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Comment by catzaa

Be careful what you wish for. A world without borders might sound nice in a John Lennon song, but in practice it is not.

The domino effect can happen – one state collapses and the people move to another state, which strains that state’s government and collapses that economy too.

I live in South Africa, and we basically have an open border policy (since the laws do not get implemented). There are a lot of illegal immigrants which significantly increases crime, puts strain on services and creates social problems. We have a broad unemployment rate of 40% - we can’t even provide jobs for our own people, let alone 4+ million illegal immigrants.

parent catzaa 17 years ago

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