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Originally Posted by Oliver_W
So we should just allow our country to go to **** and let them all in? Nah. Using force til they stop trying is the better option.
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Illegal immigration can't really be stopped but it shouldn't be incentivized. That's about the best we can manage without fully outfitting our borders like a prison... is a policy of deterrence and more enforcement.
I still think though 100 ppl isn't very much when you consider the city here last count I heard was 600,000. That's probably low-balling. Houston is not a sanctuary city so we can't go by registrations. For example, in MD illegal citizens can get a drivers license, as well as vote in local elections in certain municapilities. A quick google has the number of illegals in the UK is 430,000... but being the UK is not so big as the US, that's still a significant number. It's just that 100 people walking/boating in here is hardly news, unless it is like the caravan, a mass migration... but even with laws, our laws have not been enforced. Hence the shock when the US started to enforce what was actually on the books, which has already shows it needs more thought.
Still, how dire must things be abroad for someone to risk their life to get here. Doesn't justify breaking the laws, obviously, but makes sense in their shoes and from their POV. I feel bad, but it is a slipery slope to not have any border laws, immigration policy... is no different to open borders.
In fact, if Brexit occurs and the UK takes back their borders, the damage may already be done to some degree. As relatively half the population never had a problem with keeping open borders. Or whatever the actual number? Theoretically, a sovereign nation is what the people define it to be... so the question will be from here what kind of nation the UK people will predetermine it should be, as far as when it is independent... which is a gray area given increasingly liberal attitudes towards immigration laws. Just some thoughts.