoo where they could be safe from the city's population. They tried again in the 70s, but results were soon the same. Then, in 1995, a statue was placed to honor the reptiles that we did not deserve.
that is the most texas thing i have ever heard and i love it
that's actually brilliant. there's something about the actual wild animals being more civilized than the people that is just *chef's kiss*
That's not terribly surprising, alligators are mostly just dangerous because of their size, for the most part they aren't interested in people and even in the cases where they do attack, it's a case of mistaken identity, or they get a hold of somebody's hand because they think there's food and drag the poor person to their death underwater before realizing that there's been a mistake and leaving the body uneaten.
Crocodiles though, are definitely up for eating people.
So the lesson is wherever you put alligators people start behaving like floridians
@@aldranzam3456 as a native Floridian I feel oddly attacked and complimented at the same time.
While I do understand the plea of these migrants, I have some first hand experience with people who had to leave the country as legal highly skilled labor who had come into the country ”the right way”. An Indian friend of mine had been married and settled in the US. She had been working for nearly 2 decades as an H1-b worker since her permanent residence permit was still very much stuck in the process. She and her spouse were working in medicine and tech respectively, so atleast $130k plus each, and were law abiding tax paying citizens, contributing to their society and their economies. They had bought and built a house for their family and had one daughter who was a US citizen by birth. When my friend lost her job during the Covid-19 pandemic, she had a total of 3 months to find another one in exactly the same field. When she was unable to do so her family had to upend their entire lives and leave immediately along with their daughter, abandoning their house and pet.
If this is how the US government treats people who were educated in the country, contributing to the economy greatly and were overall outstanding members of their societies, I can only wonder how they treat migrants from these other countries.
much better, catch and release. work of the books, no tax, in some states you even got rights.
Citizens get much the same... 🤕🤕🤕
those politicians dont want decent people becoming their constituents, they want americans to be dumb so that they can fuck up the country with less opposition lol
the only people they let in are crazy rich and crazy poor people. middle class people only make their lives harder lol
God, that's disgusting. Absolutely f*cking deplorable. Holy shit
And because it's H1-B, yeah, they need to have a job to retain the visa...
I seriously question the morality of that Visa... Those who worked under H1-B should have access to better citizenship access after certain amount of time of application.
Like seriously, these people pay taxes and worked for the economy. They are just a document short of a proper Citizen. And throwing them away just because they can't find a new job IN 3 MONTHS after their years of contribution is disgusting
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Ahhhhh the second he started talking about the app my thought was “wow this puts my Ticketmaster experience in perspective.” And to learn that I was not the only person who’s mind went there is both gratifying and horrifying
I remember trying to get a ticket for Radiohead! I did it working with two computers at my phone at the same time. I felt a winner even though I got the last ticket in the last raw. I can't imagine the same thing for an immigration appointment 😢
My first thought when he started mentioning facial recognition was, “You know full damn well this isn’t going to work if their skin tone is even remotely dark.” Lo and behold, I was sadly right.
The problem is we're probably gonna be right back where we started with it being Biden vs. Trump. The lack of even an alternative within the "two party" system is damning of its failure.
Unfortunately the system is deliberately made that the other parties have little chance of winning. So yeah it's just another election on which of these two idiots do you prefer even though they are both incompetent. It is not a two party system like you phrased with the quotation marks but it sort of is.
Gop has alternates. Vivek is next up after Trump. Whos after Biden? Gavin? The guy not even running that lost a debate to Florida man? Name one democrat that hasn't screwed their cred by how they are running their states?
It's one party w 2 flavors. More government or way more government
Yup. Trump was way worse, but this is far from better enough. My throw away vote won’t matter much since I’m in a deep deep blue city anyway.
@samc5794 Not sure if you've had your primary yet where you are. But consider voting "uncommited" for the democratic primary, it's one of the few tactics that seems to get a rise out of the democratic party these days.
As soon as Biden started talking about family I was desperately hoping that Jon would mention Fast and Furious; and I wasn't disappointed.
I thought he was going to talk about the failed "Operation Fast and Furious" of the Biden administration to give American guns to drug cartels which resulted in the death of many people including a border patrol agent. But sure the movie reference was good too.
If John were fair, when Biden began rambling about "family", he would have mentioned the 4 year old granddaughter he won't even acknowledge, despite a genetic test proving that Hunter IS the father. China Joe hung Christmas stockings for his dog, but not his own granddaughter.
Agreed, his humour is becoming very predictable
As in the movies? Or the Obama era program where we essentially just gave millions in automatic weapons to the cartels.
ikr
I worked with a vietnamese boat person. His brother got to America a year ahead of the rest of his family and had a car, a house, and a steel mill job waiting for them. Hard working, decent people. Of course, this was 45 years ago when an individual could, through hard work, earn his way into a house and a car in a year.
Vietnamese are true refugees. There was a war there and killing. What is going on now is pure economic migration.
We kids have it easy now days tho. /s
Ya mean before Reagan and neoliberalism?
@@bluevanga30 you're not having to drop out of school to go work on the family farm, which still happened regularly 50yrs ago & all through human history before that. So like every generation you've got advantages & disadvantages over previous generations. But on the whole you're much better off now than someone born in the mid 1900s who still had to worry about Polio or diabetes before insulin besides everything else
@@nolongerblocked6210 We're the first generation in the history of the country that will be worse off economically than our parents on average. We're the first generation since before 1920 to have faced a pandemic with the death toll as high as it was, and we're likely to have to face multiple more before we'd have reached retirement age, and we're much less likely to be able to retire ever. We're the first generation since the Great Depression to have the economy so heavily damaged and further threatened as its being literally right now in congress more than once. We're the first generation that has faced more days with mass violence being perpetrated against our peers and younger generations than without. We're the first generation to have faced all of those things at once and still be told that we ought to just bend over and take it because we don't have to do what our great grandparents did while our immediate predecessors didn't either and ended up much better off than we ever will.
On top of that, the reason why people don't quit school to work on their family farm is because that's impossible, because family farms go bankrupt by the thousands every year thanks to support for policies that leave giant corporate agricultural corporations heavily subsidized and profitable but family farms left on the wrong side of a volatile market, and because a lack of education equivalent to a high school diploma makes you effectively useless as an heir to a farm since you can't do a fraction of the things needed just to keep it running, like understanding accounting practices, negotiating contracts, reverse-engineering heavy farm equipment because the repair tech can't make it out for weeks during a harvest season, and desperately trying to make ends meet after all of that. Diabetes is still a near death sentence for anyone below the poverty line (which makes up over 10% of the population) unless they're lucky enough to get on Medicare, and then only because of a law that was passed during this administration. Polio is being detected in cities again, likely due to the anti-vax movement. Everything you listed is actually a reason anyone paying attention to those concepts knows we're not doing well.
Btw, 50 years ago was 1973, where right about 1.5% of Americans worked in agriculture. So although that may have happened "regularly," it definitely didn't happen commonly, especially since in the 1970's there was an 80% rate of high school graduation. In case you don't have a calculator handy, that's over 50 times more common than it would be possible for those people to have dropped out to work on a family farm. I live in an agricultural state, and the last admin screwed over our family farms so bad that hundreds more than expected went bankrupt during their trade war with China, who is a major importer of American agricultural products, and then subsidies for farms only came after the giant corporations bought their family farms, their equipment, and just about everything else they had of value for pennies on the dollar so they could be forced to move nearer to a city so they could work for other corporations at a loss.
I get why people are often unwilling to accept that the world has changed compared to what they are used to or what they expected, but I highly encourage you to figure it out.
That app makes me think of when I worked with my state's unemployment office during the pandemic. Our role was very limited (we could help with filing a weekly claim and update personal information on the account, but we could not approve an account for benefits as I believe that had to be done by a licensed adjudicator). For those needing more assistance, they required an appointment to speak with someone by phone. Appointments could only be made Sunday through Thursday after 5PM. The slots were taken within two minutes of opening and people were going months without being able to speak with someone. We were actually informed to flag a supervisor if someone made mention of committing suicide because of this.
That was just unemployment benefits, I can only imagine how much worse it is for those seeking asylum.
Yep, it's designed to fail.
Adjudicators are licensed? I take it there's no ethics exam involved, because around here they're some of the worst scum and villainy that the state can find. And I've been a state employee, I'm generally not one to badmouth state employees, the only government employees that I can think of that are worse are tax assessors and prosecutors.
Oh god, that sounds like a nightmare.
I'm just glad that I've never needed emoloyment help.
Yeah that's nonsense it needs to be triaged ..the most vulnerable first. And that could easily be done by a human being. I always think when I am going by through some beurocratic hoops that one person with a brain could easily and quickly solve the problem...and example is my mom who broke her hip and got home help one year later....she took it cos she had broken her arm by then..she recently broke her arm again and they had delete her file so she had to go through the process again because they only hold records for five years. Now that makes sense with a young person. It does not make sense with elderly people who are acsessing elderly care because they are only going to need more care as time goes by. Not less. Its not like a young person who had an issue got over it and has 70 years of health. This is a 70 year old having their records delete at 75 when their need it. Going to be more. They should automatically go on a list of vulnerable people and actually asked if they need help not wait to apply for help. The hospital should flag these people who come in with a broken skull or injury because at that age you may not be able to fill out a form and most of them cant use a bloody website or app to save their lives they can barely use whatsapp. Yet all in person office are closed all phone lines closed and only online available and hardly anyone knows how to reach them and if you are old and just had a fall youre not even able to type cos you just broke your damn hand and are in a fog of pain. Its just a useless load of Pen pushing going on and ive literally had arguements with those people who can somehow spend an hour argueing but cant spend five minutes go something? They're worse than robots. No offence i know your hands are tied. I'd be fired in five minutes fron your job because id break the rules to help people. THe system is stupid and smart people and kind people like yourself have their hands tied and are punished for helping people. Its very wrong.
I recognize that I'm late to this, but I hope the WGA and especially the Last Week Tonight team are able to make it through this strike. It's a bummer there hasn't been any new episodes for near a full month, but getting fair treatment and compensation for the talented folks who deserve it comes first. Good luck to the Last Week Tonight team and I hope you all are managing through the strike okay
Agreed!
Fully Agree! We can't become a society full of people who just odd job (gig work) their way through life because the corporate over lords need every penny to buy trips to jerk each other off on the moon.
what has happened? can someone tell me
@@alexham7356 Right after this episode aired, the WGA (Writers Guild of America) went on strike... which led to late night talk shows (including LWT w/John Oliver) to be temporarly put on halt 'cause they rely on their writers for material!
Same. It's sad we won't see new episodes for a while. But I'm sure it will be back, and one of the new eps will be all about the strike
I'm German, and I was in a LDR with an American girl. At one point, I looked into ways to stay in the US for a longer time. She couldn't believe how hard it is to get into the country, maybe she thought I was too stupid to find the right approach. I'm a software developer with a degree, and it would be so incredible difficult to come with a work visa, and then you are on the mercy of the company hiring you. Also marrying wouldn't be all rainbows and unicorn puke. Things didn't work out between us, and to be honest, I prefer the employee rights and protections I have in Germany very much over the American nightmare. After we broke up, she accused me to be anti-american. That's not true, I like your country, but that means even more that I have to criticize it if it becomes a shit show of a dumpsterfire on an erupting volcano. Get your shit together, and immigration would be a good starting point.
I'm an American and I am openly critical of our country. It is a dumpster fire here. As bad as you think it is, it's worse.
High US salaries lead to an immigration demand-supply imbalance. US laws are primary created to help special interest, not the majority.
Our country is a raging hell. Ik there are worst countries, but there are much better ones too. I wish usa would get its shit together, but a large portion of our population doesn't want that. 🤦♀
Why would you move to the US from Germany? You guys have health care, paid time off, non exploding trains, and a stable political structure.
@@rlundquest I can see why you would think that. And maybe you're right. But I also think there are well-funded corporate interests who are very good at keeping the dumpster fire going.
I am a US citizen born here, wife is from Brazil we have been waiting for a year to get her visa, it literally puts our life on pause we have done all the paperwork had to pay over 4k in fees and they lost our paperwork 3 times. it is a complete shit process. The reason why a lot of people enter illegally is because even doing it the legal way takes years and is not a guarantee. I have a friend who was seeking asylum from Venezuela and its been over 3 years for him to get his Visa.
Serious question…No ill will.
Is everyone who seeks a visa entitled to one?
oh thats BS. Youre whold story is a lie.
@@freeman7079 When white people literally stole this country and forced humans to build everything yes you are. Families are dying because of what Regan,North and Bush started.
@@freeman7079 dude yes they are, you can't work in the country, drive, get a license or anything without a visa.
@@freeman7079 No. But it would be fair if you get your answer quickly. I don't know about USA, but for EU countries you can read the requirements on the embassy website and then apply for the category that suits you (work, marriage, study, travel...). If you are refused, you have few weeks to make a formal complaint.
Even entering legally is incredibly difficult. My aunts and uncles, who are middle class in Mexico, and can afford an attorney to handle the process, have been waiting for 24 years for their green cards to be approved.
My uncle in South America waited 15 years and once he was approved, he was already married with kids and he was like, no thanks.
A friend of mine, born in the US, has been waiting for years (married in 2019 and only started to see some progress by late 2022) for his WIFE to be allowed to immigrate. Something tells me that if he was white and/or she was European, he wouldn't be waiting, but he's Asian, and she's from Laos.
Why would they event want to go to the US right now? Where you get shot by asking your neighbor not to wake up your baby with their shooting noise?
Yeesh
@@paulahik211 mine was 10 years and i lost a wife and happy life
Facial recognition IS HARDER when your skin is darker, period. I'm dark myself, and I've written this code, and it's frustrating, but there's little that can be done about it. it's because there's less contrast in my features (dark skin, dark hair, eyebrows) and if I'm not in a well-lit area, I just fade into the background. This has to do with the very physics of photography and vision -- how much light and how much difference in the light and dark areas. One solution is to remove the IR filter that's on all digital cameras, that made me look very white, gave me plenty of contrast. This means that the melanin in my skin apparently reflects, not absorbs, near infrared. That was good enough for my purposes.
Negative, it effects darker skin tones QED racism IDENTIFIED!
Physics be damned!
Fake news. This is America, where correlation is equal to or greater than causation. Computer science is racist and gravity is prejudice against fat people, I know cause Twitter said so
I have a few really stupids question regarding this (and apologies for doing it 9 months after you made this comment): 1) would there be some workaround in trying to more-or-less echolocate the face. 2) does it mean people with large birthmarks on their face and/or missing features are also far harder to get working facial recognition scans. 3) would telling it to use an IR spectro reading generally improve the accuracy long term (and it makes sense to me that such skintones would reflect more IR, white people are white because they moved away from the area where they would be in danger if they absorbed it all day), and 4) for an app like this at some point wouldn't it just be easier to upload a photo? I assume they're trying to automate the process of running people through criminal databases, but frankly that's kinda a hard one to begin with.
also I'm glad you did find a workaround for your own project :)
Physics is racist.
technology is racist
Just because things could be worse, doesn't mean they couldn't be better. Just because you love your country, doesn't meant you can't wish better for it. It's our duty to guide our country towards a better state.
Omg. This. 🎉🎉🎉
@what’s there to explain? Seriously, he’s said it about s simply as can be expected. If you want it dumbed down even further, best I can give you is “don’t get complacent,” which is only part of the sentiment
you americans should have voted for Bernie.
@TheFishOwnsYou we did. It was totally rigged against him. The dems do it, the repubs do it. They're all afraid of people like Bernie who threaten their hegemony. I was on the ground level, starting at the local elections and watched him systematically be edged out by the establishment dems.
yes by saying Biden isnt left ENOUGH? When the right already thinks hes too far left. Wouldnt mind him criticizing someone or something for being too left.... at least once a year
If anyone actually travels down to Mexico and tries to come into the US, you will see an entire spectrum of people from all over the world standing in lines waiting for help across. Nobody talks about this. Its not just South Americans. It’s a mix.
Same reason they miss the number of 'illegal migrants' that are actually overstayed EU citizens. For the same eggshell skin tone shaded reason.
And every single one who crosses illegally is a worthless criminal that needs to be rounded up like cattle and shipped back.
@@xanderLudahl Fighting tooth and nail, using all their life savings, seeking help from relatives and strangers, and a heaping dose of hope... but none of these things last under dire conditions
But why? I’m always wondering why so many people would want to risk so much to come when there lives aren’t going to be much better at all. I understand if they’re coming from especially violent areas, but that leaves the question of why can’t they settle someone where closer by that’s also pretty safe compared to where they’re coming from.
50% of illegal immigrants into the United States come from Mexico.
25% come from the rest of latin America.
That means only 25% of illegal immigrants in America come from non-latin American countries.
Also, these countries have high rates of asylum seekers.
So, the most illegal immigrants come from countries with the worst crimes.
In other words, we are recreating conditions that people risk their lives to escape!
The US border situation is also making “criminals at the border” worse: “When migrants arrive in these Mexican cities near the border, they’re the targets of a vicious criminal business that kidnaps them and can torture them for weeks, extorting thousands of dollars of ransom from their relatives over the phone. Those who are kidnapped know that if they don’t pay, the outstanding balances can end in death.”
I read an article last week that said the Biden administration is setting up asylum application centers in Guatemala and some of the other countries. That would help keep asylum seekers safe from the Mexican street thugs.
Which is why the borders need closing for a few
He mentioned that, over 13k crimes have been reported including rape n murder.
No one realizes a big part of these migrants are also criminals fleeing from their countries because they have capture orders and arrive as poor inocent humans. No one applies for asylum, they are all just economic migrants and are mostly uneducated trash people, they even publish vids of how to thief in retail stores. If not even the permisive democrats are tolerating it, its for a reason, US can't allow unlimited anyone who just want to come
@@XBarajasX jesus christ dude, way to out yourself as a total asshole for no reason whatsoever
You can tell John is still new to America because he’s still expecting Presidents to honor their promises
Maybe we should all become like John, because we're now so jaded and apathetic (myself included) we expect them to renege on their promises.
To be fair, even if they want to honor their promises we live in a democratic republic with three supposedly co-equal branches of government so unlike a dictatorship they can't just declare that something will happen and magically make it so. I wish candidates would be more honest about that, be more accurate for them to describe their promises as their wish list of items.
The president is only responding to the needs of the people.
Americans don't want refugees, but they want vanity.
Trump tells the truth, stops refugees;
Biden lies, and stops refugees, the same.
So Biden is more in line with the needs of the people.
Once they show us otherwise, we will remain jaded and apathetic. Biden is using this rhetoric solely to gain Latino support behind his presidential run. He had 4 years and has not done shit for Latinos. All these politicians are disgusting.
@@bleach219 they could try a little harder though
Even entering legally into USA is difficult, I was offered with a research internship in Florida, but the last changes in the process turn out impossible to me to apply essentially for the waste of time that trying to apply will represent. Currently I'm applying to a PHD in Europe.
You’re better off in Europe where most universities have time limits on the PhD. In the USA you can be held hostage by a PI for years if they don’t want to let you submit your thesis. I am Canadian and did my PhD in Europe. I was paid better, had less time wasted in rotations and course work and didn’t need to teach in order to have enough money to eat! Good luck!
@@davidheard8015
What is a PI? Thank you.
Honestly, this is the better option anyway. Dodged a bullet, probably literally.
That isn't surprising....lot's of countries have strict/difficult immigration policies. Many of the Norwegian countries, for instance.
@@selah71 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_investigator
Even applying for a tourist visa is hard. In Costa Rica people wait up to a year for an appointment to apply for a visa to go to Disneyworld. And the fee is really expensive for most people. You pay, you wait and you can still be refused.
The $160 application fee is not refundable. And 50% of applicants in Nicaragua before 2018 were getting rejected. Can’t apply at the border anymore, have to apply at the US consulate. Most get two year parole entry visas, at least in Nicaragua.
Come to Europe. We have Disneyland. I'm sure there is public transport from Paris to Disneyland.
That is nuts! I thought we were the home of the free and brave. I was so wrong.
I have a friend who is Indonesian and lives here in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband, in the house that they own. They wanted to go to her sister's wedding in the US. But because she has family in the US, her visa was denied instantly, they deemed she might want to stay.
@@moniqueengleman873 American tourist visa is notoriously one of the most batshit insane visa interviews all around. While the process itself isn't that much harsher than many others (Japanese tourist visa comes to mind, they want an actual document listing everything you intend to do in the country), most countries have very clear requirements and recommendations that basically guarantee the tourist visa after the interview. The USA not only doesn't really have as such, it often denies visa for basically no discernible reason whatsoever. The interview process is straight up a gamble. If the interviewer is on a bad day they can and will blanket deny anyone that day.
Remember when America had no border laws? Remember when human movement wasn't criminalized? Remember how that didn't lead to mass violence or the collapse of civilization?
I really appreciate that because Biden was supported doesn’t mean that he cannot be criticized. I like how the Tonight’s work seems honest.
Thats only because its close to election time so now its time they pretend to be honest again
You think that this is ‘honest’?
@Natdl - yeah, I really can’t get into a ‘debate’ with a loser who can only ‘strawman’ and / or smear . . . you people are literally energy vampires ay? 👍
@Natdl you mean biden administration?
WTF has he done he hasn't fu¢ked up PERFECTLY?! Man you people are really brainwashed!
Sometimes I genuinely forget that John Oliver has been around for 10 years. Like he was excited longer than in the 80s.
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ idk where you think you're going with your little youtube ministry but i promise you it's nowhere good
the asylum app was clearly about some contractor getting a huge contract for developing it not to provide any value
...and also the fact that the tech industry is overwhelmingly run by white men who give lip service to equality while developing tools of systemic racism.
That's 100% on point
Right on!
Government at its greatest 👍
Stand with the WGA & SAG! Give artists their worth and the security they deserve!
We miss you, LWT, but we’re supporting you 100%!
Hollywood is dead and the streaming wars killed it
Dear god, let them stay on strike forever. People are actually getting smarter now that they aren't getting their political opinions from late night tv hosts.
Replace these writers with AI.
As an American who has lived in other countries (applied for residency, some denied, some accepted)... I've seen how Asian, African, European countries handle their own migrant issues. I've seen the US too. What seems to be missing from all of them is a clear understanding of what they want their immigration rules to be. We're all missing the mark. But maybe we should decide where the mark actually is.
Read the statue of liberty.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
beyyyy
You said nothing you must be taking lessons from Kamala Harris
@@drewmannMcGee Wasn't the Statue of Liberty a gift from the French? Rich of them to expect Americans to meet a standard they couldn't themselves.
@@drewmannMcGee Too bad that was written by people who stole this country from its inhabitants.
@@deus_ex_machina_ American author Emma Lazarus wrote the poem to help fundraise for the Statue's pedestal. The plaque was installed almost two decades after the statue had been dedicated in 1886. The provenance of the poem is entirely American.
Seeing Stephen Miller after all these years is like vampire seeing sun for the first time
I had blissfully removed him from my memory... but now I shudder to think what god-awful things he's been doing out of sight. 😳
It Hurts!!
@@JillKnapp
As long as Miller draws breath, others will suffer.
look up “evil” and you just get Stephen Miller’s photo
He made many appearances on the late Tucker Carlson's show.
I will never forgive Fast X for not using the tagline "FasTEN your seatbelts."
Fast X: Your Seatbelts
As a Scot that grew up in the Lone Star state, I went through the immigration process. I eventually held a green card. The amazing people don’t realise is if someone is arrested as an illegal immigrate, they sent to an immigration jail to do time before they deported! So there are thousands of people in prison waiting to be sent back to their country.
But the thing is that they will return. So they're being tortured by immigration officials
@@masterofalltrades_ usually they return bc their family are in the US. So they take the risks over and over. America used to be a land of opportunity. But now it’s rejecting the very concept that it was founded upon.
It's almost like breaking and entering a country illegally is a crime, or something?
Weird.
i mean, tourists get arrested and do time when they commit crimes in foreign countries too
so why would immigrants be a different case?
it's been a long time since it's been founded and now. there are plenty of changes to the opportunities that there were at the founding of the nation. @@ryanchristophergavan80
Just finished up an existential crisis and this is just what I need to recover even if it is midnight. Thanks, John!
ayyy nice pfp comrade
The crisis.. is not over yet
You have Karl Marx as your PFP, this is the least of your problems
@@tobiasmeerdink5023 I guess you like Antisemites too
Haha, you thought we were out of a crisis at any point since 2016? xD
I came to this country perfectly legally, speaking good English, trained in a highly sought-after profession, and it took me 14 years to get citizenship, during which I did lose my status by following instructions from the Department of Homeland Security and was illegal for 2 years. And I consider myself lucky. I didn't get arrested. I didn't get deported. Sure, I was interrogated for hours about being a terrorist and had all of my privacy stripped from me, but that is actually not the worst that can happen - this story here demonstrates this APTLY. US immigration system is an exercise in advanced sadism.
you're right. We shouldn't have one. We should seal up as much as possible, not detain anyone, arrest them for breaking our laws and let that be that.
@@charlespancamo9771 where did I say that? You are agreeing with something that is a product of your imagination. I was pointing out that the immigration system, as it exists today, is broken and inhumane. It is a sad tribute to the country built by and, in many ways, sustained by immigrants. So, kindly abstain from ignorant remarks and, instead, consider what is actually being said.
@@angryhobbit5919 Is japan ignorant? Denmark? Nothing ignorant about enforcing borders and strict immigration. What do you suggest?
@@angryhobbit5919 what I don't understand is why you moved to a shithole country like the usa? You'd be more welcome in western Europe and have a better life
@@charlespancamo9771 Lol Japan has had negative economic growth partly due to their immigration policies limiting their growth potential. Neither is beacon of good immigration process, not a model the US should follow.
It's amazing to me that they failed to realize that the app for creating asylum appointments would never work simply do to the fact that bots can take up all of the appointments, using the exact same methods they use to buy up all of the Nvidia graphics cards every time they release. All it takes is one right-wing group with some technology and they can cancel everybody's ability to use the app.
I was also thinking - WHY are they so convinced all the immigrants have smartphones? Talk about privilege talking! Come on! I get that they are ubiquitous, even in the poorest nation, but they are not a given. Wouldn't it be AWESOME if they formed a thinktank made up of immigrants who have been through the current process to design a new one? I bet you the first thing they would do is ditch the stupid app.
@@angryhobbit5919 You're not just talking about immigrants, but asylum seekers. These people have been forced to flee, they didn't make a decision, so it's even crazier to just assume they have everything they need
@@angryhobbit5919 The app is just another hurdle, which is of course on purpose.
I recommend deleting this and not giving them any ideas :\
@@twonumber22 100%
Another John Oliver masterclass 🙂
7 families including mine were give a work visa in USA, in IT. All of us professionals with over 15 years of experience. After 3 years there, we learned (the hard way) that the written law is very, very different from the implementation. We all left, never coming back. Europe is much more suited for us all at this moment, and the taxes we pay seem to have some real purpose here. What is stagering, is that we work as contractors for US based companies. So your system is OK with that...
Good
@@felixfungle-bung4688 could not agree more. Looking into perspective, after 1.5 years leaving US, that was the best decision I made in a decade.
At least we treat educated people well in europe but if you are a refugee that crosses the mediteranian sea or come through balkan its also a terrible situation... But not even the most far right countries here seem to be anywhere as cold as the US who knowingly let people die and get kidnapped
It is either USA or Europe huh? The world is bigger than those two
Nothing about that surprises me.
I am a very right leaning conservative, but I watch this and other media that (tends to) swing left because I personally feel it's important to leave the echo chamber and be educated in what others are thinking.
I am not here to take a political stance on this issue, I have my own perspective through my own experiences, but I feel that Jon here makes a great point that we ALL (no matter idealogy) need to seriously consider. The point is, being critical of someone you supported or still support or even being critical of your own idealogy/mindset at times is extremely crucial. It's something that we severely lack in this country currently and something we should all really take time to think about, and consider.
The biggest problem (I believe) is that we are so caught up in our own echo chambers, our own "Yes" groups, and our own idealogical tunnels that we easily forget that a vast majority of our neighbors and countrymen are just trying to live a decent life like we are. We tend to hate each other over these things rather than listen to each other and reach proper solutions through compromise and understanding.
It's a shame, but I have hope we can one day end the absolute divisiveness that politicians use to tear us apart. And when we do, we can really progress into a better future.
You're not the only one.
This is why I now never talk but also consider politics
I'm not gonna convince anyone
Whether they know a damn thing or not
Very eloquently put. I may not agree with your political stance, but I find your perspective on thoughtful engagement refreshing and inspiring!
There won't be any progress into a better future as long as America is so highly conservative. The entire point of conservatism is to not progress after all, it's literally what conserve means. Neoliberals (whom are still conservative) and conservatives have control of America, and by extension the world, and make sure there is an ever widening wealth gap between the rich, middle class, and poor while also ruining labor and living conditions.
The American Dream? Yeah, there's an app for that.
Dusty Rhodes?
Nah there’s a fico score for that
America is a joke and always has been
I don't know of an app who's motto is "I got mine, fuck you.".
Discord?
Rewatching all the episodes now.
'Title 42' sounds like the working title of a Hitchhiker's Guide Netflix adaptation.
Ooh! An apt Douglas Adams burn.
How many roads must a man walk down..?
"We apologize for the inconvenience"
@@Tonyhouse1168 They all lead to Milliways.
Shhh!!!
Don't give Netflix any ideas...! You know how that would turn out and we don't need them to carelessly produce more manure out of beloved properties.
So much for
"Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"
We already take in more than any other country. We can't take in everyone
We are proud about America's values, just not those! What, those are what America is for the rest of the world? I am not interested in the rest of the world, I am American!!!
Only of they're white apparently
We take a lot of migrant but can’t take all. We aren’t the only country that has an asylum program. Why isn’t Russia taking in asylum seekers to the extent the U.S./West is? The asylum seeker program is for ppl who’s lives r in danger by someone or their government for pro-democracy activism and can prove it, not for ppl who just want a better life.
The tired, poor and the huddled masses have been used as cheap labor throughout our history.
I don't believe this is an example of our shining light on the hill.
Humanity’s indifference to humanity is heartbreaking
Sorry, gringos aren't humans so there is no humanity in them.
I think that the word "humanity" as a descriptive noun, is an abstract term with undefined boundaries. Technically, the average human determines the definition of humanity. So where do you look for the "average human" certainly not north america.
@@alltheusernameswastaken8936 I would love to say México and Canadá might have some but I really don't trust any of the three countries in North América.
The US can’t take in everyone. If everyone dissatisfied w/their crappy government leaves, how does that crappy government ever get fired, overthrown, or the gangs/drug cartels r brought down? The US had a revolution to gain independence and a civil war to free the slaves. If everyone dissatisfied just left, we’d still have those problems. Migrants should work together to make this country better, not run to another country creating problems in that other country.
We haven't seen anything yet. Sooner than anyone expects climate change will make many third world countries unlivable.
I'm genuinely really excited for this show to come back - whenever that may be. I hope WGA gets their demands soon too. This has been a wild month as soon as theyve gone off air. I wish everyone on the LWT team good luck with this strike!
Who the f thought a phone app was anything resembling a solution?!? What's next? Letting them eat cake?
"Excellent they have some sort of solution to this bullshit. Let's see what it is... What the fuck? I abruptly stopped what I was doing and ran from the cartels. Telling me to use an app is as useful as telling me to form a summoning circle!" -- Asylum seeker that lost everything
They are not our responsibility
@@konigstiger3252 they're on your soil? They're your responsibility
@@belhariry - No, they aren’t. If they entered illegally, they should be immediately deported to where they have citizenship.
Nobody! That was the point
2,175,196 case backlog, at 740 appointments per day and 250 court days per year is almost a 12 year backlog. During which time, just as many people or more will get in line. They are falling even further behind ecru day. Also, that 12 years assumes each case will take just one court appointment, which seems pretty optimistic.
The backlog is they don't have enough government workers. Why not apply for a federal job to assist with the issue if you're interested especially if you're an attorney.
@@9395gb And that's another problem when trying to get the jobs.
Sounds like the public housing backlogs as well. When public infrastructure is not supported and international aide is demonized this is what happens
And they have the audacity to complain about a labor shortage and population replacement shortage 🌚
@@PhoenixAngel429 there is no problem with trying to get the jobs. People have to apply for federal jobs and have the necessary credentials and be professional. It's not that deep but Americans don't want to do it. Countries can only function properly and work if we have citizenship participating in the right way.
Most citizens want to complain or try to overthrow the government, but do not want to participate in the realistic solution by doing public service jobs or getting an college education and caring about the country or people.
I'm not a super fan of JFK, but he was correct in saying ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country. He was right on that one.
I still can’t believe someone dated Stephen Miller and was like, “yup, I’ll marry him”.
Some chicks have a weird fetish
Money
Amazing that someone hasn't produced a horror movie with Miller as a nazi vampire.
Just the sight of him puts him on the internalized "FBI watchlist" to be entirely wary of him at all times. I don't see how anyone can stand near him and feel comfortable.
Steven Miller looks like he can dislocate his jaw when swallowing his prey whole like a reptile. I imagine there's an entire circle of Hell where the only torment is having to have sex with him.
Also, how does someone reserve an appointment if they don't have a cell phone?
The pile of gators is magnificent. Alligators are in general, magnificent.
The lesser crocodile
@@jeremydyar7566 i prefer to think of crocodiles as ugly alligators
Every time I see Stephen Miller it absolutely blows my mind that he’s only a few years older than I am. Hate really does age a person.
That man is 37 in dog years
Kinda like the Dark Side of the Force.
To be fair, I can’t believe John Oliver is three years younger than me
"hate" lol. ok. you mean a guy who cares about safety of US citizens over migrant illegals.
The US needs to see its own people above all others, its ridiculous to give even one single ounce of our safety away for theirs.
stephen miller is a demon spawn lol😂
16:39 international law says exactly that, seek asylum in the first safe country. Not 7th like the syrians are trying to in Europe. Or nth, like the US is for North America
most arn't syrians. just ditch their passport before coming over.
Except the United States typically IS the first safe country, because the things they're fleeing (cartels, discrimination etc.) control much if not all of the countries from their place of origin up to the US border.
For many the US border basically marks the line where cartels and gangs stop having explicit, overt control and have to go back to operating underground/quietly.
im not gunna lie, this show is really intriguing, and it's funny, but i think it's also severely bringing my mood down. I don't think i've ever been this combination of angry depressed and hopeless.
I like how your show addresses issues regardless of party. We need to hold our politicians accountable equally.
What??? Lol this is one of the most liberal biased shows out their. Just listen to how he’s constantly throwing shade at Republicans and only cherry picking clips that allow him to make a joke about them. Like he just assumes all sane people are on the left and the Republicans are the enemy and getting in the way
Agree. When it comes to making immigrants a target, though, there is one party 🤷♀️ that works to create hatred, not two, not three. FOX did a huge amount 👀 of it and should be accountable, too. Free speech does not allow for that; people forget to read what it does not cover and assume. Government? 😶 Let's start with 6 SCOTUS who have committed to an agenda that violates their oaths and puts it ahead of constitutional law and ALL 6 are involved in a specific organization that pushes against any women's rights, human rights ⚖ overall, and injects religion, corporate control, and authoritarianism into government, the Federalist society. Fair begins at the top, unlike trickle down 🙄 economics.
That's why Republicans have to stop calling this guy a democratic shill. He has burned both sides before.
The Democrat party line (which Biden does not follow) is there should be a low bar for asylum. The GOP partly line is asylum should only be used in special cases, like political prisoners. The GOP wants everyone to have the same chance of immigration regardless of race, whereas the Dems want to keep the per nationality limits. There was no mention of drawbacks to the expansion of asylum definition. So yes, he is a shill.
He essentially attacked the entire government. However as heartless as it sounds, the border needs to be completely shutdown. Do you people see how broken this country is currently? How are we to ever make a dent in homelessness, poverty, crime, and most importantly taking care of our military veterans if we're also tackling this endless stream of migrants flooding across the border????
They are destroying border towns and that's not fair to the residents who live there and it's not fair to the governments who control those towns and states either.
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
And give them what you gave the Europeans - welfare and housing!
Turns out that only applied to europeans.. sad
For clarity, I am a native born American. But my wife who is Colombian has gone through the immigration process and a lot of her family is also trying to apply and get visas and it’s not much better, and in many cases, worse than what you seem to talk about at the border. It’s almost like there are millions of people trying to get into the United States every year.
And conservatives simply cut funding and slow downs the process when they can’t outright ban “scary dirty invading entitled foreigners coming for your jobs”. Which funnily enough ALSO makes the job harder for the people who background check people for terrorism or actual crimes
@@kevinjensen2071 🤡
They could just stay at home, no? I mean seriously...why would you try and live in a country you hate? I wouldn't, and that's why I don't live in America...it's like they aren't committed to their own worldview. In my experience, when your actions don't reflect your words, it is because you are lying. Weird as heck
As someone who is in the same boat as your wife family, it seems that it’s easier to try and get asylum at the border than to stay at the legal system
If you get paid per day less than what you’d be paid per hour in the US, the incentive is there.
09:39... lol wait, what? People fleeing an actual war should NOT get preferential treatment? People from central america get to "walk" to USA... people from other continents don't have that privilege. What's fair here?
In any case, why are we required to allow this many people into our country? I realize this segment came out 6 months ago... probably before NY and other sanctuary cities started crying for help after being overrun by migrants. Care to post an update, John?
14:23 Spot on, actually. 1 million fans want to see Taylor Swift perform at a venue that holds 75K people. It's TICKETMASTER's fault that 925K will not get tickets... do you see it now?
You will never convince me Steven Miller isn't an alien reptile sent here to destroy earth, who struggles daily to maintain his human form.
And people said Trump didn't have a pet in the white house.
@@davidguelette7036 🎯🎯Well Done!
ok Alex jones
and eats children.
@@davidguelette7036 and people say Biden & Kamala are competent😢
“Stephen Miller. A student’s answer to “‘Draw Squidward from memory’.” 😂😂
He also answers the question "what would a real-life penis look like?"
If an alien chest burster hated Mexicans
Im honestly surprised Haiku's are still being taught to students. I could see Marjorie Taylor Greene ranting about Haiku's not being American enough for our children.
Haha,😂
Why, yes of course. The strongest, swollest culture of the bestest country ever falls to pieces when merely exposed to other cultures. That's some weak shit, but that's how we know our frightened bigots, our European iterations are no less sad and concerning. MTG is an embarassment but i'd never lay her at America's feet, just Republican feet, especially those in Baldwin County. Oh, and the conservative shmews media cheerleading for ghouls like her.
Trump did say a Haiku in that clip.
You can do good but
you can do a lot better
if you had good laws.
@@Juddyfresh Damn, you're right
She would call them “woke” and “funded by George Soros”.
My husband should have had his green card over a year ago, they haven't even interviewed him. He is a highly skilled worker with a good job, married to a citizen (me) and a father to 2 citizens.
There are 6 million people wanting a green card renewal. Its a long line.
My wife has been waiting for almost 1.5 years for her greencard renewal. We've been married for 25 years, it should be a rubber stamp at this point. Her first renewal took a few months. Everything related to immigration is backlogged right now.
She should be a citizen by this point. Then you don’t have to deal with the stamp
I agree with the other commenter - it's going to be long and painful, but get working on her citizenship. Some of the backlog you are seeing today tracks back to the drastic immigration measures implemented after 9/11. Criminal background checks were lengthened, number of documents had increased, all the forms got longer with additional questions, and the "are you a terrorist" interview has been extended as well. So, the whole thing exponentially blew up.
Amazingly, not everyone wants to be a citizen. Have you seen this country?
@@RM_VFX Yes. Trust me - I get it. As I mentioned in another comment, the way it's gotten over the last 10 years or so, had I been alone, I would have taken my chances and tried to get out. So.... no, I am not surprised at all. I mean - look at people commenting at this post here with ZERO compassion for the immigrants at the border or those trying to help them. What the hell happened to "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"? Forget that!
My wife and I are going through the process for the first time. Just got married last year. It has been frustrating and honestly dehuminizing. We have been waiting to even get our interview. Even still, she has it better than the rest of our friends that are here on other types of visas. It isn't just slow, they make the process miserable.
(And to others, not everyone wants to be a US citizen. My wife also plans to keep her current citizenship. Plenty of reasons to.)
For anyone who hasn’t seen the full episode I HIGHLY recommend you do. Radiant Plumbing responded to the commercial proposal from a few weeks back and it is GLORIOUS.
One problem is a severe lack of immigration courts
Its not a problem. Its on purpose. Its a stall tactic to prevent immigration. Do you really think that the US government couldn't create enough courts to hear every pending case by the end of the month if they wanted to?
I'm sure that is by design, you can 'thank' a republican today.
Not just courts - although, that too. Immigration personnel in general - across all the stages of the immigration process. Whenever I talk to other immigrants about just... coming to any of the locations across the country, we all share the same experience: every processing location has a waiting room and at least five, if not ten, windows for officials to work with. However, of those, only two or three are usually opened, and at least one of the opened ones is working on something lengthy so, it might as well be unavailable. I get WHY no one wants to work at the Department of Homeland Security - like the IRS, the institution is one of the most despised in America. I think it has to be a two-fold effort - simplify the process on one hand, make it make sense and reasonable to navigate AND employ more people to attend to the process.
It is bound to take a LONG time, but maybe, with a simpler process, the immigration representatives will be less despised, and more will be willing to work for the department.
The problem is the people that legally need those courts can't get to them because their full of people that decided to come illegally. If someone wants to come here they can go through the actual process instead of just coming here and then getting caught and deported. I can't just move to Mexico or any other country..
Or... too many illegals?
Certain late night hosts are treating their staff like shit. And though i miss my last week tonight fix. Nothing but respect for John Oliver standing with his staff
What late night host are you referring to?
@@OZbibaO Google Jimmy Fallon writers strike for the whole story. It's pretty shitty
@burningflag3679 i googled it and all i saw was that he and Meyers are paying out of pocket for their staff??? was there something else that he did?
@@leeh4669 I could be wrong but I think Stephen Colbert did too.
Please do a piece on NC Tricia Cotham who ran as a Dem in support of womens rights to choose. Gave a speech on the House floor explaining that she had an abortion, saying, "This decision was up to me, my husband, my doctor and my God. It was not up to any of you in this chamber." As soon as she is elected as a democrat she switched parties to republican, giving republicans a super majority in the state, and now voted in favor of a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
grrr. I think if you switch parties when you're in office you should automatically lose your seat.
It was legal for her to do that. You're suppose to vote for the person, not the party. It's your fault if you did
I don’t see a problem
@@anakinskywalker6486 if she backtracked on all the issues then she ran a fraudulent campaign and should be dumped.
She’s a fraud. Like Santos, mtg, bobo, gonerComer…..they’re impersonating intelligent life.
"Fuck em".. Man it's nice to hear it being said without being bleeped. I love this channel for it. And the fact that it is used only on special occasions to really drive a point home makes it just the better.
Yeah that felt good.
@@panchonelson3573 How?
@@panchonelson3573 lol shut up
@@panchonelson3573 You poor deluded fool.
I died. "Incel Kayou" and "draw squidward from memory" killed me 😂😂😂
Caillou kinda sucked, didn’t he?
I know the show has covered it before, but I think this segment would’ve been helped by a very very brief recap on the right to asylum internationally and under US law. Most people are not familiar/ may not remember what exactly asylum is. Also, a piece missing from this discussion is: what is the long term solution? With the climate crisis, refugees and asylum seekers will exponentially rise- is the U.S. supposed to accept all of these people?
You really got my hopes up with the bit about Trumps accidental haiku
Person, woman, man
I know words; have the best words.
Camera, TV.
Never get your hopes up about any haiku. That's a good rule of thumb. They're all disappointing. They are the Ruve Goldberg machines of poetry. Hard to craft but utterly useless.
@@221b-l3twith all the artful periods you have in your comment, i was really hoping it would be a haiku. it was not. ive learned so much about keeping my haiku hopes low today
@@kerenk Nope that's just me failing at basic grammar. I try to keep my sentences shorter now, to avoid most of punctuation pitfalls. I gave up on grammar in my native language so English is not getting extra effort.
@@221b-l3t i respect that
I have no experience with the CBPOne app, so I'll just comment to the extent that John discussed it. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the facial recognition piece leaves something to be desired. That's an issue with a number of apps using that technology. As for the app creating a lottery process, I suspect the issue isn't the app itself. The issue is that the app can only allow as many appointments in a day as there may be agents to hold those appointments. To John's point nearer the end of his monologue, in this respect, the app is working at intended. The app isn't broken, it's quite simply that the staff who are available to process applications are, and have been for quite some time, grossly outnumbered by the number of applicants.
So, while I agree with John that we need to better fund our ability to process applications, it is not pragmatic to think that any politician supporting such an idea is going to get anywhere with it. There are just way too many people who would rather spend money to keep immigrants out (legal or otherwise), rather than spending money on how to bring them in legally in greater numbers. You don't have to like that fact, but it's a fact. There are just way too many US citizens who live in fear of immigration, rather than embracing it.
This may surprise you, but hold on to your hat: you can schedule appointments more than 8 hours in advance 😨😨🤯 Just give them an appointment for next week, or next month, or however long the queue is, so it's actually a fair "first come first serve" situation instead of a lottery every day... If you close the app when the day is fully booked and people have to start over the next day, people who just got there might get an appointment while others are waiting for months in dire conditions.
@@TheTwan85 the problem with that is then people arriving now would be stuck for years waiting. We simply don’t have the staff and infrastructure for the volume
As an IT developer, I'll simply claim the app is badly designed. If you know you'll have a high number of applicants vs a small number of application slots, you don't assign them on a 'whoever clicks the fastest' system, but implement a basic queue. That, in combination with the default 'woops, we didn't train our facial recognition with a broad enough dataset' screams incompetence to me. So probably the app was made on a tight budget or contracted out via nepotism (and thus most of the money meant for the developement went into private pockets).
As the president of the richest country in the world, I would be ashamed to present to any government-funded software as shoddy as that.
@@Alblaka It kinda sounds like this was Biden wanting to show that he's young and hip, and instead just proving that he's totally out of touch and doesn't know how apps work. Even the logo (boner jokes aside) looks like an angry gatekeeper who's excited to tell you "no."
I also highly doubt that Biden actually cares about the border situation at all, aside from how it makes him look with voters. He had no issues when Obama was doubling down on immigration and setting up border camps, and only complained when Trump quadrupled down on those same policies.
@@buffalosabres91 as opposed to the literal years people are waiting at the border right now?
In 1985 or 86 former UN Ambassador Andrew Young spoke at my school. One of the things I remember best is him saying that the US needed to deal with Mexico & Central America then because it was going to affect us & it wasn't going to get better on its own. Almost 40 years later & it's still true.
40 years ago, the USA was dealing with said nations just fine via regime change, sanctions, covert cia destabalzing operations, etc that CREATED the situation we have now.
Immigrants from VNZ do NOT want to WALK thousands of miles, leaving thier country to come here just for the excersise. They left because of a domestic situation we, the USA, at least in part, had a significant influence in.
Imagine how different our southern border would be right now, if we didn't regime change / sanction / invade 90% of central and south america.
But because we despise their way of life, (socialism, / communism via their democratically elected leaders) our country made it a policy to destroy / undermine them. And now we are reaping what we sow.
@@Timekeeper20239 Don't forget manipulating global markets through legislation to control commodities markets like crops & such making it impossible for farmers to compete in this part of the world outside our border.
I've also found it amusing how the 'pro-war' far right who supported us invading distant desert lands over political lies resulting in decades-long failed wars feel the solution to a REAL long-term problem on our southern border is a 'wall': the same party whose showbiz has-been icon promoted tearing down walls. Then again, he also began work on what became NAFTA which is what primarily helped destroy the middle class & we can't forget his "trickle-down economics" that also contributed with the demise of the middle class but also helped create & expand the wealth gap, as well as our national debt.
@@Timekeeper20239 sounds like they need to fix there issues at home and stop blaming the US for something that happened 40 years ago
@@arbyjack2552 kinda hard to do when the u.s destabilizes the country .
@@arbyjack2552 Every time they try to fix an issue guess who comes swooping by to "preserve their assets", the last time they did it was just 10 years ago, HIllary Clinton in Honduras.
Thank you John for being both fair to Biden, not diminishing his accomplishments or falling into "both sides" false equivalency, while also not engaging in partisan apologism and brushing aside his failures and betrayals on this issue. That is a fine needle to thread, and most commentary fails to do so. This feels like a very even-handed report.
gd, I'll have whatever he's smokin'!
@@tylr3669 Reported and blocked.
@@antonbrakhage490 4?
Ticketmaster: There are 6,500 people ahead of you in the queue. 🚶♂
Asylum Ticketmaster: There are 3,000,000 people ahead of you in the queue. 🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂
So anyone just seek for asylum even without a case and will stay legal for years in US just waiting for a reply, piece of cake. While the legal ways for honest ppl abroad are harder and harder
@@XBarajasX actually, yes. It’s an actual human right to be able to seek asylum.
And second thought, we should be better at going through these requests for public safety. Imagine if we could get through them with months. That would mean people who will be granted asylum get the safety they need fast and the bad people trying to game the system get out quickly.
But with the mindset you have, it actually makes things worse for Americans and worse for them. But that’s what the Dems want. They WANT these people to be in danger and they WANT their families to be at risk. Because they don’t care about their basic human rights.
@@XBarajasX There's lots of room in the nearly-empty west. Anyone willing to resettle there should be given a boost in line.
@@Styphon Why should they get special treatment simply because they are willing to live someplace there is no employment capacity? That's kinda stupid.
@@nobodyspecial4702 there is *enornous* demand for rural agricultural labor. but I guess you xenophobes love food price inflation resulting from the labor shortage.
So niche topic but it seems like something you would cover.
Hasbro, one of the worlds largest gaming companies, sent the Pinkertons, an armed mercenary group used to unionbust, to a mans home because their overworked mercenary threatened employees sent a box of Magic the Gathering cards to the wrong store and they sold it to this poor guy.
They showed up to his house, threatened him, and stole what was, as I understand, legally purchased goods.
I feel like a look at this group and its long bIoodsta¡ned history might make a good main story.
The history of the Pinkertons, and what they are up to now, does sound right up Jon's alley.
He could also cover the increasing number of child labor law violations that have been occurring recently along with how some states have been rolling back regulations regarding child labor.
As an immigration lawyer whose main practice area is asylum, you are spot on. I'm so disappointed in the Biden administration, and I thank you for bringing this important issue to light.
What is happening?
Which makes it doubly insane how Republicans are parroting the same tired lie that our borders are open. Policy hasn’t changed, but their talking points have.
What is it like for people after they file asylum?
How often do they deal with the same criminals they left their countries to escape?
Because those criminals tend to live in the same areas and neighborhoods due to food, language, culture, cost.
What percentage of your clients have a valid claim?
@@californiaslastgasp6847 lol almost none of them. They could have stopped in Mexico
So how many people should we allow into the country every year? And how much money should we spend handling asylum seekers? Because these important questions were never mentioned, not surprising coming from those who exploit low wage workers.
Agree I think people don´t realise just how many people are coming if it was only 1.000 per year it wouldn't be a problem
The "invasion" rhetoric makes me think of the time when that did happen. Of course I'm talking about the time the USA invaded Texas (then México) through immigration into the Mexican territory, achieved 50%+ citizen support for "independization" leading to the USA-Mex war and well u know the history. So i took a look at how close is the US to having that story turn onto themselves. Best estimates of current ilegal immigrants in the US is 3.2% of the population. Meaning they are missing 47% even if you count all latinos (which are obviously not necessarily immigrants and are not all from the same country) that rises to 18.7%. So.. invasion? not even close.
You mean when mexico officals started paying Americans to move to texas and that whole thing backfired.
How else would they get Americans to vote against their own interests?
@@felixfungle-bung4688negative. Only a number Estadounidense were given permission to be in Mexico but little by little, more than were allowed, snuck on to the land. When they got enough bodies, the US just turned around and said "u know what? This is ours now" The territory of Texas was stolen. Good book is South to Freedom.
@@Kittymancer78 and those Estadounidenses wanted to bring their slaves into freedom loving Mexico where it was outlawed. Solution, steal the land to bring in slaves.
@@Kittymancer78 allowed... great a post-modernist book.
Just visiting the US as EU citizen, without any demand for immigration, is so unnecessarily complicated, that it really blew my mind. From an Embassy appointment months away, the quote on the embassy site that says ,,bring additional paperwork if you think it will help your visa process” (meaning u don’t have to bring 300€ of extra paperwork, but don’t be surprised if u don’t get your visa if u don’t), extra paperwork u gotta wait for and pick up at the end of the world, having to go through additional ID checks on the airport, a million different forms to fill in that nobody will ever check on flight, to waiting 4 hours at the hot LAX for border and customs….even funnier tho, most of these things don’t even get enforced! I brought paperwork that was DEMANDED for entry and nobody ever looked at it!
U.S. citizens are treated the same at the border. I had a male CBP officer touch my balls just yesterday at the Nogales, Arizona port of entry when I was simply exiting the US as an American citizen taxpayer.
@@pedro72246 that’s crazy! My Cali Bf always travels to me to the EU and he had it easy, he could even stay 12 more months on super short notice (3 days), when I got sick. No problem at all!
But to hear that the US even treats their own citizens that badly is terrible!
#Gabi I don’t know from which country of the EU you’re coming from but for most countries you don’t need a Visa, just the online form ESTA and you can come. I know this is valid for Italy, France, Ireland, Spain, Germany and many other countries
Even a transit visa is an insanely complicated process. It’s so ridiculous.
Well, I'm Latin American, and I also got adviced to bring nearly $100 worth of additional documents bc, even with the ones strictly required, I might have been rejected. And we all still have to obligatorily pay, I think, €200, regardless of whether we get it or not. (Luckily, I got it, but a friend didn't, and he lost more than €3000 bc he had already paid for rent and other services and documents.)
When Biden dropped the family line I knew there's a Fast&Furious joke coming...
yea I thought the same
Cuz the Buster kept me out of chains!
As ALWAYS, besides enjoying your wicked humor, I learn so many things about just about everything while watching your show, that it DOES NOT appear in any news programs 🤔🧐 So, for that, I thank you and look forward to watching your shows, although not always write a comment; it would just be repeating myself and express my OUTRAGE time and time again. You go, John Oliver ❤
Which one is worse? Telling immigrants up front they are not welcome, or saying they are welcome but simultaneously setting up policies that make it almost impossible to enter? If I were the immigrant, I'd rather appreciate some honestly up front.
Well I mean to be fair, the USA does a great job of saying 'you're not welcome here' without actually saying it. And if they are clueless before they arrive then seeing the lines and encampments should clue a reasonable person in. I'm with you though, I think the US should either reform the whole process to be as swift and fair as is possible, or move to fund almost complete border lockdown. I don't even care much anymore which, just pick a path and stick with it already instead of waffling every few years. Then the applicants will at least know what to expect. Funding either path is going to be stupidly expensive but doing nothing different makes no sense.
The USA can't even treat some of their citizens like they are citizens, so what hope do migrants have?!
We have forgotten that nurses were the real heroes through the worst of the pandemic. In less than 24 hours of John saying that I read on Axios A.M. by Mike Allen that nurses are quitting in record droves.
Ya but they had P.P.E. what about the real heroes The Grocery Workers who had No protection and dealt with crowds of people with No regulation and definitely N o temperature check at the door..just saying
@@Troy-McClure81ummm no we didn’t… we had to use the same mask for up to 6 weeks because “studies show that n95s are safe to use multiple times”. We ran out of the most basic things that are needed to do our job on a regular basis. All the while being yelled at, physically and sexually abused, and shit and pissed on by some Covid denier… as they died from covid. If you have not been a nurse or do not know one personally then you have no idea my friend.
@@ProVideos13 I do know nurses and do know how bad it was for you folks.But Grocery Workers dealt with the same violence, covid denial, all while keeping shelves stocked, Public Restrooms that had to be cleaned with no splash protection or anything to protect them but a pair of gloves,cleaning puke and feces no 95 masks.Just saying nurses knew what they signed up for and trained for including a possibility of a Pandemic.Grocery Workers had to service same nurses who possibly had been infected by those dying and bring it to the store after there shift ,usually wearing the same shoes and clothing,with no training and for half the pay.Just saying give some credit to the folks that kept you fed and your backsides wiped.
I worked in a deli making people's food during the entire pandemic. Somehow delis were considered "essential", even though you can easily buy lunch meat and cheese without people slicing it for you, potentially spreading the disease. Not to mention overpriced sandwiches.
And this is a blue state. Amazing. In the meantime no construction can take place, even though it's all outside and the threat of spreading covid is minimal. Funny how every industry that actually impacts the economy was shutdown...in an election year, mostly by blue states. Crazy coincidence.
Basically, made your sandwich while you sat on your ass collecting max unemployment. We food workers didn't even get good masks, just nonsense dust masks that dont block crap. And when there's an outbreak they blame Republicans, and people not wearing masks...even though everyone was wearing a mask. The whole thing was transparently political. My parents were some of the first to get vaccinated. They got every shot and every booster and STILL got covid. But not getting a useless vaccination makes you an evil racist republican...
@@Troy-McClure81 Such a stupid thing to compare and argue about. You can highlight people's efforts without the need to put others down.
How did he not make a joke about the guy looking down at his paper five times to read three 3-4 word sentences
I was waiting for that, too (LOL!)
Simple, we didn't need John to tell it to us to get the joke. Some people are only good for a laugh, and you don't need anybody to point it out to tell.
I have a long-time friend who lives in Peru. Things there have been really bad lately, like fascism bad, and the job market has been really difficult since the pandemic as many places closed or downsized. He has several degrees, including a masters in engineering, and wanted to see if he could get a visa to come work in the USA. It's impossible. Just straight up. I worry about him and his family all the time and what would happen if he -- the main breadwinner in a family of 4 -- would suddenly lose the job he has.
I have another friend who was born in USA and married a Mexican immigrant before he got deported. For the last 15+ years they have been trying to get him back into the US legally so they can actually live like a married couple. Still nothing.
this is worse than soviet union was lol
The Peruvian people rioted en masse when the government there tried to stop coca production. They literlaly wanted to be the state growing most of the coca leaves in the world. They can't now whine that, you know, the state is experiencing a ton fo violence due to the illegal drug trade.
They had their chance to not be a narco state. They chose to be a narco state. Sorry, but they don't deserve sympathy.
Sounds like someone Peru needs to fix Peru
@@The_Ballo While I agree in a general sense, the United States meddled in South American politics for decades to create such a mess, and continues to give military aid to the very government in Peru that is gunning down its own citizens. There are definitely diplomatic steps that could be taken right now, and should have been taken months ago.
can he try another friendlier country?
I talked to my mother about 6 months ago, and I told her that there are several families down there that are running from cartel. And we've already seen 2 execution style killings on families that have ended up in America, one in California, and now the one in Texas. I mean the latest was over someone calling the police over a noise complaint, then killed the callers execution style!?! Yeah, that doesn't make sense. I know that it's not everyone coming from south of the US, I'm just certain that there are probably several hundred families, if not thousands that are trying to escape the cartel. My mom thinks that the US is giving them new cars, new homes, new clothes, and all our tax money. But I can't explain anything to her because FOX News has done eat her brain lol. Plus it really makes me feel horrible to know my mother is failing to see the human beings that need help.
I have an uncle who did the same exact thing because he got into a fight in a bar with someone who happens to be a member from some drug cartel and had to flee our family’s hometown to the frontier. And funny enough, I have this one friend who watches compulsive amounts of Fox News and says things like, “they’re giving all the filthy wetbacks our tax dollars and food stamps” or “the illegals are coming here to start a hole in the wall drug smuggling business and using asylum seekers as a Trojan horse”.
I don't think that citizens born and raised in the USA should have to live in fear because foreign entities have entered our neighborhoods.
If our country won't help them when they're here, we shouldn't let the cartels and corporations use these people like slaves on our soil.
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus Who do you think the cartel employs in the US? Average Joe citizen or average Jose illegal immigrant with nothing to lose?
The first step is to dehumanize migrants and call them illegal ALIENS. Racism is alive and well in the US.
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus Hey, I totally get that. And I can't blame people for thinking the way my mother does. Especially when all they want to hear is the negatives about immigrants. If the blacks and whites, middle class, and even the ones that are poor, along with the legal Hispanics in this country, would see that neither the democratic party, nor the republican party are here to help any of us. The churches play the same political game with our heads just like the republican and democrats do. They give off this perception of helping people, but behind the closed doors of capital hill, or the pulpit. They are doing everything they can to keep everyone in poverty. And they have the middle class by the balls with debt so severe that a few finger points one way, and a few the other. They now have what's left of the middle class pointing fingers at blacks and the poor, whether they're white, black, latino, or whatever. And they have pretty much destroyed the middle class. The only reason the middle class is still labeled as such is because of the neighborhoods they live in, the schools their kids attend, mostly Christian private schools, or home schooled. To basically be so uneducated about reality, that since their parents had to sign another mortgage for college, just added another $100k to that bank note, guess what? Now the children of the middle class will never own their homes. Because the parents who payed for their kids college education likley won't be able to pay that mortgage off. And when they allow all these kids to have debt relief and not have to pay for college? There is going to be alot of pissed off middle class white parents. And they will be mad at the people they feel are beneath them. Not the government, not their church either because - "God almighty would never let this happen to good Christians like them!" And to that I would say - "Well, when you're dead and gone, your kids will likley be homeless, in debt, or both. Just like the majority of Americans right now. And just think about it if you were poor, or already homeless, like poor people are. But you may say - "They need to pull up those straps and get to work." Then that tells me that anyone who says that. Has no clue what it's like to live that way. And to be in a repetitive cycle of family addiction, in neighborhoods where every home has someone that has either been on drugs, been arrested for drugs, been arrested for stealing, been arrested for domestic violence, and then they're targeted all the time by police, and then their children are. Because like father like son, or daughter like mother, right? I agree with you about the safety of our own American citizens. I've got a question for ya. - "Why do we let people from India come to the states, buy a convenience store, what? 7-10 years tax exempt, let their son, nephew, daughter, cousin, or whatever relatives they will let take over the store. Can have another 7-10 yrs tax exempt. That's another repetitive cycle that I never could figure out. Then it hit me! In the US alone. There are nearly 1% of the world's wealthiest people that call the US home. It's not hard to see how they've earned their wealth. And it really pisses you off when you learn that black people got shafted hard also when it came to generational wealth. And the wealthy white people made it that way. So why can someone like a poor person get a $100k loan to start a business, and get 7-10 yrs tax exempt, sell that business to his family, get another decade of tax exemption? And don't tell me that don't happen. Because I know every store located in my city in Northwest Alabama used to be owned by white, local, hard working people. Now everyone is owned by people from either India, or someone from that region, especially ally countries. And I've gotten to know these people pretty well. Done work for em'. And in no way am I talking bad about them! These are good people, kind people, and caring people. Their country was given an opportunity to come to the US, own a business, make money, then go home and retire really early, and be filthy rich in their country, this happens! And you know why poor people don't get the chance? Because there is a 1/3 chance that $100k will be blowed or used for other purposes. They've got most of them tied up with legal issues already...so? Can't take that chance huh? You have to be 3 things- "Blind, Stupid, or evil" to not see what the fuck is going on. Does these rednecks actually think that having guns is going to save them from their government? Lmmfao!!!! That's straight up gangster stupid! Here is a simple thing that can be done. That could actually save alot of lives, make the world a better place, at least in the US. Force that 1% to accept losing some cash for about 5-10 years. Because if you think that would hurt their pocket books, and for some stupid reason, think our economy would collapse if overly wealthy human beings list a dollar, when you actually put it to scale. They really wouldn't lose a damn thing. Just some lost sleep because rich people are si fucking greedy they may not he able to hire a 10 year old kid to get a job and die after 3 years. If this isn't ringing alarms in your head right now what needs to be done. All they would need to do is put a billion dollars together. And remember, some billionaires have over $100 billion in banks. Take that money, let it draw interest for 1-3 years. Take that money, build homes for the homeless and poor, pay everyone's utilities for a year, help everyone stabilize their living situation. That includes blacks, whites, and latinos. Let the American citizens live tax free for 10 years, let the Hispanics get jobs, pay taxes for 10 years. Well, they get cash, under the table jobs. Of course they do! And who does that really benefit? RIIIGHT!?!?! Can you see the picture? When company owners pay under the table, to illegal or legals. They get a pass! Unless something happens and they have no other choice. But they pay a fine, live long and prosper. You force the wealthy to finally help the people that have actually made them the money that they've made? I promise, you'll see progress! Of course will be the ones that fail in their part. But it shouldn't be that way, especially if we considered mental health care a priority. Just remember that the church is constantly trying to destroy public education, trying to destroy America's lead in the technological world, make our citizens brainwashed, levitucus law abiding fools. And if you don't know what leviticus law is? You would call sharia law a joke. That's what the evangelicals want to create with our government. That's no conspiracy, because they are actively doing this in front of our faces. #1 by destroying the abortion ruling from decades ago. That's a human right! A fetus isn't conscious, nor even capable of making decisions. But we want to bring em into a world where most are poor families, most are black and hispanic and cannot take care of another child. Why do we have some with 12 kids on welfare? Because they believe God hates abortions, and God will sew them through. But they won't tell you about God giving approval for abortions in the bible. Listen, I apologize for the long rant. And maybe you're not a piece of shit political promotion airhead that is oblivious to the circumstances. But if you're then more than likely you've stopped reading this, and I'm already a liberal cuck. After explaining at the beginning that I support none of those assholes when I vote. I put down "Anyone who will tax the wealthy, force them to help, and will stop acting like a goddamn rock star when they become president!" And imo, the president thing should just stop. Go ahead and call it what it is. A committee! But we have to get people in office that aren't dumbass uneducated morons. And have people that have lived life like a poor, incarcerated constantly, drug addicted bum. But you'll find out, the only reason you have bums, is because what else is there to do but die? Poor men are 90% likley to be forced to pay child support, when beauty 60% of that situation wasn't anything they did that should have made their situation so bad. Then we let the mother of their kids raise the children. In the very same situation they would likley be in with ol dead beat dad. Instead, they pay housing and welfare for the women to go sleep with whomever they want, likey with more of sorry asshole. Look, I'll end here. Cause I have to defend some of these young women also. But it always points in one direction. Just there is a fork in that direction where on is headed to church, the other is headed to Washington DC. And if you want to cling to religious beliefs? Fine! Just keep religion out of our government! And educate our kids!!!!!! Stop teaching them that biological evolution isn't a true science. Stop teaching them that God will heal everything, it's just the liberal, commie, atheist, baby eating illuminate that a re to balme. That's when you know they have zero clue to what they're talking about. That's why critical thinking is a must for our future. You educate so they won't indoctrinate. If they indoctrinate, no need to educate. Especially when everything will be nearly autonomous, and there will be need for less people to work. Anyway, it's nothing against you. It's just something I can't stand to see Americans fall for. While the wealthy laugh at us,.and try to use religious tactics to control us..
rewatching old videos because I need to hear John's voice at least once a week :D
I hope the studios agree to a better contract for writers soon!
Seconded !
I'm 'jonesing' for my 'comedy/news fixes', and it ain't pretty.
And it's frankly scary to see videos half a decade old still somehow being more relevant to today.
@@AloisAgos
Ain't THAT the truth !
And what's even MORE SCARY, is to see 'clips' or hear songs going all the way back to the 60s, 70s, 80's, etc. that seem that they were done 'yesterday' !
Boggles the Sane mind !
It's been two months. This strike deserves to get clowned on. Like every writer's strike
The facial recognition software scan used for passport photos also has issues with very dark complexions. I have to take the picture multiple times to get one that the software can function with. Mostly, it's just light angle, which is all one can do in a retail pharmacy situation. We always get it to work just by adjusting (very minorly) the angle and distance from subject. The overhead lighting cannot be adjusted, so floodlights are not necessary.
That migrant who tried scanning had gang neck tattoos lol
It baffles me how long one facial recognition system or another has consistently had issues with darker skin. You'd think developers/testing teams would catch on by now.
Professional photographer, "Your face will look better light from the side." Passport office, "hold my beer".
raciest software
This has been an issue since automatic hand washers, the problem is that in designing it people don't bother testing with darker complexions or on this day probably don't care about the discrepancies of results.
As long as one party believes that letting any asylum seekers at all into the country amounts to an invasion, this just feels hopeless. The administration can, and should, try to make things marginally better by executive order, but the solution must be a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress.
It's not. You just don't understand the issue. You seem to care about it, so why not learn.
Thanks to some court cases, you have two choices:
1. Catch and relaese - ANYONE shows up at the border, claims asylum and you let htem into the country and you can't detain them.
2. You let them apply for asylum and they stay out of the country while it is sorted out.
ANYONE can still apply for asylum in the US. You just wait outside.
@@internetposta7389waiting outside is the point; you do realize Mexico still has a massive gang war going on with their dozens of cartel groups trying to kill or bribe each other out. What do you say to the innocent people who are abducted from the refugee camps south the border and then are proceeded into being robbed and killed or even kidnapped by these members?
@@internetposta7389 95% of asylum applicants either attend their hearing or fail to show and are immediately rounded up and deported.
If you watch the whole video, you will see the consequences of making them wait in Mexico.
How many of these asylum seekers are you welcoming to stay with you in your home?
@@modernmasculinity6560 you know how many vacant homes we have in this country? You know, the ones that are being torn down and rebuilt as expensive rentals for rich people? Maybe instead of…you know doing that, we refurbish them; bring the building up to code, furnish it and give it to asylum seekers. Also I could ask you the same, how many people did you help? I help any who is willing to come over here; normally it’s migrants who are traveling north. I room them for the evening, feed them food, give them some money, and take them to a charter bus stop for the north. I actually help these people, what’s your fucking excuse?
‘Tweedle-Dum & Tweedle-De-portation’
Oliver you’re a savage and legend!
It's a hot mess in NY with migrants. Not sustainable to pay for hotels.
Hello, can we be friends, I live in Austin Texas, what about you dear!!!!
@@Khugo1221????? What the fuck dude lol, this is the internet
How on earth is the pile of gators statue not in New Orleans? I DEMAND we get a copy. Preferably in the center of Jackson Square
You could do something yourself besides demanding
@@rasimbot Doing something himself to get such a statue over there would probably be as successful as demanding it on UA-cam.
I thought it was Florida's mascot 🤔
@@kingjamos2422
Yeah ...
HOA will tear it down, as soon as it's build.
:3 I’m from El Paso and it’s mines!
We could have had Bernie
Finally someone said this
Ah yes, Bernie “bread lines are a good thing,” Sanders.
Not with the DNC running the show, we couldn’t.
No use crying over spilt milk.
If he had gotten more votes, yeah.
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”
- the inscription on the Statue of Liberty
I imagine Emma Lazarus would find our current situation a bit ironic.
What does that have to do with federal law?
@@9395gb It has nothing to do with federal law. It has everything to do with what we believe as Americans.
@@ClayLoomis1958 I'm not sure we ever believed that. From the founding of this country we have been hypocrites to slaves, indigenous people and immigrants anyway. As far as the doofus asking about federal law, Americans like to pretend we're good the guys all over the world and yet we can't even help the poor people along our border or the poor people in our very country because there's no profit in it. It's despicable. We're a pathetic selfish country.
Tbf I'm pretty sure we didn't write it there, it was already there when France gave it to us.
"Nobody is safe from these people who lived in one part of the world and now want to live in this part!"
You can't bring there to here without here becoming there.
that twiddledee-portation line hit harder than it should have
It was at that moment that I obliterated the Like button.
It had a delayed hit for me, but yes.
Somebody better have gotten a raise for that line
@@EisensteinPrime then a few minutes later he wildly claims something is a haiku even though its 60 syllabels and i unsubscribed.
@@jamesbonn2394 he would have been referring to the last 3 lines of what Trump said, dimwit. And it was a joke
Border policy should focus on the interests of US citizens, not migrants. I notice that you did not address that concern.
Ah yes, according to Duffy Graham, migrants don't deserve to be treated with dignity because they just happened to be born somewhere else. Truly an altruistic thoughtful man this Duffy Graham is.
"Tear down this wall."
-- some guy in the 80s
"I've been looking for freedom" -- some guy there at the same time
Oh yeah the same guy who wrecked our economy, destroyed the middle class, and blew up any chance the US has of staying a super power. He fully sold us to corporations and they *will* bleed us dry until the country implodes.
Stop making false equivalencys
Also Ronald Reagan probably: "Gay people are dying? Fuck 'em"
@@corruptsociety9146 Prove it's false.
Winner take all politics will never get immigration reform done. Things must change. Bringing the country’s they are coming from to more accountability to their country’s people would be good as well. They are leaving for a reason
Sad how little has changed since the last time this topic was covered on this show.
It hasnt changed much since 1984. Extremely inefficient and time consuming.
Any update to policy would be ineffective so long as we don’t have the bureaucratic capacity to process these cases. There’s a stifling amount of paperwork that needs to be processed and approved for each individual seeking asylum, and there aren’t enough government workers and judges to meet the demand. The Biden app was likely an attempt to automate the process to free up manpower, but that doesn’t solve the problem of there only being so many appointments a day that can be scheduled, and the government can’t very well outsource the appointments to call centers in Malaysia, India, or Latin America.
We also need to work with the country that all of these migrants are coming from to reduce the need for them to migrate in the first place.
Everything is so backlogged even if you make positive changes that transition on top of existing and incoming applications... they're not catching up for several years. Worked in an immigration law firm, we had cases with client applications dated back to the 90s.
@@deliriumsd142 We do, that was put on VP Harris' plate, and much private investment has gone to those countries. Need more, need it sustained, need to open new diplomatic communications to places like Venezuela.
I find it a little frustrating that while accurate, this video didn't really provide any potential solutions, that's the whole reason this has been so complicated, there aren't any! So 💩on Biden all you want, there's a time and place for everything, can't just go back to the way things were before fixing a few things... Title 42 was not lifted, improvements apparently made to the app and other procedures since apprehensions at the border have significantly dropped!
@@deliriumsd142es. It would be outstanding if our political leaders actually identified and poured this amount of effort into solving the upstream problem that compels so many to seek leave their country in droves just to improve the material condition of their lives.
I guess they should take a page from us agriculture and hire a bunch of the immigrants to process all the paperwork lol.
the truth is, bush, obama, trump, biden, everyone we have had since reagan have been the same with only slight deviations
Biggest problem is our homeless. The US can't even figure out how to get its own people housing let alone migrants. Shipping them to states is only making things worse.😢
The US isnt willing to put money towards homeless programs that have seen efficacy elsewhere. Theres a difference. They know what to do they just dont want to
Been waiting for this episode. Thank you for keeping the pressure on. It's a sad day when comedians have to do the job our press is meant to... but I'm glad you all step up. Sometimes you laugh just to keep from crying.
When Jon Oliver shows us a picture of Stephen Miller we think "oh it looks like he picked a picture that makes that guy look bad" then we see a video and its like "nope its just that guys face"
How timely that the president announces 1,500 federal troops going to the border a day after this segment airs. Well done, Mr. Oliver.
That's alot of federal troops , no doubt , The TSA started accepting alternative identification of passengers . It's a right hand palm print of girls . The Mark of the Aleph Tav , God's daughters have right palm print matching to God's left . I was excited when I heard this I said were adding aliens in the field , one is taken one is left . It's definitely one way to keep track of your daughters . Isn't it . Let other people that wanna believe , God will send His angels . Apparently arriving on a jet plan . Now you know what an IDjet is .
Isn't the great deception about to be shattered . God's on earth .
The TSA started accepting alternative identification. Worldwide , wanna bet what country dares of not accepting of God's daughters. Their Father is the judger of Nations and Tribes. Their Father is The Aleph Tav. Wanna bet this is happening. The one world order has to do with Awomen , not amen .