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Yes, there are billions of people living in poor conditions around the world. I know first-hand what it's like. I also know the solution is not unfettered immig

Yes, there are billions of people living in poor conditions around the world. I know first-hand what it's like. I also know the solution is not unfettered immigration. There isn't a single example where just shifting a bunch of people (and we wouldn't even approach 1% of the people in need) has ever solved any serious national issues with a country that is broken. Either way, when it comes the law, illegal entry is still a voluntary action.

qwerty456127 7y ago
It seems you think on a way too high level of abstraction: bunches of people, broken countries (nobody can and will fix them anyway), percents of people in need. What I invite you to do is to imagine yourself in the role of a particular individual facing particular circumstances. There are many kinds of situations where there is just an illusion of choice. If they give you a choice to chop your head or your hand off you may end up being officially a person who has volunteered to chop his hand off but in fact this is going to be a kind of bullshit pretty easy to recognize and equally easy to ignore when it's not about you and you don't really care much. You may disagree but I hope you understand why I refuse to equate an person who has not left the country after their residence license expiration to a violent criminal or a crazy person speeding around risking innocent people's safety for sake of their madness.