>...we really should just leave the border wide open... It isn't, hasn't been, won't be, and everyone perfectly well knows that. In 2016 the US spent about $0

>...we really should just leave the border wide open... It isn't, hasn't been, won't be, and everyone perfectly well knows that. In 2016 the US spent about $0.75 on CBP for every $1.00 we spent on NASA. Illegal immigration across the border reached new long-term lows, and so did the number of immigrants living in the country illegally. There is no border crisis. Falsely promoting a crisis is unpatriotic, it undermines the culture and institutions that we collectively refer to as "the country." It's a betrayal, a dereliction of duty.