Kevyn wrote:
All of Europe opened their borders to each other with the European Union and it is working just fine. Canada and Mexico are both allies and friends and we have systematically closed down over my lifetime for little reason.
I just researched "How open borders can effect a country" Here's what I found.
Open borders enable poorer countries with higher birth rates to offload their overflow population to more affluent countries with lower birth rates.
Open borders could cause an influx of low-skilled immigrants, who would compete with natives for jobs. This could decrease both wages and the average conditions for workers in general, including high-skilled workers.
Open borders can create a "brain drain" in which too many of the skilled workers in a less advantaged country immigrate to a better situation in a weaalthier country. For example, a 2010 article claimed that "There are more Ethiopian physicians practicing in Chicago today than in all of Ethiopia."
Open borders create enmity and resentment between natives and immigrants, which can lead to the natives passing laws to create disadavantages for or even criminalize immigrants. Studies in the United States indicated that the more Democrats supported immigration, the more whites voted for conservative Republicans with restrictive immigration policies.
Open borders make illegal smuggling easier and thereby more prevalent.Bernie Sanders, a noted progressive, has stated that he does not support open borders for this reason.
Open borders could conceivably overburden the public services and living capacity of certain localized areas, such as the towns along a country's border.
Open borders could dilute the values and cultural identity of the host country by allowing in too many people from other countries and cultures. This is the basis for the Great Replacement theory.
Open borders may be logistically impossible because even the wealthiest countries would lack the capacity to absorb and support the flood of poverty-stricken immigrants that could result from a truly open border policy. U.S. senator
Open borders may only truly work within a single worldwide government, according to some experts
Why would any country want open borders. Stupid.