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Is unlimited immigration really popular among the far left? Sounds more like a libertarian position to me. After some quick googling I can't find any groups th

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• tbrownaw 1y ago
  > After some quick googling I can't find any groups that support that. They don't "support unlimited immigration", they reject the legitimacy of national borders and of immigration as a concept. For example here's the DSA explaining their view that the national border and immigration statuses are capitalist and imperialist tools to divide the working class: https://www.dsausa.org/blog/fighting-the-security-state-at-the-southern-border/ https://www.dsausa.org/blog/fighting-the-security-state-at-t...
  • amanaplanacanal 1y ago
    Excellent! Thank you for finding that, my Google fu isn't as strong as it used to be. I'm still not sure that's representative of the far left. Like I said, the more right wing libertarian position is probably the same, though for different reasons.
• hitekker 1y ago
  Here's a NYTimes article from 2020 https://archive.md/uJl8t https://archive.md/uJl8t and another from 2025 https://archive.md/5az0U https://archive.md/5az0U. No one wants the "open borders" label but there was and still remains many who see migrants as the source of their personal salvation.
• mkfs 1y ago
  > Is unlimited immigration really popular among the far left? That this is being memory-holed, much like the ill-conceived bilingual education initiatives of the 90s, is actually a good sign, as it's proof that we're winning.