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(58,785 posts)tale to stir up fear and hostility against Democrats. We haven't had EU-style open borders for...ever. And these days with all the terrorism fears and the serious increase in migrations that global warming guarantees will only continue to explode in numbers, VERY few people, including Democrats, would want them.
I liked what we used to have when we lived in SoCal. We could cross to meet a friend for lunch or whatever, and as long as we stayed in border areas no passport was required. In fact, now that I think of it, we didn't need them for anywhere we went in Mexico and we vacationed there a bunch of times. There were border guards but only rare pull-overs for inspection. It was free and unoppressive, and appropriate to friendly neighboring peoples.
AJT
(5,240 posts)and are caught then still don't do what is necessary to get the proper green card or if they have been found to have committed a serious felony, and are not sent back then I would call that open borders. I want to see practical immigration reform, but I do not favor open borders.
forthemiddle
(1,381 posts)And honestly, I dont know how we deny it.
Although I doubt the American people want Trumps wall, I know they dont want open borders, or free health care for undocumented immigrants either.