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 @7cad1c7d 

I just watched a video on the border... Sadly it was kinda biased towards stronger borders, and I didnt like the bias. But there is one fair point... people who jump the border push back the delays towards people doing it through the legal system from outside the legal way. So the more we allow them to jump the border the more it hurts those trying to immigrate in from poverty.

That said, the other side (which the videodidnt touch on) is that we dont really give good access to people through legal means (in part because of what I mentioned above, but thats not all the problem)..  

So while I would support a secure border I would only do so if we also make an effort to make access to getting here much easier. 
 @b05df304 Sounds like a bad video with bad faith arguments. Getting the same vibes as those “let’s keep things civil and work within the system” folks who know damn well that the system is deeply unjust. 
 @6ce67fdd 

It wasnt quite that bad... I mean it was an ok video, not bad, not good, better than most stuff in the news, but still biased, but I dont think the bias is quite so intentional or bad faith.. but it does seep through.