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Immigration Gambles: Part II

Thomas Sowell — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:35:13 +0000

Whose interests are immigration laws supposed to serve — and whose interests do current immigration reform proposals actually serve? In order to have any immigration policy serve any purpose, the border must first be secured. Otherwise American immigration policy exists only on paper, and is mocked by what happens on the ground, as masses of [...]

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Immigration Gambles

Thomas Sowell — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:33:49 +0000

Britain’s late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said it all when she wrote that the world has “never ceased to be dangerous,” but the West has “ceased to be vigilant.” Nothing better illustrates her point than the fact that the West has imported vast numbers of people who hate our guts and would love to slit [...]

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Obama’s Kind of Immigrants

Michael J Hurd — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:21:14 +0000

If America were a totally free country – with no entitlement state, no “progressive” taxation, no socialized medicine and no Barack Obama issuing extra-Constitutional executive orders by whim and at gunpoint – immigration would not be a threat. In a free country, immigrants are always welcome. The operative phrase here is: “free country.” In a [...]

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An Interview with an Immigrant

Brian Phillips — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:36:15 +0000

The following interview was conducted with an immigrant from the Philippines and her fiance. Their names are not revealed because their situation has not been resolved. The interview reveals some of the difficulties experienced by those seeking to legally immigrate to the United States. Brian Phillips: You were living in America and owned a home. [...]

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The Tired, The Poor, and The Huddled Masses

Brian Phillips — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:13:18 +0000

Since 1886, the Statue of Liberty has stood in New York Harbor as a beacon to individuals from around the world seeking the freedom to live their lives as they choose. On the pedestal of the statue is a plaque with the sonnet “The New Colossus”: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With [...]

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I was a Farm Worker

Brian Phillips — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:08:07 +0000

It makes no economic sense for an employer to pay $20 an hour for a job that is only worth $10 an hour.

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Collectivist Arizona Immigration Law is Anti-Capitalist

Harry Binswanger — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:03:35 +0000

Now that the Arizona immigration-control law is at the Supreme Court, it’s time to analyze that law. There are two levels: the philosophic level and the level of Constitutional law. Fortunately, they both point to the same conclusion. The philosophical issue is my main concern. There is no dichotomy between property rights and “human rights”. [...]

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Illegal Immigration: America's Cross to Bear

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:37:00 +0000

When it comes to illegal immigration, I disagree with the “round ‘em up, ship ‘em out” folks and am against the new Arizona law for two broad reasons: For one, the so-called “threat” of illegal immigration is illusory when one looks at the numbers. They are not a bunch of violent criminals and terrorists – [...]

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Immigration: Why the Debate is Tragically Flawed

Michael J Hurd — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In a free country, it’s self-evident that there’s room for everyone. This is because free people are also, by definition,self-responsible. The only people who need to be kept out of a free country are violent criminals and others who are objective, physical threats. In a totalitarian country, nobody would want to get in, so, in [...]

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Immigration and Individual Rights

Craig Biddle — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Every year, millions of people seek to immigrate to the United States, and with good reason: Opportunities to improve their lives abound here. Immigrants and would-be immigrants want to pursue the American dream. Whether or not they would put it in these terms, they want to be free to think and act on their best [...]

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Illegal Immigration

Walter Williams — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000

President Bush and his pro-amnesty allies both in and out of Congress suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the American people. Like any other public controversy, there are vested interests served on both sides of the amnesty issue, but I’d like to raise some ordinary non-rocket-science questions to the pro-amnesty crowd, many of [...]

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Legalize The American Dream: Immigration is in America’s Self-Interest

Rebecca Knapp — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Illegal immigrants are pouring into the United States. Pro-immigration rallies and anti-immigration rallies alternated with equal fervor this spring, while the number of illegals living in the country continued to grow towards 10 million. Pending legislation threatens to make illegal immigration a felony and to build a wall across the southern border. A group of [...]

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The Solution to Ilegal Immigration

Harry Binswanger — Sat, 20 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I didn’t hear the President’s immigration speech, but I must comment on one paragraph I’ve read: “We’re a nation of laws, and we must enforce our laws. We’re also a nation of immigrants, and we must uphold that tradition, which has strengthened our country in so many ways. These are not contradictory goals.” The [...]

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Immigration Quotas vs. Individual Rights: The Moral and Practical Case for Open Immigration

Harry Binswanger — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

This is a defense of phasing-in open immigration into the United States. Entry into the U.S. should ultimately be free for any foreigner, with the exception of criminals, would-be terrorists, and those carrying infectious diseases. (And note: I am defending freedom of entry and residency, not the automatic granting of U.S. citizenship). An end to [...]

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Immigration: Pave Your Own Way

Michael J Hurd — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

There are so many platitudes about immigration–some cloaked in sincerity, and others completely meaningless. The truth really isn’t that complicated. The answer is not open immigration, or a closed society. The answer is a free society. A free society is one in which everyone is self-responsible. Being self-responsible means you’re free to make your own [...]

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The Wall Street Journal’s Immigration Foul

Michelle Malkin — Sat, 03 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0000

The Wall Street Journal editorial page is a reliable beacon of truth and common sense. Except when it comes to immigration. The open borders zealotry of the newspaper’s editorial writers has led to positively Clintonian rationalizations for undermining the rule of law — and endangering national security. In an Aug. 1 editorial, “The GOP’s Immigration [...]

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A Lesson for GOP Panderers on Illegal Immigration

Michelle Malkin — Sat, 11 May 2002 00:00:00 +0000

The Republican Party needs to hire Andrew Smith to help shape its message on immigration. At 18, this senior at Novato High School in Marin County, Calif., has more common sense and cojones than the hapless panderers in the GOP who have thrown their principles to the wind. Smith made headlines last week after blowing [...]

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The Wall Street Journal on Illegal Immigration: Bordering on Idiocy

Michelle Malkin — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0000

What does combating illegal immigration have to do with combating Middle Eastern terrorists in America? Well, duh. Let’s review: Three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were illegal visa overstayers. Seven of the 19 obtained fraudulent ID cards with the help of illegal alien day laborers in Virginia. Two of the 1993 World Trade Center [...]

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From Time Immemorial – Evidence of Unrecorded Arab Immigration (Part 5 of 6)

Paul Blair — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0000

The central thesis of Peters’ book is that a significant proportion of Arabs living in the area that became Israel were actually immigrants or migrants from other parts of Palestine, who made up a large proportion of the 590,000 Palestinian refugees in 1948. Peters’ population study claims to show that 170,000 Arabs had migrated inside [...]

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Immigration, Moochers, and the Welfare State

Andrew Lewis — Fri, 10 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Q. How is an “open-borders” immigration policy compatible with the principle of self-interest? While we have a welfare state, isn’t it irrational to encourage immigration? Shouldn’t the openness of our borders be tied to phasing out the redistribution of our wealth? What type of principled argument is possible to allow Eli

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