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Trump and Harris Supporters Differ on Mass Deportations but Favor Border Security, High-Skilled Immigration.

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Trump and Harris Supporters Differ on Mass Deportations but Favor Border Security, High-Skilled Immigration

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A lot of the problems with immigration stem from the fact that asylum seekers can't apply for asylum until they're present on US soil.
If we made it so they could apply locally through their embassy or (GASP!) online(!) then they could just come here legally.
This is a self imposed problem on our part.
- Not denying that there are problems, but this particular rule isn't unique to the US.
  See Canada, https://www.unhcr.ca/in-canada/seeking-asylum-in-canada/
  To apply for asylum, you must be physically present in Canada or be seeking entry into the country at a port of entry
  And Sweden, https://help.unhcr.org/sweden/asylum/
  Please note that you must be in the territory of Sweden, or at a port of entry (an airport, land border crossing check point or seaport) before you can apply for asylum in Sweden.
  That being the case, I guess I'm curious as to why this seems to be the international norm, and why countries seem to shy away in general from the idea that you are proposing (or perhaps I'm mistaken and there are countries which have already adopted your idea - in which case I'd be even more curious to see how it's been going for them).
  
  Canada likely doesn't have the same sort of problem because immigrants from other countries would either have to come in by plane or boat, or would have to enter the US first.
  Same deal with Sweden, they don't share a border with a country from which people are fleeing.
- B-b-buh-based.
Border security is still the bullshit band aid to avoid actually fixing the problem. We created, funded and armed the cartels, overturned their governments, and destabilized their countries. And now we're trying to pretend all this blowback has nothing to do with us.
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