Flutterby™! : why legal immigration is nearly impossble

Just for the opening paragraph: Cato Institute: Why legal immigration is nearly impossible

America traditionally had few immigration restrictions, but since the 1920s, the law has banned most aspiring immigrants. Today, fewer than 1 percent of people who want to move permanently to the United States can do so legally. Immigrants cannot simply get an exception to immigrate any more than restaurateurs in the 1920s could simply get an exception to sell alcohol. Instead, just as Prohibition granted only a few exemptions for religious, industrial, or medical uses of alcohol, people seeking an exception to immigration prohibition must also fit into preexisting carve-outs for a select few.

The fact that this gives state enforcement of undercompensated labor is a design feature.

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