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Democrats have almost reversed 50 years of progress in NYC and the Burroughs. They've almost put it back to the war-torn Bosnia era of NYC back in the 70s and 80s with their illegal pandering shit.

I have been saying we let in too many immigrants since the late 80s no one listened then but their listening now that its too late. Say goodbye to Canada and welcome to Candastan lol.

South American woman I know >her mother and grandmother came in the 70s or 80s > her grandmother is citizen and voted for Drump even though her daughter is undocumented at the moment > both the daughter and grandmother said that she should have gotten her paperwork done…. Not nice people - HRC was correct

She probably came to the states undocumented and gained her residency in the 80s just like many others through the amnesty program of Reagan’s administration!

Indians have to come out from the TYPICAL MINDSET of 70s and 80s of the earlier century. They should take a cue from the Chinese who are highly pragmatic in their approach.

Hahaha. Wait two weeks .. no problema, amigo, we already took the heroin away in the 80s , remember?! , but if You take the fentanyl away from the addicts they will start dying in massive numbers . Not all. But many of them , comprende ?. Muchos muertitos , How many You Say u got ? .. mmm , forgive My mexican ignorance but this sounds like a mayor health crisis coming your way . .

EU should abide by Trump,,,As the japanese Abided by Reagan in 80s Semiconductor War!!! ;))

Interesting factoid... back in 80s, the USA planted explosives on all 3 international bridges in El Paso to drop them to stop a border rush.

Collin’s looks like a 80s hair band member

People fear, what they do not understand...I myself am guilty of not understanding...and to be honest, no idea where we would begin to understand this complex situation (and it is)...\n\nLife is complicated enough...as a man, women are hard enough to understand...and we had very few women on my ship in the 80s...\n\nTransgender...is a whole different thing...to understand (my brain can't comprehend)...\n\nI am not judging right or wrong...I simply can't comprehend it...

I was in the Navy 1976-1996. I came in when women were looked down on by sailors. They had their reasons, but things changed in the 80s. Women served on ships, filled most rates, flew planes, captained commands on shore and at sea (surface and sub). There were issues with gays, and now there's this. I have always thought that as long as one can do the job and not discredit the Navy, have at it and I'm glad to serve with you. USN / USNR E-8 retired

My wife's father had to wait 2 years back in the 80s to come here legally during the Salvadorian Civil War. Has worked as a custodian ever since to provide for his 3 kids. He told me watching this was the biggest slap in the face to him.

I can’t find the proper words to describe how I’m feeling about the life in Canada! I feel extremely disappointed and angry. EVERYTHING has changed since the early 80s unrecognizably, even the service and how different people treat or mistreat each other!! There is no more courtesy, politeness and human respect in hospitals, government offices, banks, etc. \nThe elected government officials are mostly corrupt, unfit for their duties and pursue only a personal agendas in promotion to a higher level! \nRight now, as of January 2025 we are again expecting endless flows of refugees from Gaza along to anticipated tax increases imposed by Trump. \nI have no more words! I feel that this country becoming a dump with an unbearable quality of life. I am feeling mostly depressed and feel no joy due to current conditions and limited opportunities here. I simple cannot even stand it any more and can’t wait when I would be able to find a new place of my residence outside of Canada!

The Indian immigrants that came in the 70s and the 80s are good people and raised their family well. Not the recent ones who throw food on the street.

So in other videos Sikhs been called terrorists because they are now fighting for freedom since 70s-80s-90s but here as he mentioned Sikhs were fighting against britishers for hindustan they published gadar newspaper until then Sikhs were brother for Hindus now we are terrorists??‍♀️ that’s so crazy ??‍♀️ \nI hope indian people treat us better So Sikhs don’t have to ask for different country ?

???My heart is with the immigrants. I am also an immigrant since here in 1991 I was also running away from violence and from the fact that in Mexico in the 70s, 80s and 90s they were killing homosexuals who could not be in the closet like others who could hide their homosexuality. I was able to immigrate because I had a lot of courage, a lot of fear and most of all, helplessness against the country that gave me life, Mexico, where society and presidents always had some double standards, it is unheard of. I owe my life, my dignity and my prosperity to this country, the United States of America. Of course I have not stopped working since I arrived. I am not a rich person but I am an American citizen. I have managed to be part of this beautiful nation, but we cannot demand that this nation give us something where our own country was denied us dignity, to be treated as first class citizens like us in my country and we could not be given that. But well, I hope that these immigrants find the light very soon and that they talk about how badly their own country is treating them, that they say what is happening. Because that is what they should fine or do something so that their own country's government gives them a better life!???

In times of war and to combat the food crisis, India has supported the world and has led the way. \n \nIn the face of natural disasters, India has consistently stepped up to lead from the front. \n \nAs the 5th largest economy, India is steadily progressing towards becoming the 3rd largest. With the world’s number one-ranked leader, Prime Minister Modi, the nation continues to rise. \n \nDespite these remarkable strides, our passport ranking remains in the 80s. This reflects the ongoing challenge of the West, which seems unwilling to digest the success of our great nation.\n\nJai Hind !

all this harangues.....is tedious. why are you rooting for visas? since the 80s, i have seen any and every indian that was barely intelligent enough to be productive in the rest of the world leave the country....except one or two, whole batches of classes from our graduation, masters classes have left....and these were ppl who benefitted from the almost free higher education given the indian state...so, stop rooting for visas, s if it is a good thing for out country..unless ppl are travelling to conduct some business activities abroad, every visa obtained means one loss for india....

Sorry as a British born Indian I must say this when Indians from the motherland come it pushes down the salary we natives get as big companies pay Indians from India less than natives. It is a massive problem for us local people??????? I am a proud Indian but I am also a proud Brit from my lovely west country, 80s born. We have too much illegal and legal immigration and it is a problem for us natives.

Passport mobility was one of the reasons my parents made their choices in the 1970s and 80s. I made choices in the 2000s that increased my options. My kids and I have three passports plus an overseas Indian citizenship. It would be great to see the Indian passport gain mobility — I have always been surprised by its low rankings over the years.

Disgrace of a country and who funded the now isis or taliban? Yes America trained them in the 80s to fight the soviet Union look how that turned out now backing Ukraine history will repeat itself

Canada used to be a beautiful country in the 80s now there is so much canada immigrants doesnt look like canada nomore

I live in Canada since the 80s is the most ignorant and race people but all people wants to do come to Canada fuck Canada

I went to Florida with a church group when I was 12, we stopped in Detroit to eat and when we left the restaurant our Van had no wheels and was sitting on blocks ?. The 80s were wild, The rental company sent a new van immediately and the restaurant gave us any dessert we wanted for free while we waited because they felt terrible. America like Canada has its good and bad

Crazy how people are actively defending a self proclaimed socialist state that has been caught performing espionage and interference multiple times since the 80s.

This is wrong allegation of political issues. There is no such issues.Punjab and Gujrat infact one of the richest province in India. Only people who are less educated and greedy leaving for these countries. Because of their neighbour or relatives moved to US n Canada in 70' 80s and they want to move by hook or crook. Infact you will hardly find any homelessness people in this province. Last yr a Man from Gujrat died with wife and 2 young children while illegally crossing border crossing. He was doing good financially.

Politicians always play safe for their benefits, but any native should never feel a stranger in their own hometown, it's a nightmare, I'm an Indian, from Kerala, I can't think of feeling and outsider in Kerala, so totally understand what people feel in any part of the world. But don't you think, any outsiders coming and occupying the masses seems like a problem with the efficiency of people there, even here in Kerala we used to speak of Tamil population in early 80s and now Bengalis occupying our street, but can we actually blame them? I would say no, we didn't do our job, they came and did the job and now they are in huge numbers. The same happens anywhere in the world. You don't do your job right, someone will come down the job and probably occupy a heart share of the city gradually, for malayalis Kochi esp Aluva is a real time case study for the same.

Cuban immigrant in the 80s marielitos ilegal 90s balseros ilegal Is no diferentes people con this time.

First God forgive for talking like that and probably ( I hope) she doesn’t mean it .\nShe doesn’t realize ( how?) that rules to get citizenship when she came were probably ( very likely) different than now. \nAt some point 80s you just needed to stay in the country five years to get the residence.\nNow is virtually impossible less you met a USA citizen and fall in love, etc etc but otherwise , by one self is very hard .\nThe way this woman is talking is too harsh with family that’s been in USA for decades . \nShe hates all of them? She sounds miserable. \nShe is not the only one like that so is that only politics?\n\nDoes she know how long may take so they can apply again and IF they give it the visa , probably not.\nThis woman really sounds very very bitter.

Sorry but all my life (60 years) illegal immigrants were always deported..I’ve seen it happen in the 70s,80s,90s,00s,10s..I’m Irish and I know at least 12 people who were deported (my brother was prevented from entering the USA in the 80s…US immigration authorities have always been active..

See 2 things that need fixing asap in America are social security and healthcare!\nHere we go again not helping the people that live here and trying to fix what cant be fixed since the 80s.\nRepublicans only care for helping the Wealthy and Big Corporations....

I remember the 80s. . Sounds like a repeat..

When cubans got here in the 80s, they got a lot from the government AND they were put in the front of the line.

I stayed in Brampton for over 19 years it was in the 70s 80s at that time most of the people living there it was mixed now last time I visited there I was sure some how got transported to India.Brampton seems to be the hot spot for East Indians not sure why that is

the immigration system made major terrible changes in the 80s and 90s

So smartly you have skipped the major problem of Punjab …. “Violation of Riparian law “\nInstead of misleading with just partial information and creating narrative , please do detailed research on River water issue in Punjab ( long term violation of basic riparian law , and what Punjab is facing because of that ) \nThat would need some unbiased attitude and openness to talk truth\n\nNo one wants a separate nation , all they want is stop discrimination and address the root problem. .. river water issue \n\nSikhs are dedicated , committed and generous people , any smart leader would like to keep them included \nI do not understand why governments after governments not addressing their minimal basic asks and obstructing justice … Punjab is dying .. cancer , drugs , migration .. multiple problems \n\nMany problems can be solved by just addressing two major asks \n1) respect Riperian law \n2) Give justice for all that happened in 80s and 90s

The process is not the same as it was in the 80s when they did not require renewal every couple yrs w high $ and rules to return to home country for a set amount of time risking losing your home/job/business etc. Some renewal process for green cards have sped up but still takes 6-1yr and a new green card renewal and new one for Mexico can take 1-3yrs for approval. So someone that’s been here +20yrs will have to leave everything they have built here to go wait quite a long time. Its not if you agree how they got here, its what they have done in our country since being here. They add to our economy, +80% pay taxes to never get any of those benefits and they open businesses employing people etc. If they have been here committing a list of crimes then no i don’t agree but majority of immigrants don’t do that. I agree our border needs protection and security. Majority of the left do agree w that but gop don’t want solutions they want to just shut it down completely and thats not right. We have always been a country of opportunity and growth for everybody. If we had a good border bill that they could all agree on fe border act was bipartisan til Trump didnt want to “give dems a win” which it would have given more $ for more judges to help speed up the process for asylum cases and put more agents on the border and more security at checkpoints which is where most fentanyl is caught. Ignorant republicans like boebert sharing the story of a big fentanyl bust at the border her reaction was “we need border security now!” Like who does she think caught that? Border security she think we dont have i guess. But there are alot of things that could be helped and sped up if we just had politicians that could agree, you have bipartisans that support then you have the handful like trump is the puppet master that shuts good things down for partisanship reasons. It’s sad bc the people are tired of this divisive behavior. To run on a problem instead of solutions!

Have been saying it for years to many international students from India lived in qc there were so many international students coming from Punjab to qc. They will go just about anywhere in Canada if it means it will get them a PR wow left qc and moved to Ottawa so far have not seen so many international students . Even as a Born Canadian my parent came from India back in the 80s\nDon’t want to live with Indians . That came from India in 2024 they are rude to girls on the bus have no shame . Ben living in Canada for 40+ years only know there has been a. Influx of migrants from India. Before the people come they at least new basic English and got usto the way of living the new once they don’t even know basic English and don’t have any common sense how they pass is beyond me . Blame TRUDEAU for opening the flood gates. Indians that have been living in Canada for years were finally getting respected and it all went down hill .

00:05 When did India ever call Canada an ''ally''? India's foreign policy never revolves around the concept of ''ally.'' In modern geopolitics, 'ally' is a term coined by Western media. \n\nIndia and Canada were never allies. India had conflicts with Canada in the 1970s and 80s. Canada had even imposed some sanctions on India after India conducted nuclear tests in the 1970s. In the late 1990s when India conducted another nuclear test, a bunch of Western countries including Canada imposed sanctions on India. \n\n\nAfter 2000-01, India started rising economically and became politically stable. That's when Canada improved its relations with India.

I live in Atlantic Canada and we normally have moderate Winters. We don't usually even have snow for Christmas. Winter normally starts in January. I have only had to shovel twice the last two Winters. Last Winter, it mostly rained because the temperature was usually too warm to snow. Still chilly, not many freezing days. When I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, we would wear a snowsuit for Halloween because it was so cold. Now, you are as likely to see kids wearing shorts. \n\nIt still would be cold for someone coming from a hot country, but someone from Iceland would probably find it mild.

Thanks to the Government allowing foreigners to buy up Canadian property starting in the 80s, then they kicked out existing tenants, jacked up the rent and rented to other foreigners. That started homegrown landlords to do the same thing. The cost of living increased every year as the minimum wage stayed frozen for several years. Our own government destroyed everything good that Canada was, pre 1985.

And yet they protest in droves on Canadian soil with no shame at all, its sickening to see our nation bend down to these weak scam artists who take short cuts. Many hard working Canadians including my immigrant patents and myself worked hard in the early 80s to make ends meet and to integrate into this peacful landscape as if it was our own without any baggage of the Country we left. We also did not take shortcuts my parents came over with not even a degree and through their perseverance and hard work gained a threshold for us to survive and thrive.

Knowing what the Pallys did to Jordan in 1971, Syria in 1982, Kuwait in 1991, and Lebanon all the way through the 80s. The don't want any Pallys in Saudi Arabia.\nThey aren't that upset that the Hammys are getting pounder to dust.

India is a subcontinent with thousands of ethnicities, languages and religions. Imagine Europe being a country and british, greeks, italians , swedish,dutch all clubbed as same. Canada now has mass migration from a particular state in India called Punjab. Ethnically/linguistically Indians differ from each other. Your politicians kept pandering to the Punjabi population from 80s, even sheltered convicted terrorist and wanted Indian criminals( there was a US-western-pakisthan axis to break india in 80's using khalistani terrorism). Even recently your Trudeau brought a khalisthani terrorist in the official visit to India, India has had a problem with canada for sheltering Indian criminals who use canada as a base to fund terrorist activities in India. Trudeau govt will continue to allow because they form the vote bank and easy win, Canadians should have voted better.

Hastings street is no longer like back in the 80s. The local government do not know how to run a city or a province.

Trudeau has let more than just these two violent criminals into Canada ?? Our country has become New York City in the 80s. WTF ? TRUDEAU?? AH!

In the 80s, I couldn’t get into Canada without valid photo ID and a reason as to why I was going there and I could not leave Canada without all of those items and did I have anything to claim! Canada also has a communist regime. May he go and put in the Apple eating beautiful conservative Takeover for Trudell

My Indian parents came to Canada from Dubai in the early 80s and I grew up in Canada. The problem is, the Indians coming to Canada now are not the immigrants who used to come here. 20- 50 years ago, when immigrants came to Canada, they understood that they are moving to a new country with different laws, values and culture and they have to assimilate accordingly because they planned to call Canada home. To get into Canada, you had to have some level of higher education or investment means to help develop and add to the economy. But now, over the last 10-15 years, the kind of people coming in are straight out of the villages (mainly north Indians), with no education, low societal values, no care for assimilating and are even criminals who were wanted in India. By using Canada's study permit program, hundreds of thousands of Indians came here with the explicit plan to stay and never go back. To make matters worse, they feel now that they are in Canada, they can break the rules, break the laws and commit heinous crimes. If you look at the Toronto news now, it is ONLY Indians (mainly Punjabi's) committing most of the crimes from extortion to drug dealing to carjacking etc. Even the Indo Canadian community can't stand the people coming to Canada over the last few years, it is NOT a race issue! The issue is too many people from a different culture who don't assimilate!

I personally used to love indians. Especially punjabis. The ones who immigrated here in the 80s and 90s were quiet, dignified and productive.\n\nThey were family oriented and blended into canadian society seamlessly.\n\n\nThis is what indians need to do in order to regain respect again.\n\n1. Call out other indians who do not assimilate into canadian culture. And stop saying youre indian. My parents both immigrated from italy, and they never call themselves italian.....just canadian.\n\n2. Speak english a little better, and learn proper manners and customer service. The reason you came to Canadabwas because you saw it as a paradise where you could flourish. Learn the culture. Embrace wherenyou are.\n\n3. Follow the law. Pay your taxes, and find some NON indian friends who can help you assimilate easier.\n\n\n\n\nCanadians are very kind caring people overall. We want to like you, like those immigrants who came before you..... but we dont NEED YOU. So appreciate what youve been handed.\n\nAnd remember. Every human being is suspicious of other cultures. Its natural. Walls sometimes take time to come down.

I came to Canada (Vancouver) from China in the early 80s (40 yrs ago), w my parents, who thought Canada would bring a better life, because Canada was cleaner, safer, more economically advanced, etc… I just visited China (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, HK) in March, and today it’s complete 180 reversal…. The big cities in China today are much more economically developed, technology advanced, safer, cleaner (no homeless people)… Canada showed little/no progress after 40+ years… actually backwards with homeless people & druggies everywhere… Worst of all and I agree, cost of living & housing costs in Vancouver & Toronto today out of control…