Project 2075

IMMIGRATION ROOT CAUSES

Development over enforcement

Policy Applications

"We seek critique, not endorsement. Please be harsh. We can handle it."

Immigration: Root Causes

Why People Leave and How Development Changes That

Core Concept

People don't want to leave home. Immigration is driven by desperation—violence, poverty, lack of opportunity. Walls and enforcement don't stop desperate people; they just make the journey more dangerous. The only sustainable solution is addressing why people leave: create prosperity at source.

Why People Migrate

Push Factors (Why They Leave)

Despair: No future visible—children have no prospects

Pull Factors (Why Here)

Relative wealth: Even low US wages are multiples of home country

Current Approach: Why It Fails

Political dysfunction: Issue used to inflame, never solve

Enforcement addresses symptoms, not causes. As long as conditions at home are intolerable, people will keep coming regardless of barriers.

AIP Solution: Development Fund

The Investment

Condition: Tied to governance reform, human rights, anti-corruption

What It Funds

Climate adaptation: Irrigation, drought-resistant agriculture, flood control

Why It Works

Prosperity is sticky: People stay home when home is good

Cheaper than enforcement: $100B development vs. $20B+ enforcement/year—and development works

Multiplier effect: Investment grows local economies, reduces need for future aid

Projected Outcomes

Year 20: 80% reduction—migration becomes choice, not desperation

Year 30: Net migration balance—as many going south as north (opportunity-driven)

Enforcement savings: Wall/detention spending redirected to integration, legal pathways

Political Framing

For Conservatives

"Stop illegal immigration at its source. Walls don't work—prosperity does. This is how we actually secure the border, not theater."

For Progressives

"Address root causes with investment, not cruelty. Create opportunity so migration is choice, not desperation. Humane AND effective."

For Everyone

"40 years of the same approach, same results. Try something that actually works: make home worth staying for."

Discussion Questions

How does this interact with existing immigration law and pathways?

Note: Immigration is politically explosive. This framing attempts to recast the debate from enforcement vs. compassion to effectiveness vs. futility. Development investment is conservative (border security) AND progressive (human dignity). Validators invited to assess political viability.

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