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You don't kill an immigrant when you refuse to give him access to a country. It has nothing to do with the future of humanity and everything to do with the future of the country.

(Edit: I am an immigrant. And of course immigrant lives matter. All human lives matter)

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many immigrant lives are cut short because they aren't allowed to migrate.

The poor have only their labor to trade with. systematically discriminating where they can work, destroys their lives just as much as slavery can. It's stolen wages.

> many immigrant lives are cut short because they aren't allowed to migrate.

I'm not sure what you mean. If you cannot leave your country (because of your country policies) that's a problem, I agree. If you cannot enter, say, the US, you still have a lot of other countries where you can try to immigrate to.

Btw, when I use the word "immigrant" I mean "come to live in a foreign country". I'm pretty sure you are using a different meaning (maybe "refugee"?), could you clarify?

> The poor have only their labor to trade with.

In fact that's what we all trade when we move to a foreign country. The general rules are to have enough work experience in your field or a degree, and you will need a proof that you're going to work or study. That applies to everybody.

> destroys their lives just as much as slavery can.

Ok, I don't know what to say. That's just purely disingenuous.