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Mexico: Migrants sew their lips shut to press demands for transit permits
(www.brusselstimes.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
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It's amazing to me how people really believe illegal economic immigrants to the United States are just like "nah man, fuck the paperwork, trudging my way across a life-threatening desert is so much easier"
I wonder what could possibly create a positive incentive to do something so insane? It couldn't be that getting legal immigration is almost impossible, could it? Surely it's the poor people who are wrong.
Oh wait...
"Because of the numerical caps and per-country caps on certain green-card categories...as of November 2018, there were 3.7 million people waiting in line abroad for a family-sponsored green card, and 121,000 awaiting an employment-sponsored green card."
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/content/explainer-how-us-legal-immigration-system-works
WE'RE the problem. We simply DO NOT PROVIDE a reasonable legal framework for people who want to come to the United States to do so. They're still here, mind you. So clearly those county-based immigration caps are very effective.
If we want to end illegal immigration, then we need to reform the immigration system so more people can do it legally.