Re:Microsoft Employees Pressure Leadership to Cancel ICE Con...
by criddell on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @07:38AM
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> Zero tolerance for illegal crossings, on the other hand, is probably actually good.
That's what I used to strongly believe then this weekend I listened to a Malcolm Gladwell podcast (yeah, I know, I know) and he made me think about it a bit differently.
Back when the border was super porous, immigration was more circular and cyclical. People would come into the US, work for a season, then go home. When the border became difficult and expensive to cross, people would cross the border and then stay.
There's an argument that can be made that a zero tolerance policy has created the current situation.
That's what I used to strongly believe then this weekend I listened to a Malcolm Gladwell podcast (yeah, I know, I know) and he made me think about it a bit differently.
Back when the border was super porous, immigration was more circular and cyclical. People would come into the US, work for a season, then go home. When the border became difficult and expensive to cross, people would cross the border and then stay.
There's an argument that can be made that a zero tolerance policy has created the current situation.