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So if no one is ever deported, is that open borders? (Original Post) redstateblues Aug 2019 OP
:) No. And the "open borders" boogie is a dishonst Republican Hortensis Aug 2019 #1
If people are here without going through the proper channels AJT Aug 2019 #2
That will definitely be the argument the GOP makes forthemiddle Aug 2019 #3

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
1. :) No. And the "open borders" boogie is a dishonst Republican
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 07:17 PM
Aug 2019

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)
2. If people are here without going through the proper channels
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 07:28 PM
Aug 2019

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)
3. That will definitely be the argument the GOP makes
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 08:25 PM
Aug 2019

And honestly, I don’t know how we deny it.

Although I doubt the American people want Trumps wall, I know they don’t want “open borders”, or free health care for undocumented immigrants either.

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