CentreAussie
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It's not a straight forward question. Like at all. It's rhetorical. It's hypothetical. It's fantasy.
It's not rhetorical or hypothetical at all. You seem to be of the opinion that illegals should be permitted to stay in the US. So, is there a number of illegals that you feel would be the maximum that US society can handle, or do you believe that no amount is too many?
Thank-you for link, it was very informative. I learned that the number of apprehensions at the northern and southern borders varies between around 300,000 and 1.2 million depending on the year with 98% of those coming from the south-west border region. That's a lot of people and it's a big problem that isn't going away.
Interestingly, a search on that site for 'cost of unauthorized immigration' returns no relevant data. Not sure that organisation is as unbiased as you think.
The cost to the US economy is estimated to be north of $100 billion a year. That's with an estimated 10 to 11 million illegal residents. With somewhere between 300,000 and 1.2 million additional illegals entering every year until it is stopped, at what point does the cost become too high?
Being from a poor country does not give you the 'right' to pick another one and just waltz in. Asylum status is for legitimate refugees. Deciding that poor people are refugees means you no longer have a border and that anyone who was born in a country that isn't Australia, Canada, Japan, in Europe, in Scandinavia or an oil rich Arab state, has a right to move to your country. That's several billion people. Is that too many for you?
I'm not trying to be facetious or sarcastic, I'm just trying to have an honest conversation with you. It's easy to point the finger at something that sounds mean and uncaring but reality itself is mean an uncaring. I don't lack compassion but I do recognize the harsh realities of the world. The reality is that you can't help everyone, money doesn't grow on trees and illegal immigration has nothing but negative consequences for legal residents be them immigrants or native born.
We don't tolerate illegal migration here and take strict action against it. That's one reason why we have all of the stuff you wish you had in your country.
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