Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili...
by imtringued on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:21AM
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>Because we [rightfully, as this thread suggests] restrict border crossings.
That never stopped anyone.
>Because homeless people understand that the minimum protections and niche lifestyle they have here are orders of magnitude better than a violent third world country.
Not everyone in a country actually hates it enough to leave. There are lots of high class people like CEOs, managers, software developers even if they are the minority they clearly live a reasonably good life. You are also underestimating how much people are fond of their home country and the associated culture. All your family and friends are there. Your mother tongue is probably only spoken there. The food that you used to eat as a child is there. Maybe you had a plot of land and you built your own house there, sure it isn't as comfortable as one in the USA but it was yours and in the USA you have nothing except a cramped apartment you share with room mates.
The idea that a country would lose its entire population if the USA lifted border controls is absolutely insane.
That never stopped anyone.
>Because homeless people understand that the minimum protections and niche lifestyle they have here are orders of magnitude better than a violent third world country.
Not everyone in a country actually hates it enough to leave. There are lots of high class people like CEOs, managers, software developers even if they are the minority they clearly live a reasonably good life. You are also underestimating how much people are fond of their home country and the associated culture. All your family and friends are there. Your mother tongue is probably only spoken there. The food that you used to eat as a child is there. Maybe you had a plot of land and you built your own house there, sure it isn't as comfortable as one in the USA but it was yours and in the USA you have nothing except a cramped apartment you share with room mates.
The idea that a country would lose its entire population if the USA lifted border controls is absolutely insane.