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Re:Over 100 kids illegally employed in hazardous jobs, contr... by PuppyTailWags on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:34PM (#35139280)
I'm literally currently existing in such an immigrant town. We do not have open borders. We have poorly and inconsistently enforced border patrols, which is completely different. I'm not saying there isn't a problem, I'm saying it's important to not exaggerate the problem.
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Re:Over 100 kids illegally employed in hazardous jobs, contr... by yunohn on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:50PM (#35139571)
> We do not have open borders

I’m assuming you are aware that no country in the world has fences or patrols of their borders to any significant length, right?

The reason is both financial/logistical infeasibility, as well as bipartisan neglect. Without cheap labor both locally and abroad, the Western world would collapse overnight.

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