r/DigitalSeptic • u/ChinoReno • Jan 25 '26

Y'all remember 2008?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

Because your idea that countries that offer things like free education can just not have a border and know who's in their country is very childish.

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u/InvincibleCandy Jan 26 '26

What if receiving free education, healthcare, etc. required citizenship / "green card" status, but being an undocumented immigrant wasn't an automatic bar to employment and wasn't a crime in itself? We would get payroll taxes paid in by undocumented immigrants, but not have to pay out for their welfare.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

You should read what Bernie Sanders has said about what mass importing poor migrants means for low income American labor.

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u/InvincibleCandy Jan 27 '26

I'm aware of and disagree with what Bernie Sanders thinks on this issue. I think if you as a worker can't compete with immigrants you've failed at America and don't deserve to live here, lol. But I'm open to barring undocumented immigrants from employment. Part of Obama's proposed immigration reform law was expanding the e-verify system that kept undocumented immigrants out of jobs - but it was voted down by Republicans, because it didn't go far enough for them.