The Right to Travel and Immigrate
It's fine if you want to be against the right to travel freely. But don't pretend you are for Freedom, that you are for the Constitution, that you support the founding principles of the US
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All of these abominable restrictions of the right to travel are based not on any culpability of individuals, but rather on membership in the groups to which persons have belonged from birth.
The initial reasons for these immigration restrictions involved the different appearance and culture of those seeking to come here and the nativism of those running the government here. Somehow, the people who ran the government believed that they who were born here were superior persons and more worthy of American-style freedoms than those who sought to come here. This extols nativism.
Nativism is the arch-enemy of the freedom to travel, as its adherents believe they can use the coercive power of the government to impair the freedom of travel of persons who are unwanted not because of personal behavior, but solely on the basis of where they were born. Nativism teaches that we lack natural rights and enjoy only those rights the government permits us to exercise." [bold and italics added for emphasis]
Unless one lives alone in the world or had his/her own continent there will always be somewhere someone has marked off his or her own private place.
Unless there is no right to private property, dare I extend that to possession in general, there can be no realistic right to travel as a natural right.
Slippery slope using Nativism. In this subject, you're aligning with the open border, one world government/no government ideology.
It's always a creeping thing. a few questions, make sure you are not sick, bringing disease in...now we need high walls and moats. Feudal-middle ages. a govt nobody deciding if you could enter or leave. gah
Back in the 80s when I was stationed in Southern California, I used to go to Mexico regularly. It was a quick process in both directions back then. Five minutes going South, and only slightly longer coming North.
Now it is a nightmare, and our northern border is getting bad too. I went to Canada two weekends ago....3 minutes going north to Canada, over an hour coming south. Our government can literally turn anything into torturous nonsense.
Governments do have a role in enforcing private property and, I think, a legitimate responsibility to manage the use of public property.
That is not what we are getting now. A guest doesn't just show up unannounced, climb in your window, eat your food, spend your money, and sleep in your bed.
"The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations And Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment. " GEORGE WASHINGTON
People born outside the US are not US citizens and are not entitled to being in this country, living in our society, or deriving a livelihood without prior permission. Those who come here without that permission are illegally in this country. No one I know, including me, is against legal immigration, just the bogus right to travel freely irregardless of national boundaries.