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Can someone seriously explain to me why this is a bad thing (except the part "Mexico will pay for it")? Isn't it is any country's interest to protect their bord
by tomp 10y ago
Can someone seriously explain to me why this is a bad thing (except the part "Mexico will pay for it")? Isn't it is any country's interest to protect their borders? Mind you, the wall is only stopping "illegal" immigrants; I can't really imagine how a politician could oppose the wall and hence support illegal immigration, support crime. Even Germany is starting to rethink their "open borders" policies...
- dragonwriter 10y agoAny wall has costs out of proportion to any reasonably expected benefits and can be reasonably opposed on grounds of fiscal conservatism alone.
- tomp 10y agoWhat measures would be better (according to the effectiveness/cost ratio) to stop or at least reduce illegal immigration? Edit: someone suggested we should instead find and punish those who employ illegal immigrants. I think that's a good idea (but they deleted their comment).
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- dragonwriter 10y agoAmong others, eliminate the per country limit on the fraction of total visa quotas, aligning supply in each category with demand, reducing the long wait lists for legal entry in many categories from certain countries. Lots of illegal immigrants are qualified to immigrate in legal visa categories that have ludicrously long wait times because the system is poorly designed (many family-based categories fromy Mexico particularly.)