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There are many people that come to the US and want to be a part of the American culture. The nation. The people. This doesn't mean they leave their own cultures behind but they want to respect the people they are joining. I know many people like this.
Its foolish to think that this is always the case though. Those for who borders are a huge issue might eggarate the issue but to pretend there isn't a set of risks and tradeoffs is also a skewed perspective.
I do tire of the open borders side as well. Many of these people were once in agreement with most Americans that we are open to new people but there needs to be a process.
Living in California I have heard the political debates around this topic for my entire life. The reality is that immigration reform was used to win elections. No one really wanted to fix the issue. The Democrats are hypocrites as they have been in both sides of this issue. Even Obama was in favor of borders and enforcing them.
What has happened is that a critical mass of Americans realize that the political system has no intention of finding a solution so they voted for a dude that said he would do something.
Critics can blame Trump for how it's being done but the reality is that what we are seeing now is the inevitable outcome of political control over land instead of natural law property rights. Politicians have made empty promises for decades and people are fed up. At least enough to sway elections that is.
Had the Democratic party actually worked with Reagan on immigration reform decades ago I do not think we would see what we are seeing now. It's clear to me that politics feeds on conflict. Not problem solving. Problems are what is needed for power to be surrendered to political figures. It's all incentives.
I think the steelman argument for immigration control/borders is that in a democracy or democratic republic there are some vulnerabilities that can be exploited.
Both of these over time produce resentment from native populations. You and I can look down our noses at these people but the reality remains that if you put yourself in the place of the native population it's not hard to see why there is resentment.
That said, one can also see why people would love to immigrate to the US. I think modernity has weakened us to thinking and speaking honestly about things like this. There is a fear of being name called. At this point there is a critical mass that does not care anymore.
I have my views but the idea that one can jump to the absolute without considering the effects is immature and foolish. This is what the debate feels like to me.
You can look at the uproar of Mexicans in Mexico city angry about wealthy US expats driving up their housing costs if one needs an example of white people being the immigrants. It's not just a racial thing. It's economic, political, and cultural.
The state complicates things like this. In a stateless society property rights would solve this issue. But... we don't live in this situation.