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[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

I'd have to guess it's to disincentives illegal immigrants coming into the country.

I get the optics of it to be honest. We're constantly being told there's not enough money for essential services, there's housing shortages and so on, but then people can come here and get housed, receive money etc. It's probably also a tough pill to swallow when they're coming from safe countries.

This is absolutely what's driving the popularity of Reform, and will continue to do so.