Side Hustle When Worlds Collide

Side Hustle When Worlds Collide: Why We Do What We Do

Amber and Carl Jacobson share why they agree with Scott’s assertion that the large influx of immigrants who need jobs will prove to be a boon to those of us here in New York and that immigration is not inherently negative. They discuss how the United States has always tried to assimilate immigrants into the culture by “applying some cognitive interpretations to cultural differences,” such as painting Mexican immigrants as anti-American by pointing out stereotypes that have been demonstrated to be false.

Side Hustle When Worlds Collide: Who Holds The Power To Choose Immigrants?

We discuss who decides whom to immigrate to the United States and why we hold such power. Perhaps we want to embrace immigrants because we think we understand them better than anyone else. On the other hand, we might simply be deciding because it’s a conflict of interest for us not to participate.

Side Hustle When Worlds Collide: Thinking Outside The Box

Scott and Sherrie look at the diverse motivations that drive people in their discussion of the topic of who holds the power to choose who becomes an American citizen.

When things get sticky for immigrants to become American citizens.

The Respectable Conservatives To Resolve Immigration Conversations In U.S. Politics.

Liberals and leftists believe that policies concerning immigration are established in a democratic manner and therefore we all have an equal chance to offer our opinions. Conservatives think that policies should have a “respectable history of supporting the good” and therefore the policies should be regarded with respect. Liberals and conservatives disagree on the validity of the debate and many liberals still feel threatened by conservatives and respond to their comments with defensive comments such as “My dad voted for Eisenhower.” With the rise of the racial politics of today, this issue of who holds the power to choose who becomes an American citizen has become a heated one and on this episode of Side Hustle When Worlds Collide, a bunch of respectful conservatives will sit down and try to settle the matter, so they can try and establish some consensus regarding the use of the “giant elephant in the room.”

Dick and Nancy discuss their concern that a portion of those who claim to have a “legitimate moral objection to illegal immigration” do so because they hold prejudicial views. Dick also expresses concern that we can’t have a debate on the issue of immigrants because it’s so politically charged. He explains that the way we engage with immigrants ultimately becomes our politics. Dick concludes that Americans are “cognitively much less well-equipped” to have reasonable discussions regarding immigration than we are in other areas, such as debating a variety of political views.

In the latest episode of Side Hustle When Worlds Collide, Rick (the host) and Amber (a member of the panel) discuss the topic of who can become an American citizen. We start the discussion with the question of whether we should be asking new immigrants questions like “Why are you immigrating to the United States?” We then proceed to discuss that some Americans are calling immigrants “criminals” and that it would be a good thing to ask new immigrants “Why do you think that immigrants are criminals?”

In this episode, we discuss the conservative dilemma of whether they should push for more scrutiny of those new immigrants who try to become citizens because of the obvious dangers immigrants pose to our nation’s safety. Then the conversation turns towards a conservative question: “How do you differentiate between who is here legally and who is not?” We argue over different examples of situations that have occurred throughout history in which immigrants committed acts of terrible violence, with Amber arguing that a violent act by a recent immigrant was understandable based on the circumstances of the person’s arrival to the United States.