[drb91]

Ahh yes, the old “deport all undocumented residents or have open borders” false dichotomy. As if securing a border is possible. Just make it mildly difficult and that’s gonna be the best bang for your buck. Wow! We already solved it!

[darawk]

If you don't deport any undocumented immigrants, you have open borders. It's not a false dichotomy. It is the actual choice.

[swish_bob]

That's clearly untrue, since it's entirely possible to consider having perfectly sealed borders while not deporting undocumented immigrants. There is no way such a situation could be described as "open borders".

[manigandham]

How would you have sealed borders with illegal immigrants? Where would they have come from? And if the border is sealed, why would they not be removed?

[magnusmundus]

They would have arrived before the border was sealed. If you think anything short of retroactively applying restrictions is "open borders", we should discuss the colonization of America.

[drb91]

Well, it seems we simply disagree about the meaning of basic english words like “border” here, so I’m going to bed.