We the people charge the regime as being guilty of: the privatization of subsoil, the destruction of industry, the starvation of seniors, the homelessness of children, an orgy of ignorance, the degradation of education, beggarly wages and pensions, the limitation of the rights to housing and work, total alienation, fear, despair, and hopelessness.

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Labour unions fear a downward drive in wages, while some of the more right-wing Republicans argue only for tougher border security.

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Unions are hardly for open borders given their misbegotten fear that the arrival of the ambitious will push down wages.

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