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The ciiiiircle of liiiiiife
I sponsored a immigrant and now we have three children. >

My grandfather sponsored an immigrant he met in WWII and now I’m stuck here picking up dog shit in the back yard. >

In the early 90s, two people had unprotected sex. Now I have to go to work every day for the next 40 years >

The ciiiiircle of liiiiiife >

A church in my home town did this for an Afghan refugee and his mother. Dude was a mechanical engineer, but didn't understand how to get an apartment, drivers license, ect. So they helped him find an apartment, navigate the cultural differences, and basically set up his life. Now he makes more money than he ever dreamed of and his mother works at the local soup kitchen. I have rarely met someone who is as excited about the towns community, helping other people, or the prospect of being an American citizen. >

Good, now everyone can put up or shut up. >

Does it lower my taxable income? >

It counts as a charitable donation. So it would lower the taxable income like any other donation >

I can barely afford to sponsor myself 😂 grocery prices are out of control these days. But if this helps refugees find a safe place to put their life together then I hope they find all the help they can get. >

FYI, Canada’s had a private sponsorship route for refugees for decades - it was a huge component of our recent push to welcome Syrian refugees. 
The program is phrased really awkwardly here  as “groups of 5+ people”, but this is a common undertaking as a community group/religious institution (often across denominations/faiths) - the idea is as much about reducing initial burden on public services as it is about providing refugees with a highly invested “network” upon their arrival. 
All the usual safety/security procedures are still in place, and it works great overall - but that’s as a system we’ve all been used to for a couple of generations now. Trying to introduce it now’ll be a lift, but really does make for a great adjunct to the official pathway. >

That's wonderful and gives people in a strange new place resources and help. >

Gonna hear a lot about why we can't do this from people who are really afraid of people different from them >

If everyone would just let them live at their houses we could solve this problem.  Oh wait, that won’t happen. >

Hey look you just solved homelessness! >

Thanks, just trying to do my part. >

Doesn’t seem like this could be exploited at all. How do I have some robot remind me of this program in 6 months? My prediction is government agency rubber-stamps these “plans” and the 2300 bucks or whatever doesn’t actually exist but on paper looks good. >

That’s called the remind me bot
Remindme! 6 months >

back in my day, we called this gop voting bosses hiring cheap labor for cash on the down-low >

Did we just legalize slavery? >

Nah, it’s been legal as long as we’ve been a country. Now you just have to make sure they committed a crime, fortunately, we’ve criminalized poverty so that the supply never ends. >

Its not a debtors prison, thats illegal.  Its a regular prison where we put people that can't pay their debts. >

Sounds like a white Ukraines only thing >

Good, now everyone can put up or shut up. >

A church in my home town did this for an Afghan refugee and his mother. Dude was a mechanical engineer, but didn't understand how to get an apartment, drivers license, ect. So they helped him find an apartment, navigate the cultural differences, and basically set up his life. Now he makes more money than he ever dreamed of and his mother works at the local soup kitchen. I have rarely met someone who is as excited about the towns community, helping other people, or the prospect of being an American citizen. >

I sponsored a immigrant and now we have three children. >

My grandfather sponsored an immigrant he met in WWII and now I’m stuck here picking up dog shit in the back yard. >

In the early 90s, two people had unprotected sex. Now I have to go to work every day for the next 40 years