Comment by cogman10

> The discourse you are trying to have about immigration with them is exactly why immigration in this country is a disaster.

I agree that bad faith presentations on how things work is definitely a problem. But I think the reason immigration is a disaster is because both republicans and democrats have decided to be xenophobic. There's no political party pushing an alternative narrative. But further, the current system works for big corporate donors. The broken immigration system makes it easy for a company to exploit H1B workers or farm laborers/construction workers.

That, IMO, is why the system is so broken. Our politicians used 9/11 as a way to ramrod in draconian border policies "to fight terrorism" but really because they benefit those that own big businesses.

Until either party decides that immigrants are our neighbors and not scary "criminals" the system will remain completely busted.