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One solution to that is to have semi-open borders. Let almost anyone cross legally, without having to go through the burdensome routes we have now. When you go
by a3n 11y ago
One solution to that is to have semi-open borders. Let almost anyone cross legally, without having to go through the burdensome routes we have now. When you go "crossing light," you're just "here" without any official ties or rights other than normal constitutional rights extended to anyone in the country.
This would be essentially the same group of people who are here illegally, and they're going to come anyway; the difference is that we'd know they're here, they have no disincentive to go back (because they can safely cross again), and they didn't risk their lives and fund coyotes and other predator criminals.
We'd still have people here illegally, because some won't qualify even for crossing light, and some come here expressly for criminal purposes. But this seems like an improvement.
- davidw 11y ago> We'd still have people here illegally, because some won't qualify even for crossing light, and some come here expressly for criminal purposes. But this seems like an improvement. It'd probably be far easier to catch them and point them out - no one much would likely feel sorry for them, and they'd likely stand out even among their own communities.
- a3n 11y agoAnd, legal casual residents would not be reluctant to call the police, because they won't fear deportation. It's in everyone's interest that when someone sees a crime, they report it, but right now there are a lot of observed crimes that go unreported because of this fear.