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Re:Palantir’s software was used for deportations, documents ... by darawk on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:55AM (#19816694)
If you don't deport any undocumented immigrants, you have open borders. It's not a false dichotomy. It is the actual choice.
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Re:Palantir’s software was used for deportations, documents ... by swish_bob on Friday May 03, 2019 @07:05AM (#19817261)
That's clearly untrue, since it's entirely possible to consider having perfectly sealed borders while not deporting undocumented immigrants. There is no way such a situation could be described as "open borders".
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Re:Palantir’s software was used for deportations, documents ... by manigandham on Friday May 03, 2019 @07:58AM (#19817567)
How would you have sealed borders with illegal immigrants? Where would they have come from? And if the border is sealed, why would they not be removed?
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Re:Palantir’s software was used for deportations, documents ... by magnusmundus on Friday May 03, 2019 @08:31AM (#19817790)
They would have arrived before the border was sealed. If you think anything short of retroactively applying restrictions is "open borders", we should discuss the colonization of America.
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Re:Palantir’s software was used for deportations, documents ... by drb91 on Friday May 03, 2019 @05:00AM (#19816715)
Well, it seems we simply disagree about the meaning of basic english words like “border” here, so I’m going to bed.
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