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> neither side really cared because immigrants (legal or illegal) can't vote.

This really is the alpha and omega of migration policies all around the world: the people affected don't have a say, and the people not affected use the issues to play hateful games.

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I don’t think that’s fair. If I could cross a border to earn $5M a year, I wouldn’t call the locals hateful for coming up with ways to protect their own livelihoods, and I wouldn’t feel entitled to a say.

This argument assumes that economics is a zero sum game which is easily disproven by history.

there is more to life than economics

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