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Not really. It takes 2 years to meet citizenship criteria and until then you are illegal without a visa but it's unenforced at ground level and not even a crime. It's actually much easier for many to obtain citizenship by residing illegally without permission and then applying under constitutional provision which doesnt care their residency was illegal.

That is the method to obtain citizenship for most without means is you must act without permission and then run down the clock.

An interesting exercise for the reader is to look up I-9 authorization, or lack thereof, checks for 1099 workers.

Constitution and ground level dynamics of Argentina makes this false for their country. Even criminals entering as tourist on false passport have been granted citizenship in accordance with their constitution.

ERCOT + unregulated fed backup to ERCOT almost assuredly would be more robust than just ERCOT. Regulations killed Texans.

You're arguing for more distribution of Texas power sources, which is the real benefit of tying into a wider grid. They achieve elements of this by tying into Mexico. Perhaps feds should deregulate the grid and allow Texas to connect rather than holding Texas hostage to follow regulations before connecting.

Id argue regulations blocking deregulated connection to fed grid as at least arguably as valid an opinion as the regulated one. Regulations killed Texans because they are so obsessed with their fed grid rules theyd rather Texans die than grant ERCOT unregulated access.

Regulations demanding you run your power like you live in Anchorage, which had warmer temps than Houston during the storm, has other effects. Such as raising power prices and harming other customers and robbing their families of food and other necessities that money can buy. Only retroactively after this record breaking storm can you decide it wouldn't cause net harm.