That may be, but everyone is afraid to openly criticize it because they're afraid of being accused as racists.
replywhat planet are you living on? “border control with pathways for immigration” (and variants) polls consistently high among both US parties
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reply> It’s not, it’s only the far-left’s desire
replyBernie Sanders (since you're presumably talking about the US) doesn't even support open immigration or H-1Bs, let alone open borders.
Perfectly encapsulating how silly it is that so many posters in this thread are trying to make immigration policy a left vs right thing.
replyI think it's totally a left vs. right thing just like collective bargaining power is a left vs. right thing. An open border directly undermines worker collective bargaining and empowers business.
replyBernie isn't the only member of the left and has positions that are a little idiosyncratic among that group; this is one area where he diverges.
replyStructurally speaking, being left and pro-open borders is incoherent. The left is about collective power controlling labor supply and using it to tamp down corporate overreach. Open borders and H1B that allow corporations to side-step local worker bargaining power are squarely antithetical to being Left.
replyI think 'liberal progressives' that are mainly concerned with identity representation, not working class power, are rhetorically bundled as 'far-left'. To people who buy that, Bernie Sanders (a Leftist) and Kamala Harris (a Third Way liberal progressive) are both far-left. It's incoherent but rhetorically potent.
Sadly, you're getting downvoted for stating a plain fact.
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