Open Borders And Absolute Poverty

Absolute poverty is a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education, and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services. Absolute poverty does not exist in one place, it exists all over the world. The poor are deprived of income, resources, and opportunities they need to have a good quality of life. It is difficult for the lower class to gain access to good jobs or a good education due to their geographical location where they reside in. The poor also lack governmental aid and/or the aid from the upper class. This is due to the corruption in the government system. The elite only prioritizes their own interest,

They say that large-scale migration across open borders can result in demographic changes and shifts that influence a country's political power structures in favor of the new demographic and against the existing people of a region or country, or their culture. The White House Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, stated that people immigrate to the United States are uneducated, they don’t integrate well, and they don’t speak English (Gonzales). Even President Trump opposes open borders because he believes that immigrants coming in are deviants. He also states that they steal jobs from the American people, they stay permanently and they rely on government aid. However, many of these immigrants do not want to stay permanently in the country they are working in, they just want to work and make enough money to support their

The families don’t need to struggle daily to acquire money, and children do not need to drop out of school, and they can continue their education. This gives opportunities for others to get out of poverty. For example, many families from my small town in Oaxaca, Mexico immigrated to the United States to look for better jobs and to offer better opportunities for their children. They worked and earned money to send back to Oaxaca, and they enrolled their children in school to have an education. Immigrants who work in other countries send billions of dollars to their home countries each year. According to (Kasperkevic), money from the United States is sent to Asia and Latin America, and money from wealthier European countries are sent to East, Central Europe, and to Africa. Money from Russia is sent to Central Asia. India received $62.7 billion, China received $61 billion, the Philippines received $29.87 billion, Mexico received $28.5 billion, and Pakistan received $19.84 billion in the year of 2016. It may seem a great amount of money, but about 200 million immigrants send about 15% of their earnings back home. About 800 million people around the world rely on the money that is being sent to