Immigration

Understanding immigration is to understand tradeoffs. One key to successful immigration is the strength of America's institutions.

People still come to America, but it is because of the foundation created by private enterprise, not because of progressive politics.

People still come to America, but it is because of the foundation created by private enterprise, not because of progressive politics.

While people from poor countries seek to live in places like the USA because of its stable institutions and welfare state, could migration of people from stable countries to less-developed ones make those countries better off?

While people from poor countries seek to live in places like the USA because of its stable institutions and welfare state, could migration of people from stable countries to less-developed ones make those countries better off?

Tucker Carlson seems to believe that if it weren't for immigrants, America would be dominated by religiously devout, tradition-minded, liberty-loving Americans in every corner of the nation.

The freedom of association argument is a strong argument against open borders and thus libertarians are not necessarily committed to unrestricted immigration.

Trade controls and immigration quotas are just more government regulation. And that won't help revive the economy.

Buttigieg's plan to repopulate depressed rural areas with immigrants reminds one of old Soviet schemes to ship people to Siberia to stimulate the economy there.

"Here's the problem. If you give government a job to do, even one that seems justified in the abstract, it will use its power to make a terrible mess in practice."