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Should the U.S. have open borders?

T25

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Should anyone and everyone be permitted to emigrate to the U.S.?

Should they receive housing, medical care, food, education, and legal representation all paid for by current U.S. residents?

Should there be any reasons to disqualify a potential immigrant?
 
T25 said:
Should American citizens have any say in who gets to come and what they're entitled to receive?
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This has no relevance to whether they are required to have healthcare, education, or other constitutional rights. If you don’t like it, amend the constitution. It’s your only recourse.
 
rahl said:
Yes.
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What would be a valid reason to decline entry to an immigrant? And should U.S. residents be required to pay for a lawyer, hotel accommodations, food, emergency medical care, daycare for their children, for potential immigrants to argue their case in-person to a U.S. judge?
 
T25 said:
What would be a valid reason to decline entry to an immigrant?
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Known terrorist activity etc.
T25 said:
And should U.S. residents be required to pay for a lawyer, hotel accommodations, food, emergency medical care, daycare for their children, for potential immigrants to argue their case in-person to a U.S. judge?
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The constitution requires it. Don’t like it, then amend it.
 
rahl said:
This has no relevance to whether they are required to have healthcare, education, or other constitutional rights. If you don’t like it, amend the constitution. It’s your only recourse.
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I didn't say I dislike anything; I'm just asking questions.

So you agree that immigrants are entitled to come live in the U.S. and that people already living in the U.S. are responsible to pay for all of their needs, correct?
 
rahl said:
Known terrorist activity etc.
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Should they be granted court hearings in the U.S. to challenge such assusations?
 
T25 said:
Should anyone and everyone be permitted to emigrate to the U.S.?

Should they receive housing, medical care, food, education, and legal representation all paid for by current U.S. residents?

Should there be any reasons to disqualify a potential immigrant?
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Does the term 'troll' refer to a mythical Nordic creature or a fishing technique?
 
Both America and the people we receive would be better if we had open borders. And I consider the vast majority of immigrants to be working class fellows.

We long ago figured out borders were nonsense, that is why we have open borders between the 50 states.

Europe also figured this out, and that is why they have the Eurozone.

The only real thing stopping open borders is really just racism.
 
StillBallin75 said:
The only real thing stopping open borders is really just racism.
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I think more Americans would be more supportive of immigration if it wasn't for the fact that they are saddled with huge costs.
 
T25 said:
I didn't say I dislike anything; I'm just asking questions.
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lol
T25 said:
So you agree that immigrants are entitled to come live in the U.S. and that people already living in the U.S. are responsible to pay for all of their needs, correct?
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Strawman
 
T25 said:
Should they be granted court hearings in the U.S. to challenge such assusations?
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The constitution requires it. Amend it if you don’t like it.
 
T25 said:
Yea, the Biden Administration and tens of millions of Democrats. Didn't you notice the millions of immigrants that flooded the U.S. over the previous 4 years?
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Immigrants have been coming for generations. What Biden did is no different than what Trump does. If they are here illegally, you deport them after - if they wish - allowing them the opportunity per US law to contest their removal. Biden respects that. Trump doesn’t.
 
rahl said:
This has no relevance to whether they are required to have healthcare, education, or other constitutional rights. If you don’t like it, amend the constitution. It’s your only recourse.
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Neither health care nor education are mentioned as constitutional rights per se. Its the 14th that requires if we provide them statutorily to some, we must provide equally. ,
 
T25 said:
Should anyone and everyone be permitted to emigrate to the U.S.?

Should they receive housing, medical care, food, education, and legal representation all paid for by current U.S. residents?

Should there be any reasons to disqualify a potential immigrant?
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We should welcome all
 
T25 said:
I think more Americans would be more supportive of immigration if it wasn't for the fact that they are saddled with huge costs.
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I saw a Chicago resident leading a movement to stop local aid to migrants ( food/shelter/clothes/school etc) because the migrants were getting a disproportionate amount of social services funding. This resident lady blamed poor local leadership and resented migrants getting care before residents
 
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