Aaahhh. It's just a ploy to get more federal dollars into the state, don't ya think?
I read the comments by all of you and as a Southerner, native Texan, I have seen the frustration you and other southerners have with foreigners "using up" our tax dollars, taking our jobs and causing heart attacks left and right. Why should we let these people come here?
Perhaps because the U.S. is a country that will not stand aside and watch a human being starve. The Bantus coming to America are the precious few who survived famine, rape, massacre and plague. If these people do not deserve a safe haven, who in the world does?
Would any of you deny your sister, or mother a place to live if she had been repeatedly raped in her home town, and would go on being raped if she stayed there?
The Bantu's from Somalia will stay if they die. We are saving people by allowing them to live in our country.
If we are to deny a Bantu safe haven, we are to sentence him to death.
We cannot hate someone we do not know. You and I know very little about each other. I would not deny you food or safety and I would not kill you even though I disagree with you. By judging the Bantu whom you have not met and do not know is ignorant.
We cannot judge someone until we have educated ourselves about them. These people will live longer than any of you, they can cope better with rigorous life circumstances than any of you, they will not die alone, or of diabetes, stroke and cardiac arrest like many of you. They will not over spend or over eat or be put in prison. They will not waste resources or judge you for your obesity and slothful nature. They are grateful to us and can teach us how to live our lives better and longer. They are smart enough to excel in a foreign, hostile, modernized country. None of us would survive if we were dropped in Somalia. These people are survivors and pose no threat to us. We would do well to learn from them.
Every educated, well read, well traveled or compassionate person will see that this is not a matter of resources lost to accept the Bantus, it is a matter of wisdom gained.
Do some research on these people, if you are not afraid to understand them.