[Will88]

“For all intents and purposes 95% of Mexicans who want to legitimately come to the US have no legal way of obtaining a visa, other than waiting indefinitely for a lottery. “

Hey, stoop beating around the bush and just say you favor totally open borders, with no restrictions on the entry of anyone who thinks they have a legitimate reason to come here and stay.

Otherwise, your statement above is true, which is why Mexicans should be forced to stay home and bring about the changes in their own nation that would result in more opportunity for all citizens, not just the moneyed oligarchs.

And, 95% of Mexicans (or more) SHOULD NOT have any legal way to come to the US and stay. It’s called being a sovereign nation with laws and borders. Is that a foreign concept to you?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Hey, stoop beating around the bush and just say you favor totally open borders, with no restrictions on the entry of anyone who thinks they have a legitimate reason to come here and stay.

Because Jim will righteously come down like the wrath of Almighty God upon anyone so openly stating (thank goodness!):

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[wideawake]

stoop beating around the bush and just say you favor totally open borders

What I favor is a system in which able-bodied individuals with no criminal record and with job offers are given temporary residence visas that are immediately revocable at discretion.

And, 95% of Mexicans (or more) SHOULD NOT have any legal way to come to the US and stay. It’s called being a sovereign nation with laws and borders.

You seem to have mistaken the sovereignty of a free nation for the sovereignty of a police state.