[lazide]

Because it can be, and nearly every administration has a ‘tough on illegal immigration’ stance - because the US is so desirable to go to.

A good Great Depression economic reset + insane facist government will reset that a little - but it will still be better than a huge number of places on the globe. Even if the gov’t targets immigrants.

A huge number of places with massive populations of people who would love to come over.

[gopher_space]

Are you saying the volume they handle precludes competence?

[lazide]

No, that the market demand (relative to supply) favors shittiness and extractive brutality over positivity.

They are quite competent at their actual jobs, which aren’t the jobs you think they are.

Think DMV. Or your favorite shitty cable company ISP.