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Switzerland has NOT closed its borders.

The Swiss people have voted against unregulated mass immigration from the European Union in a democratic referendum. That was basically the system until 2007 and is the default system for immigration outside the European Union. The US for example has not even unregulated mass immigration for Canadians …

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The right of free movement of United States persons within the states of the union (US states are roughly comparably in size and population to EU member states) is protected by Article IV of the constitution, therefore, EU-style "unregulated mass immigration" does, in fact, exist in the United States.

Yes, but Switzerland is not part of the EU. I guess that's why he compared it to USA with Canada.

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