• Diotima@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Questions that beg answers:

    • Who “deserves” to be here? What criteria are we using?
    • What constitutes “under control?” This feels like a 9/11-ish Patriot Act sort of open-ended law.
    • How does one “shut down” a 2000 mile long border without meaningful defenses?
    • What constitutes a fix?
    • How are we tracking migrants, given that plenty of people slip through unnoticed, or cross legally and remain illegally?
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      9 months ago

      Who “deserves” to be here? What criteria are we using?

      See: existing immigration laws

      What constitutes “under control?” This feels like a 9/11-ish Patriot Act sort of open-ended law.

      Only controlled, legal crossings

      How does one “shut down” a 2000 mile long border without meaningful defenses?

      You don’t. There will be defenses (intrusion detection, border guards, etc.)

      What constitutes a fix?

      All immigration into the US is in compliance with our current regulations.

      How are we tracking migrants, given that plenty of people slip through unnoticed, or cross legally and remain illegally?

      It’s almost impossible to live off the map in the US. Will we find every person that illegally snuck into the country? No. But, we will find some of them and either deport or naturalize them.

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        So basically, we are expanding the scope of government oversight and surveillance to pursue a dubious policy that has a very low probability of success, to enforce immigration laws that are archaic, unnessessarily restrctive, and utterly ineffective.