There's a lot that could be done to make it virtually impossible to live in the US illegally long term, but it's just not being done.
The freak out about illegal immigrants is chronic though. It's weird, did you ever hear about any other place pulling their hair out that much over this issue?
Apparently we are even deporting EU citizens now.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/german...
Most developed nations are going to have to choose the lesser of several "evils" very soon and there's almost no serious discussion of what the options actually are.
Grandma's generation shut down schools, clubs, community events, parks, etc, rather than share those things with black kids.
"Cut your nose to spite the brown kids" has kind of been their consistent position their entire lives.
In particular the children overboard scandal and stop the boats.
labour arrives to fill a need. the biggest problem is that the workers cant exert their rights
Yes? Lots of right-wing parties in European countries use the same rhetoric. Xenophobia is just a manifestation of humanity's propensity for tribalism, weaponized for political support. In the US we've had one party fight to make it as hard as possible to immigrate and remain in the country legally, and another party fight back by paralyzing enforcement and deportation. The result is the insane state we're in where we have loads of illegally-present residents going about their lives and contributing to our communities and economy.