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Originally Posted by Jacquelita

Why are there immigration laws?

I say it's to control the economy - UT says it's because people don't like foreigners

First learn reasons why so many immigrants. United States laws for corporate welfare make it virtually impossible for many jobs to be created where jobs would be better located AND where the same labor exists. Sugar and corn are but two industries, heavily subsidized with corporate welfare, but better performed overseas. US government corporate welfare checks lower world prices of sugar and corn making such jobs impossible in Central America, South America, and Africa.

Free trade - we hype it publicly and then subvert it with policies that undermine jobs where immigrants reside. Then we so hype a fear of THEM as to even demand that Canadians carry passports.

The problem is not immigration. Immigration is only a symptom. The problem is why we are not putting vast resources of labor to work - which is historically how America got rich. Another symptom of that failure is a vast disparity created only by that border.

Yes many jobs require immigrants. And there are many industries - such as mushrooms - that are better performed by those immigrants in their home countries. Illegal immigrant numbers around The Cellar are so large that a nearby suburban radio station for those illegal immigrants is 690 AM.

Since not willing to address the problem, then we will waste vast time and resources promoting hate to keep them out - curing symptoms while only make more enemies. The economy controls itself if government does not distort it - tariffs, et al increase the need for illegal immigrants - corporate welfare. Meanwhile hate and fear promotes knee jerk responses such as military border campaigns rather than address the reason for that immigration. Yes, many immigration laws get promoted due to fear of foreigners rather than to address a problem. America historically resorts to walls when America cures symptoms rather than solve a problem.

How entrenched is American corporate welfare? Previously noted was the Cancun WTO conference terminated three days early because of American corporte welfare that also makes illegal immigration worse:
Isolationism

The Cancun challenge of 4 Sept 2003:
The Doha agenda was ambitious, aiming not only to cut barriers in highly protected economic sectors, such as agriculture and services, but to write new rules for globalisation in areas such as investment and competition policy. Most of all, Doha was purportedly focused on helping the poor. Rich countries promised to open their markets in areas, especially farm goods and textiles, which matter most to poor countries. They promised to help poor countries with cash, technical assistance and “special and differential” treatment in implementing any agreement. To underline the pro-poor message, the words “development” and “developing” were included 63 times in the 10-page document that launched the Doha round.

But instead the entire conference failed three days earlier for reasons including this one:

Cancún's charming outcome on 18 Spet 2003:
For all the fine promises made at Doha, rich countries could see no farther than the interests of their own farmers. America's unwillingness to curb its cotton subsidies—which have an especially severe effect on poor-country producers—is unforgivable.

How can one have an informed opinion of illegal immigration and not even know what happened in Cancun? Its called curing symptoms - too often using hate, fear, and other emotions to justify immigration laws.