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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Record crossings @ border
Date: 12/19/23 12:48 PM
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If the border is wide open, how are there so many apprehensions?

sigh. Are those apprehensions the total number of people?

I think your concerns over what other people say about the border merely stems from your use of a vague term like "wide open" to describe the problems. An "open" border typically involves unrestricted freedom of movement across the boundary. We have open borders between the states, the EU zone has open borders between the various countries for EU residents, etc. We don't have that, even along the southern border.

You're making a semantic argument here, and it doesn't fly.

msn.com - Biden border crisis million illegal immigrants now in US

A new estimate this week put the growing population of “gotaways” at a sky-high 13 million, more than the population of every state except four: California, Texas, New York, and Florida.

13 million people is the equivalent of adding 1.5 New York Cities to the United States. I'd call that out of control and a result of a wide open border. YMMV.

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