0 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury OP 10 Feb \ parent \ on: Does the Economy Need Migrants? and related discussion econ
The country has since inception extended the right to vote from non-citizens to citizens, who arrive by various means. If you're objecting, what it means to be a citizen is where you can direct your objections.
Not from Mexico. For railroad workers we imported Chinese labor after 1862 , the transcontinental railroad act.
We used to have Chinese exclusion act 1882 and oriental exclusion act which were repealed in 1957.
We have never encouraged illegal immigration until recently. Before there was a semblance of law. Now we don’t pretend- it’s shameless and brazen.
Before 1914 we had open immigration from mostly Europe because there was no income tax and no welfare benefits.
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The biden open border policy may seem bizarre or misguided but it is an intenional plan to expand administrative powers in service of the expansion of the bureaucratic police state. Grandpa Joe cant chew his food, much less think of a great plan to expand the bureaucratic state. This is far beyond elected officials. Our democracy is an illusion.
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I agree the deep state, administrative state is a big problem. How does open immigration fit? Serious question
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