[rebelos]

It doesn’t follow that an open border policy is an appropriate palliative to compensate for that historical injustice. A much more logical solution might be, for example, providing security assistance to impacted countries.

[pstuart]

We don't have an open border policy, and regardless of that we need to reevaluate our policies and their impacts on those south of the border.

Providing security assistance would like like what?

And while ending The War would not magically erase the existence of the the cartels, it would be a good start. Corruption itself needs to be addressed or nothing will change.

[rebelos]

> Gosh, we complain about people coming over the border

You wrote this and it sounded like you were endorsing an implicit open border policy. Did you have some more intermediate solution in mind? Recall that we do presently have a legal pathway for asylum seekers to immigrate to the US.

> Providing security assistance would like like what?

We already do this. US agencies frequently cooperate with their counterparts in Mexico and elsewhere.

[pstuart]

No, I'm commenting on the complaints about migrants coming here without acknowledging that we effectively forced them to due to our actions.

Between the War on Drugs and agricultural dumping we have deeply damaged their economies and political stability.

https://nacla.org/article/mexico-cost-us-dumping

(oh, and let's also not forget how US Big Ag utilizes these vulnerable migrants to maximize their profits).