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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @Bell_curve 3 Mar \ parent \ on: Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration: Caplan, Weinersmith BooksAndArticles
Everyone who passed thru Ellis Island presented a passport showing their name and country of origin
This is how we know the first person to check in thru Ellis Island was a 17 year old female from Ireland 🇮🇪.
We can’t say the same for people entering Arizona California and Texas via Mexico
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Clearly the political class wants open immigration from the third world.
We can deport millions of people like Eisenhower did, operation wet back
We can build a wall like Hadrian and Berlin to keep people out
We choose not to and encourage the opposite
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It's sad if it has to come that far, because deportation is inhumane.
I don't trust governments with immigration policies, I won't trust them to enforce deportation policies either, here's why: there were 11 million French settlers living in the colonies, mostly in Africa. My grandparents and parents traded, went to the same schools with them etc. Where do you think these settlers are today? They were forced out, more or less violently, after the colonies gained their independences.
Lookup 'the luggage or the coffin,' or what Mugabe did with the white farmers.
I'm not implying the US will do the same today, but surely there must be another way?
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I’m sorry about your parents and grandparents in North Africa. Independence is the worst result for third world people.
Regarding illegal immigration, The first and best step is prevention
The worst step is deportation. Maybe incarceration is more humane and effective
Some immigrants commit violent crimes such as rape and murder. What is the humane response?