Had a kid come through my hospital that they did this too. It’s insane what we do to our fellow human beings.
I have a question. Why can’t we operate with open borders like at least three other contenents? (do we count Australia?)
Legit question, why is that not a thing?
Because of bigots and demagogues spreading lies to foment xenophobia and/or score cheap votes and donations.
No, we do not count Australia. Their border enforcement is brutal, just done on water instead of land.
Yeah, I was going to say, we have gulags here…
IMO, open borders are risky because not everyone trying to get through is a poor family or worker. There are a lot of bad actors out there, and you definitely don’t want people like that getting through without resistance. Think drug dealers, human traffickers, other types of organized criminals, including foreign agents. Sadly, the world isn’t just people operating on good will.
Yeah that’s fair. But also true in like… Europe, no?
From what I’ve seen, the foreign border control is the main line of control, that’s why they separate lines into people with EU passports and other passports. It’s the same as moving without border control between US states 🤷♀️
