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> Many on the left are supporting open borders. No we aren't. > Which is guaranteed to attract a huge amount of low skilled labor. Which guarantees low wages
by mywittyname 7y ago
> Many on the left are supporting open borders.
No we aren't.
> Which is guaranteed to attract a huge amount of low skilled labor. Which guarantees low wages (simple supply-demand). And if you artificially control wages, it will result in unemployment of the unskilled.
Right now, the government is artificially suppressing wages by threatening to deport immigrants. Employers take advantage of government enforcement by promising to hide the worker in exchange for poor wages and living conditions.
Giving immigrant workers visas, thus rights is a solution to this. No more artificially suppressed wages because the workers don't fear the government
> Why do you think we have tent towns all over California?
Because they won't allow for enough housing to be built.
- bufferoverflow 7y ago> No we aren't. Yes, you are. https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/759442642/immigration-where-2020-democratic-candidates-stand-on-border-crossings-and-more?t=1572358546623 https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/759442642/immigration-where-2...
- apacheCamel 7y agoJust quickly looking at this link, I don't see anywhere it says open borders.It does however say "Decriminalize illegal border crossings" which is not the same as open borders.
- wan23 7y agoThey only started charging people with a crime for crossing the border in 2005 under the Bush administration. I don't think you would say that we had open borders before then, and a return to that previous policy is what people mean by decriminalization.