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Big Slim

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10. Is Immigration Control A Left or Right Cause?
Wed Jul 1, 2015, 06:21 PM
Jul 2015

I'm all for compromise on immigration, and don't fret over a few million illegals getting amnesty. However:

Is the desire for immigration control Left or Right? Well, among privileged hipsters, idealists, and the politically correct, all progressive folks must be for open borders. Or, so it seems.

However, go down to the blue collar areas of town and you'll hear true talk about how big business wants to keep pressure on American workers by way of lax border enforcement. Capitalism, at times, seems to be about cheap labor, above all else. A docile workforce, which will put up with abuse because it is here illegally.

I see this issue as one where blue collar people and left activists diverge. The left activists merely think they are the advocates for the working people, at times.

That's what I see going on.

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