Why Can’t the US Government Stop Unauthorized Immigration? Because It Works

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/magazine/economy-illegal-...

Well, yeah, but...

Let's zoom out a bit. Can anyone name any illegal (in the U.S.) activity which meets the following criteria:

- Millions of people in or near the U.S. want to do it, or to be "beneficially involved" with it

- Millions of people have access to the resources need to do it, or to be beneficially involved with it

- The U.S. Government has successfully stopped the activity from happening

In grumpy geezerspeak: The fact that you can't carry pour warm Coca-Cola into a strainer and carry it around is not some special unique feature of Coca-Cola.

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Statue of Liberty