Comments on: The EU turns slightly to the right on immigration

By: SENNACHERIB

SENNACHERIB — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:33:20 +0000

Something (reckoning) is coming, what for sure no one knows.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:07:57 +0000

A little balance seems, for some reason, to be beyond the abilities of VPOTUS.

Might one wonder just why that is…?

“BARACK TO THE FUTURE”—
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/06/barack-to-the-future.php

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:20:08 +0000

It is possible a nationalist government will be in place in France in a year’s time. We’ll see what they can accomplish.
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Building agencies which can implement astringent immigration controls and deport people with dispatch will take more time than setting legislative standards. One thing they should do (and will have to build up their capacity to do) is to build WWii style troop ships. Syria says they won’t take back their people, you load them on troop ships escorted by warships, stop and put them on rowboats when you get 600 yards from the coast. Another is to build detention centers to hold applicants for refugee status. Ideally such people are not allowed at large in the country and have no more than one appeal. You need to build dedicated detention centers for illegal aliens as well. Anyone reasonably suspected of being an illegal alien should be jailed immediately. You can indemnify them if it be a case of mistaken identity.
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A legislative program might include:
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1. Abrogation of the Schengen agreements
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2. Limiting annual issuance of settler’s visas to 40,000 and issuing them on a qualified first-come-first-served basis.
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3. Requiring that all persons over the age of 14 must pass a written and oral examination in the French language before they can be admitted.
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4. Limiting temporary residency permits to accredited employees of foreign governments, authentic refugees, students, teachers, and the dependents of those in these categories.
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5. Setting a target for the temporary resident population at 300,000, and placing a moratorium on the issuance of such permits to students, teachers, and their dependents when the stock of temporary residents is in excess of the target.
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6. Summarily denying refugee status to anyone who shows up anywhere but at a designated point of entry and denying their dependents as well.
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7. Summarily denying refugee status to those who skipped over other (safe) countries before arriving in France. Refugees are properly housed in camps proximate to their country of origin with a view to their eventual repatriation. Resettlement should be a last resort and should be in culturally similar countries. NB. just about every communal segment in Afghanistan has a sister population in a neighboring country. Afghans should be resettled in those countries, not in Europe.
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8. Making it the law that the civil status of those born in France (and their dependents) is one derived from that of their mother. If they are of legitimate birth, it can be derived from that of their father if he has a preferred status. The child of a citizen, temporary resident, sojourners, or illegal alien has the parental status. The child of a settler can be called a ‘denizen’, i.e. a settler with a durable right of domicile. The child of a denizen can receive citizenshiop.
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9. Making it the law that to be eligible for naturalization, there have to have been periods in your life where all of the following were true simultaneously and these periods have to amount to a majority of your natural life: (a) you were a palpable resident of France or enrolled in the French armed services; (b) you were not incarcerated, on probation, or on parole; (c) you were not under a civil commitment order or adult guardianship; (d) you were not living in public housing (garrison housing aside).
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10. Retrospective reversal of naturalizations which meet certain criteria.
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11. Making it the law that French citizenship is by default exclusive and requiring all people who have been naturalized or are due to be sworn in as citizens to sign sworn declarations renouncing their citizenship in every other country to which they have a cognizable claim to it. Exceptions might be made for a selection of those from Canada, Belgium, and Switzerland.

By: F

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:07:02 +0000

I wonder if the USA could join forces with the EU in building and maintaining these “return hubs”? Seems like a natural way to achieve greater efficiency. Or at the very least, preventing the Europeans from shipping at us for our supposed inhumane practices.

By: Chad King

Chad King — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:42:18 +0000

“Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who is opposed to the returns deal, said at last week’s meeting that he was worried return hubs would be built “without safeguards” for people’s rights, “to the point that a family with children could be returned to countries with which they have no ties.””

Funny. These families had not problems with moving to a European country “with which they ha[d] no ties.” The “migrants” aren’t worried about “ties,” they’re worried about the ability to grift off a host country. Maybe they should just return home and build their own country.

By: Jim Melcher

Jim Melcher — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:22:11 +0000

This looks too much like “controlled opposition.” It seems the measure is designed to *look* like a solution, when it is actually just window dressing for more of what got us here.

By: Skip

Skip — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:36:41 +0000

Marxism in a nutshell
Worried about people’s rights who abuse other people’s rights

Great plan, won’t happen to very many, my guess is thousands not millions.

By: sdferr

sdferr — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 02:20:37 +0000

If enough three year old children get thrown into crocodile enclosures to be devoured, could be Europe will eventually get a clue.

By: AppleBetty

AppleBetty — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 02:14:14 +0000

IrishOtter49: Willing to bet dollars to doughnuts on that.

Make ’em Krispy Kreme doughnuts, and I’ll bet that way too.

Original Glazed $1.59 – $1.99 each
Original Glazed Kreme Filled $1.99 – $2.29 each

(Source: Krispy Kreme Menu Prices 2026)

IrishOtter, your point is well taken.
I’ve just had too much serious for one day. 😉

By: IrishOtter49

IrishOtter49 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:20:42 +0000

The feckless Europeans will make a botch of it. No substantive changes. Very few will be deported.

Willing to bet dollars to doughnuts on that.