I'm not totally opposed . . .
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Open Borders?
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I’m okay with Gov Abbot’s use of the word “migrant;” he’d be closer to the mark if he said “economic migrant,” which is what most of the border crossers are.
“Illegal immigrant” makes sense as spoken by somebody inside the US who looks at the border crossers and disapproves of their act. The term has a legal crispness and should be used in debate against those who advocate “open borders.” But “economic migrant” makes sense whether the speaker is inside or outside the US looking at the same set of border crossers.
There certainly is a downside. Economic migrants tend to drive down wages, hurting low-income earners, and bid up rents for some types of housing; not to mention the cultural argument against allowing large number of economic migrants to enter. -
James,
The problem, for the USA, is not economic migrants, but economic immigrants. Suppose Joey B so destroys the economy that illegal aliens who illegally immigrated turn around migrate south. Those people would be economic emigrants, and no problem for American workers.
Thus spoke the Language Nazi.
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