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I'm not arguing about anything related to borders. If someone is working a non-remote job, I assume they are a local worker. What the comment I replied to based

by vasco 5y ago

I'm not arguing about anything related to borders. If someone is working a non-remote job, I assume they are a local worker. What the comment I replied to based their argument on is that certain people should have the freedom choose to trade work conditions for higher wages to improve their lives, but other people shouldn't. The classification that was given for that distinction was on the basis of nationality or refugee status, read Mexicans and Somalians.

pessimizer 5y ago
> should have the freedom ...is doing a lot of work here. No argument was being made about what Somalis and Mexicans should be allowed to do, arguments are being made about what US employers should be allowed to do. It's a common anti-slavery argument - the exploitation of people in a precarious position to do the same work that free people do demeans the value of work. If you want to see a real market in wages, and you have a real belief in the goodness of that, remove the legal situation that makes the immigrant workforce's situation precarious.