Reply #90: No, it is a perfectly legitimate political policy question

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Some people want to slow immigration because of concerns about or natural heritage and open spaces we have been able to enjoy.

Some people believe that we can't keep quality social nets and services if people are undocumented and cannot be accounted for and be part of both the costs and benefits.

Some people think that porous borders are a national security concern, not because most Mexicans are not a solid people, but because when people pour over the border without an orderly system that criminals are free to move through undetected as well.

Think about it. Would you be open to having undocumented people be able to hop on a plane to the US? If not why not, there is an argument they are similar concepts.

There are a range of policy and DEMOCRATIC decisions to be made around this issue and people have a right to have a wide range of preferences in what kind of immigration policy and security policies that we have.

To paint this purely as anyone who does not want a freely open and undocumented border process is somehow racist is intellectually dishonest and UNDEMOCRATIC.

Call out profiling and racist policies, but we only hurt democracy when we close our minds through pure ideology that does not allow legitimate policy discussions. And to some extent that has happened with this issue.