Do you get any satisfaction out of knowing Americans are lots poorer because they're against immigrants and have vigilantes at the border?

I certainly do!

I have been in positions where I was paid less because illegals worked in the same place, illegal immigration has affected me financially at times.

I have been to other countries and have never encountered a border of another nation where people travel freely as they do on the southern border of the US, and, those hired by the government to police the border are not vigilantes taking the law into their own hands, they are federal agents.

If American's are poorer because of the border, it is because of the financial drain on society, on hospitals, schools, and infrastructure.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

@Roadsterrider These are numbers gains largely during the pandemic. Minorities are [i]also[/i] over represented in legal services withheld, barriers to healthcare and aid, educational deficits, poverty and incarceration. We can't create a 4th class as a country and then deny those people the aid we've withheld all along. Not without repercussion.

I'd prefer all immigration be legal, too; I'm sure we all do. But the system is broken. You can't lock the gates, leave holes in the fence and then complain people are coming through.

Roadsterrider · 56-60, M

@Graylight There are legal means to immigrate, the problem is there is no border security.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Roadsterrider There are. Means that can take as long as 8-10 years. For a more complete reason as to why we're asking people to use a non-functioning system: https://www.cato.org/blog/why-legal-immigration-system-broken-short-list-problems