>The "material conditions" that lead to illegal immigration in the US are lax enforcement of immigration and labor laws.
These are material conditions, but they do not cover all immigration, so they are insufficient. The bigger material conditions are namely that people want to live better lives, and they think that they can do so in "better" countries like the US.
>and remove their incentive to be here
This is what I am talking about. You must fix the material conditions, which means that you must either (i) make your own country worse or (ii) make others better. Why not do the second?
>We have our own country to make great (again!).
America has always been founded on capitalist exploitation. It never was 'great'.
>Everyone has a right to act in their best interests.
Sure, and it's in your best interest to fix the material conditions for immigration if you don't like immigration.
>Charity is never obligatory.
That's true, but it seems very selfish to not care about the fate of others, simply beacuse they were born somewhere else.
These are material conditions, but they do not cover all immigration, so they are insufficient. The bigger material conditions are namely that people want to live better lives, and they think that they can do so in "better" countries like the US.
>and remove their incentive to be here
This is what I am talking about. You must fix the material conditions, which means that you must either (i) make your own country worse or (ii) make others better. Why not do the second?
>We have our own country to make great (again!).
America has always been founded on capitalist exploitation. It never was 'great'.
>Everyone has a right to act in their best interests.
Sure, and it's in your best interest to fix the material conditions for immigration if you don't like immigration.
>Charity is never obligatory.
That's true, but it seems very selfish to not care about the fate of others, simply beacuse they were born somewhere else.