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If poor South American families can afford to sneak into the U.S., than 99.9% of Americans can afford to move to a neighboring state.

Or, why don't you give me a counterexample of someone who "can't afford to leave". A news story would be acceptable.

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Are you suggesting the poor citizens of our country ought to be refugees within their own country in order to escape violence? That's a very bleak view of our country, but one that might actually be accurate.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-african...

Moving costs money. Are you suggesting they simply leave everything behind and walk to a new city?

While we're talking about sources, how about a source for your claim that 99.9% of Americans can afford to move to a neighboring state.

Why do you consider people from Chicago moving to the South "refugees"? They are moving for better weather, lower taxes, and more jobs. Those are very normal reasons, not "refugee" reasons.

Moving to the South is not a lower-class Chicago specific thing, in fact wealthy Jews are moving from New York to Florida. Are they refugees too?

I don't consider them refugees. You were the one setting the bar at what South American refugees can achieve. Which taken at face value would imply you considered anyone who could not afford to move worse off than a South American refugee.

However I consider your claim that 99.9% of Americans can afford to move to a neighboring state highly suspect. I am awaiting a source for that, even a news article.

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