Re:Zero-sum thinking on immigration will make America poorer
by tshaddox on Monday June 29, 2020 @01:52AM
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> and it certainly doesn't follow that nobody is harmed by any permissive migration scheme.
Speaking of extremely narrow claims, of course this isn’t the case. Most policies do not have the goal that no one is harmed.
As the most obvious example: criminals are harmed by laws which punish crime.
Even minor loosening of restrictions to immigration might at least temporarily harm people whose jobs involve deporting immigrants or filing difficult immigration paperwork.
Speaking of extremely narrow claims, of course this isn’t the case. Most policies do not have the goal that no one is harmed.
As the most obvious example: criminals are harmed by laws which punish crime.
Even minor loosening of restrictions to immigration might at least temporarily harm people whose jobs involve deporting immigrants or filing difficult immigration paperwork.