re: Texas border wide open

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A) the border isnt open and never has been

B) Open borders is actually a conservative position. Hell, the godfather of conservative economics, Adam Smith argued that labor is a resource that should not be interfered with and that labor choosing to move to your country just means you won capitalism. And he was totally correct, you wont find a single peer reviewed economics study that says anything other than "immigration is a net economic plus"

C) Immigrants arent getting rich off your paycheck, thats just an insane thing to think. Probably has something to do with the rich convincing the poor to hate people that breathe differently so that we dont rise together and stop them from sucking our wealth into off shore bank accounts.

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frick this gaslighting queer

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A) the border isnt open and never has been

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We've had at least 20–25 million successful unauthorized entries for the period 1995–2020. Sounds pretty "open" to me. And that's the official figures - I'm positive the numbers are much greater.

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B) Open borders is actually a conservative position. Hell, the godfather of conservative economics, Adam Smith argued that labor is a resource that should not be interfered with and that labor choosing to move to your country just means you won capitalism. And he was totally correct, you wont find a single peer reviewed economics study that says anything other than "immigration is a net economic plus"

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I would agree that bringing in a lot of foreign workers and immigrants (illegal or otherwise) is both a Republican and a Democrat stance. Neither party really wants to stop it. But a "conservative" position? Assuming the Republicans aren't considered "conservative" (and I would argue that they aren't "conservative" at all) then it's absolute BS. True conservatives hate bringing in a lot of workers to compete with Americans and also hate outsourcing jobs overseas. I don't think you know what being a "conservative" is.

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C) Immigrants arent getting rich off your paycheck, thats just an insane thing to think. Probably has something to do with the rich convincing the poor to hate people that breathe differently so that we dont rise together and stop them from sucking our wealth into off shore bank accounts.

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Doesn't matter if they are getting "rich" or not and I don't think anyone is arguing that (except for the Somalians defrauding the government in some states). The issue is that the mere presence of illegals here means that they are getting free services, even if not welfare (which many are) they are at least benefitting from everything that us taxpayers (and our ancestors) built and paid for - infrastructure like roads, schools, government, etc. Additionally, their mere presence means they take work away from Americans willing to work (including the H1B Visa holders and jobs outsourced overseas).