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That brings up some interesting questions. Morality aside (a big aside. I know), does border security actually give citizens an economic or physical security advantage? Is it even possible for another country to send over so many people that they could take over? Some of this is predicated on an "us vs them" mentality, which I agree is part of the problem. I also know there are people with values incompatible with mine and who might not be willing to coexist peacefully with me. I agree on the goal. I don't have the solution. Thoughts?
It probably does give an advantage. The reality is, every single country has a finite capacity and a finite amount of resources. Those are managed and procured by the taxes paid by its citizens. In the modern age when travel is easy, fast, and cheap, it does make sense to have some sort of control mechanism to limit how many "non-contributors" may come in to use the country's resources, otherwise you risk getting your systems overburdened because they're being utilized by a lot more people than they are meant to.
This is not an easy problem to solve at all. An idealistic "let's get rid of the borders" will have very real consequences in the real world, and probably won't work very well as long as some countries are significantly and objectively better places to live than others.
Sort of but not really? It's a talking point that tends to get used by xenophobes and nationalists a lot, that sounds obviously true on the surface, but never stands up to much scrutiny whenever you examine it on a case-by-case basis.
What does not stand up to scrutiny is a general "immigration is bad" thing. Immigration is great if you allow people who are willing and able to contribute to your country in, and implement some measures to help them integrate into your country so they can make a life for themselves and start being productive members as quickly and efficiently as possible. Then it works, and when it works it can work very well.
But that itself, choosing who can and cannot get in, who can/will be a productive new member of your society is border control. Basically you have to control the entry so that you can give your systems and infrastructure and society the time and opportunity to gradually develop along.