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[quote=Anonymous]This a million times over:

“I agree that the current situation on the border (“children in detention camps”) is horrible and unsustainable. Where I disagree with you is that we need to fix the system in the long term by disincentivizing people to cross the border in the first place. We need to stop rewarding bogus asylum seekers, many of whom are just economic migrants, by allowing them to cross the border in the first place. They should apply in their home countries or wait in Mexico to be approved so that we’re not in the business of housing them and their children at all. And of course we should continue to enforce immigration laws and criminalize unlawful entry. And, frankly, I am fine with deporting those who have knowingly and willfully violated our immigration laws and skipped the line where plenty of highly-skilled would-be immigrants from other countries are waiting to years to do it the right way. I don’t agree that simply “wanting a better life” is appropriate justification - we cannot help all of the world’s poor, and there are plenty of poor Americans that the government should help first. And unfortunate as it is, many of the Democratic candidates simply refuse to acknowledge this. So while Trump is not going about it the right way, and the situation at the border is awful, he is at least articulating something the Democrats won’t, and I’m afraid that he’s going to win because of it. While none of the Democrats are officially arguing for open borders, please review Julian Castro’s immigration plan (it’s on his website) and let me know how, functionally, that is different.”[/quote]

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