Food for thought on the immigration debate that I, a liberal, hadn't considered: If there is little-to-no bureaucracy needed for someone to show up and either claim asylum or just live off the books (provided they're not sent back right away), what might be the unintended impact of having elaborate bureaucratic procedures for sending people back to their countries of origin? Might it be create perverse incentives?

https://x.com/danielmarans/status/1904590066355495015

A variant on Brandolini's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law

That said, this is the cost of due process and fairness -- you must use the process to ensure impartiality. But you want to minimize usage of the process where possible because it's expensive

Throwing due process out due to cost is a dangerous move

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