Hello Aaron,

 AI>> You are kind of free & loose with the term illegal. Democrats
 AI>> don't in fact support illegal immigrants although they do support
 AI>> immigration.

 AT> Every Democrat in the presidential primary debates stated that they
 AT> were in favor of open borders. They openly said it. When we talk about
 AT> "open borders" we mean it; for people to come and go as they please,
 AT> with no documentation needed.

Open border and illegal immigrants are two different things.

 AT> In contrast, Republicans such as Trump support LEGAL immigration,
 AT> meaning people with a visa should come to the USA to live as residents
 AT> with the option of applying for citizenship.

What trump did in treating asylum seekers as criminals instead of the way
asylum seekers had previously been treated, separating children from their
parents will not help the situation at your border.

 AT> The Democrats are not interested in securing the border, so there's
 AT> nothing for them to discuss with Republicans. Sure, securing the
 AT> border seems like a good idea to combat coronavirus, but the Democrats
 AT> are not interested in combating coronavirus either.

It may not be easy but America has to make a decision on what their border
policy is and find a way forward.

 AT> The coronavirus makes us weak. Democrats prey on the weak. The
 AT> coronavirus opens many avenues of opportunities for the Democrats to
 AT> offer handouts, criticize Trump, release inmates from prisons and
 AT> jails, and get votes the sleazy way.

The caronavirus does more that make us weak. It will kill us and destroy our
health care system if we don't flatten, and keep on flattening the curve.

It's not a black or white issue, or a Democrat or Repulican issue.

 AT> We're keeping the border to your south pretty tight, but obviously it
 AT> could use some work too, if your country is interested in containing
 AT> people during the pandemic.

We are not interested in containing people. We want to keep the spread of the
coronavirus as low as possible.

 AT> What does Canada do with illegal immigrants? I mean, how do they
 AT> handle it? I know the UK doesn't appreciate them much.

Deportation and/or inadmissibility are possible. Inadmissibility means that you
would have no legal pathway to apply for Canadian citizenship.

 AI>> Something like that would be needed for anyone after travel
 AI>> regardless of their citizenship or reasons for travel.

 AT> There's never been a better time than now to combat illegal
 AT> immigration, but here in the states, we're not gonna do it. We're not
 AT> gonna combat it any more than we ever have before. It's not realistic
 AT> for us based on the Democrat to Republican ratio in our federal
 AT> government.

On the bright side the number of people currently entering the US is very low.
Perhaps the caronavirus has something to do with that.

 AT> So, we need to focus on this question:

 AT> How do we get illegal immigrants to self quarantine when they get
 AT> here?

People simply should self quarantine after their travels. I don't know if there
is a law like that in Canada but it is good practice and that's the guidance we
get so that is what we do.

People should do that in these times regardless of the reasons for their travel
or the destinations.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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