We have 30 million foreign nationals in this country without permission, with hundreds of thousands more arriving every year. The "asylum" process is a complete joke at this point, and has been abused to the point that it should probably be scrapped entirely and replaced with something else. Perhaps we can finance asylum processing in Mexico for Central Amercans - that will magically shrink ayslum claims 90%.
I would be more sympathetic to the concerns the author presents here if he was willing to even pretend to be concerned about illegal immigration and acknowledge the larger problem at hand which these imperfect solutions are attempting to grapple with. In the absence of that this reads to me like more of the endless neoliberal open borders propaganda we get a never-ending torrent of.
Good article. Two reforms I’d add to your list: legalize marijuana, and decriminalize all drugs. The War on Drugs failed at its purported purpose (if you know anything about Nixon and the creation of the DEA you might reject the given reasons) and it has led to annual increases in opiate deaths for decades, and throws people into the criminal justice system who have no reason to be there. Not to mention that the thriving, multi-billion dollar black market it created leads to much of the instability and violence in Mexico, central and South America that drives so many people to seek refuge in America. Border Patrol would have you believe they’re playing an integral part in keeping drugs off the street, but any drug user knows how absurd that is and how naive someone needs to be to believe it.
Fascinating and horrifying, thank you for bringing this to our attention. I'm curious about a few things: What is the current political viability of reform? How's the legislative math looking? Is executive action a possible path if Congress proves a dead end? Are any advocacy orgs pushing reform? It'd be great to see a progressive -- libertarian alliance on this issue, reminiscent of the broader coalition for criminal justice/mass encarceration reform. Also, like the police reform movement, I imagine the potential for viral cell phone captured videos of Border Patrol excesses and wrongdoing could be a game changer. It'd be great if there was an effort to build robust political infrastructure -- a constellation of supportive think tanks, advocacy groups, thought leaders, etc. -- to make the most of the moment when such a viral video inevitable captures our attention.
We have 30 million foreign nationals in this country without permission, with hundreds of thousands more arriving every year. The "asylum" process is a complete joke at this point, and has been abused to the point that it should probably be scrapped entirely and replaced with something else. Perhaps we can finance asylum processing in Mexico for Central Amercans - that will magically shrink ayslum claims 90%.
I would be more sympathetic to the concerns the author presents here if he was willing to even pretend to be concerned about illegal immigration and acknowledge the larger problem at hand which these imperfect solutions are attempting to grapple with. In the absence of that this reads to me like more of the endless neoliberal open borders propaganda we get a never-ending torrent of.
I'm unclear why ethnic profiling in this specific context is intrinsically a Bad Thing. Perhaps others could help me understand?
Good article. Two reforms I’d add to your list: legalize marijuana, and decriminalize all drugs. The War on Drugs failed at its purported purpose (if you know anything about Nixon and the creation of the DEA you might reject the given reasons) and it has led to annual increases in opiate deaths for decades, and throws people into the criminal justice system who have no reason to be there. Not to mention that the thriving, multi-billion dollar black market it created leads to much of the instability and violence in Mexico, central and South America that drives so many people to seek refuge in America. Border Patrol would have you believe they’re playing an integral part in keeping drugs off the street, but any drug user knows how absurd that is and how naive someone needs to be to believe it.
Fascinating and horrifying, thank you for bringing this to our attention. I'm curious about a few things: What is the current political viability of reform? How's the legislative math looking? Is executive action a possible path if Congress proves a dead end? Are any advocacy orgs pushing reform? It'd be great to see a progressive -- libertarian alliance on this issue, reminiscent of the broader coalition for criminal justice/mass encarceration reform. Also, like the police reform movement, I imagine the potential for viral cell phone captured videos of Border Patrol excesses and wrongdoing could be a game changer. It'd be great if there was an effort to build robust political infrastructure -- a constellation of supportive think tanks, advocacy groups, thought leaders, etc. -- to make the most of the moment when such a viral video inevitable captures our attention.
Great article. Now do game wardens.