Charles Koch wants a more open border. Immigration is one reason he's backed away from the GOP.

[DonViejo]

By James Hohmann April 3 at 10:39 AM

THE BIG IDEA: Charles Koch doesn’t just think President Trump’s threat to close the southern border is terrible. He’d do the opposite.

“I would let everybody in who comes here to contribute, and no one who wants to come here to do harm, and see how easy this is,” the billionaire industrialist said on Monday in Redwood City, Calif. “This goes to our whole philosophy of openness. … We have to have an open society – open to ideas, people, goods and services – to learn from each other and have us all benefit.”

During rare public comments, the Koch brother complained that leaders in both parties agree that the immigration laws need to change. “But they think it will help the other party more, so they won't do it,” he said. “And we can't make any progress on policies that a great majority of the American people – and even the majority of the politicians – agree would be the right thing to do.”

In response to a direct question about Trump, Koch said: “My deal is to hate the sin, not the sinner. We want to help save the sinner, right?”

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[Voltaire2]

2. The current system provides that

better than an open border policy would.

[Power 2 the People]

4. +1

He's gotten everything he ever wanted since him and his brother purchased the Republican party.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. I would have assumed they felt this way. Closed borders are anathema to business.

[Yavin4]

5. I agree with Charles Koch so long as we imposed minimum wage standards and allow labor to

organize. In fact, labor should be able to organize across national lines. If capital can move across borders, why can't labor? Why not organize labor throughout the entire Western hemisphere from Canada down to Antartica?

[Recursion]

6. That was, of course, the idea behind NAFTA, which is why Trump hated it

Under NAFTA we were not allowed to pass a national "Right To Work" law. Now we are allowed to under USMCA.

[fescuerescue]

11. We can do that

The problem is that no-one is making the effort to do so.

[JHB]

7. Ah, that explains why Newt piped up against closing it...

Newt knows where potential future paychecks may be coming from, and Donnie welches once he has what he wants.

[Mountain Mule]

8. Like a broken watch

which still gives the right time twice a day, Charles Koch is correct on this one. Except for the "save the sinner" thing. On that one, both he and tRump should be thrown to the sharks because neither one of them has a soul to save.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Oh my,

so Charles Koch is for opening the Border's. Well,he owns the largest Pipeline transferring Crude and refined Product to Mexico from West Texas and the Brownsville Refineries.

Special Interest much Charles?

[inwiththenew]

10. More workers equals labor surplus equals lower labor cost for business

If you have more workers than jobs that is a boon for businesses because it will drive down labor costs because it forces the workers to compete with each other for openings. If you have close to or less workers than opening then you will be forced to raise wages to entice new employees.

This is pure dollar and cents for him.