By using the term 'open border,' conservatives are falsely suggesting that anyone can get into the U.S. without much hassle.
A migrant pleads with a member of the National Guard after burrowing through razor wire in an effort to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Sept. 21. He was turned away. Photo: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imagesand asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, conservative pundits and politicians have upped accusations that some Democrats support "open border" policies.
Lines at ports of entry have gotten longer because of new requirements to enter the U.S., putting pressure to expand hours at newer ports of entry like the one inThe United States hasn't had an open border since the early 1920s, when it was relatively easy for migrants to cross from Mexico or simply buy a boat ticket from Europe.
Before World War I, there were no American consulates to apply for a visa, and Mexican migrants and Mexican Americans went back and forth between both countries with ease.Both efforts were aimed at halting illegal immigration and preventing easy back-and-forth travel through holes in fences. In El Paso, Texas, for example, 400 agents and vehicles were stationed every 100 yards to prevent illegal crossings.
Obama was routinely attacked for supporting open borders, though he stepped up deportations and was labeled by immigrant advocates as the"We don't have open borders because the U.S. government is attempting to stop as many people who cross the border as they can," David J. Bier, associate director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, tells Axios."If the administration was pursuing any kind of open border policy, the number of people being arrested would be dropping.
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