Is immigration a right or a privilege? And is illegal immigration a nuisance or a crime?

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4. If we ever discover life on other planets will it be its 'people' be restricted to limited areas on

their planets because these 'people' (who will look nothing like us) see themselves as fundamentally different from each other?

If aliens from another planet ever come here, will our first question to them be "What country on Planet X are you from exactly? You are welcome here in my country but don't take that spaceship across the border. You don't want to have anything to do with people in that country, let me tell you.

To answer your questions:

1) Is immigration a right or a privilege?

It is a fundamental human right but like some many fundamental human rights it is treated like it is a privilege so we must deal with it in that way.

2) Illegal immigration, nuisance or crime?

It is a crime that comes from us treating a fundamental human right like it is a privilege so we should treat it with more compassion than most types of crime.

Progressives generally support immigration as a principle, but has left the working class behind.

Many studies, those not from right wing think tanks anyway, have shown that immigration is a positive not a negative for the economy and for its workers. The working class has not been left behind in countries with much immigration AND progressive labor and other policies. The working class has been left behind in countries with little immigration and regressive labor and other policies. Immigration is not the determining factor when it comes to the working class being left behind.