In USA, Congress could pass a law like this. What if all American rationalists/EAs write to their Congressmen or meet them in person and ask to give asylum to all Russians and Ukrainians with a path to green card? (I see no reason why give asylum to Russians but not Ukrainians, and the idea might be more popular this way). I don’t know much about American politics, is there any reason not to try this?
US is a big country and doing anything is hard and may take a long time. It may be easier to sway small countries. It you are trying to escape a small country is as good as a big one.
Hm, maybe if we start lobbying for open borders, immigration haters mobilize and start pushing for closed borders and it all ends up with visas for Russians being banned. Is that kind of thing likely?
Which actions can which stakeholders take to act on this?
In USA, Congress could pass a law like this. What if all American rationalists/EAs write to their Congressmen or meet them in person and ask to give asylum to all Russians and Ukrainians with a path to green card? (I see no reason why give asylum to Russians but not Ukrainians, and the idea might be more popular this way). I don’t know much about American politics, is there any reason not to try this?
US is a big country and doing anything is hard and may take a long time. It may be easier to sway small countries. It you are trying to escape a small country is as good as a big one.
Hm, maybe if we start lobbying for open borders, immigration haters mobilize and start pushing for closed borders and it all ends up with visas for Russians being banned. Is that kind of thing likely?