It's true. The slightly further and even further left are making the argument.

The Case for Opening Our Borders

Google "open borders" and you'll get hits at leftier sites like this one and even The Nation, just for starters.

So far as I know, the Democrats have not adopted this even as a long-term aspiration, though they are flirting with moves in that direction with their talk of decriminalization of illegal immigration.

CATO and other libertarians support this position, too.

Forget the wall already, it's time for the U.S. to have open borders

The left regards any consequent decline in the standard of living of American workers or Americans relying on Social Security, etc., as a price those Americans are morally obliged to pay in order to be fair, equitable, just, etc. to the people seeking entry.

The argument that American policy ought to serve the interests of Americans strikes cosmopolitan policy wonks whose own positions are not at risk as ignominiously selfish and deeply immoral.

The standard issue right regards all that as a feature, anyway, and not a bug.

Both sides try to downplay those risks, but neither bunch of partisans can be trusted.

Just another case in which powerful forces on both ends of the spectrum are prepared to undermine the position of the American working class in order to better serve the interests of others.

The cosmopolitan left and the Wall Street right agree: American workers are way overpaid and have it way too good.

Including working class retirees.