Canada has more immigrants than the US per capita

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d...

And to be fair, the general consensus is that Trudeau has de-facto dissolved the US border since he came into power. It has been problematic for the cities and provinces who ultimately have to house/care for the people that the Federal government decides to allow into the country, the takes 2 or more years to process.

Toronto for example, saw its tiny shelter surplus evaporate and over 40% of those using shelters are now of the "irregular" immigration category [1]. It got so bad that certain hotels became de-facto shelters (with the tab picked up by the tax payers). It's something to be quite aware of because it is impossible to do this without generating some level of resentment by the people who feel their hospitality is being exploited.

Thankfully winter is over so being homeless is no longer a death sentence, but Canada should not be used as an example of how to handle poverty or immigration at this moment.

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[1] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-toron...

Funny, considering I was born and raised in the US yet I grew up poor.

And yet I don't see the US doing anything to stop 'domestic' poverty. In fact, I see programs being dismantled for the poor and downtrodden.

So why are so many people born here also in poverty?

I'm surprised above comment hasn't been downvoted to oblivion. It can come across as cold/racist/nationalistic, but it is something that needs to be debated out in open.