Development over enforcement
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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)
Pull Factors (Why Here)
Current Approach: Why It Fails
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
What It Funds
Why It Works
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 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
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.