When you break this down to personal interest [[withstanding nationalism) most people know open borders isn't the answer. It's not even practical. Immigration has to have criteria, that's basic.
But that reality has become distorted in politics. You're a 'trumpster' if you don't go along without question [[meet the new boss-same as the old boss). Even liberal Canada had to adapt their immigration policy over the years.
Most middle or the road [[not extreme partisan either way) people here in the US -- when all hoopla is not present -- know full-open borders without any discretion is unwise.
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