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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
As others have mentioned, that question is the reason they're in the position they're in. This is not a left/right question. It's an invented problem
As with Canada, immigration is necessary for the country to not go into prolonged economic decline. Immigration is absolutely necessary.
You also simply cannot close the borders. It's not physically possible. The US already spends billions on "securing" their southern border and it's still porous. Putting a 40 ft wall across it will cost 10's of billions of dollars, but I suppose they could recoup some of that if they export ladders for all the 40 foot ladders that will be sold in Mexico.
There is no clean solution here. Too easy of citizenship does cause a problem by letting "bad" people in. Building a wall is hilariously stupid, and I'm not being flippant. It is actually a good measure of ability to reason if someone thinks that's a good idea. You cannot prevent people from coming over and staying, so you need to decide what you're going to do about that. So far I haven't heard any suggestions from the GOP besides more walls and border patrols.
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The most progressive president on immigration reform was W. and his own party crushed any reasonable suggestion he had.