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Originally Posted by donTomas

The final goal of this method is to make them "to vote by their feet", i. e., to make them leave voluntarily.

The problem with this approach is what I already mentioned here:

You do know, that their countries will likely not take them back, right? In Denmark, we are having these controversies with thousands of refugees that have been rejected and officially "deported" 10+ years ago, living in asylum here in the country, because their countries (typically Middle Eastern) wont have them

So even if they want to leave voluntarily (which they in most cases dont, even those that have been officially deported attempt to stay), or are forced to leave, there are many cases where it is simply not possible to send them back. They have become the burden of the country they live in, no matter where they originate. This is not to speak of what would happen if we attempted to make all immigrants go back - then, thats where their countries would start rejecting them.

The problem with the societally integrated multiculturalism is also the fact that many immigrants are born in the given country - and are thus second-generation, and "rightful" citizens of the given country - which makes it legally impossible in most cases to send them back.

And even in a hypothetical attempt at this method, it would be impossible to make everyone boycott immigrants. Even those with nationalist tendencies in many countries, would accept any immigrant if they promised to assimilate.

Originally Posted by Whiteruthenian

Assimilation (for some foreigners) and deportation (for others).

So lets say we deported everyone it was possible with. Then we would still have a very large amount of immigrants, many of which would likely resist assimilation - criminal types, or religious fanatics. If we assume it would be possible to force them to assimilate (which we cant be sure of), we can not deny that there will always be a cultural impact anyway. There would be a foreign cultural influence embedded in society. The problem really is how you are going to make them assimilate successfully, especially if you force them.

I am skeptic of the approach of cultural dictatorship. Even if it was ideal, which it isnt, how would one make that happen? Most people are against any kind of nationalism, and many of those that arent, are much more liberal than that.