Illegal immigration is a diverse issue with many perspectives and ideas of how it should be handled. On the far left, some want to completely get rid of borders and let people migrate freely. To them, the right to exclude people is incompatible with democracy as it insinuates that theres a lower class of people who dont deserve the same rights as everyone else. Were supposed to be a country of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, its not right to hold that back from people and not give a voice to the people who live here or want to live here, documented or not. This goes against the egalitarian belief that everyone is equal so opportunities should also be equal. Going along with the idea of equality, there could be any time that Americans become refugees or couldve been born as someone seeking asylum, so why should America hold its borders back for people who are? The borders can also hurt US citizens because they could be arrested for aiding those who crossed illegally. Overall, the borders arent helping anyone and are unfairl
y cruel to all who try to come through. The goal is the extreme idea of internationalism, that because we as people and nations are equal, theres no need for borders to divide us. Borders are exclusionary and allow privilege to prevail, so we need to get rid of the concepts of nationalism or citizenship entirely. There cant be illegal immigration if there are no borders to cross illegally. To get closer to the ideal of open borders, supporters vote for anything that promotes immigration and makes it more open to immigrants. Its a little step toward the bigger goal of having completely open borders for all who wish to enter the country. The government is going too slow and not making big enough changes, so all they can do is nudge in the right direction while making their cause widely known. Supporters are quite adamant that there is no middle ground and that we cant wait for a good political landscape to make their voices heard. People are waiting and suffering at the border, so how could we expect them to wait until theres good timing?