January 28, 2017
Immigrants, Infants, and Poisoned Skittles
Maybe you’ve seen this meme. The implicit argument is that since a small percentage of refugees may turn out to be dangerous, we should exclude all of them. But,…
Posts filed under immigration
December 30, 2016
Liberty and Immigration Symposium
The Molinari Society will be holding its annual Symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, 202 East Pratt Street,…
August 18, 2016
What if we just replaced the current immigration system with Trump’s ideology test?
I ask that question at Marketwatch today: As a TV celebrity, Donald Trump made a career out of pretending to be more successful than he really is. Now, as…
June 27, 2016
No, there’s not a market-liberal case for Brexit
I’ve been dismayed to see how many– not a majority, but a long way above “none”– of my libertarian friends on social media are either enthusiastic about British exit from…
June 21, 2016
National Partiality and the Rights of Foreigners
By Chris Freiman and Javier Hidalgo We claim that immigration restrictions and liberalism are incompatible. One response to our argument is that states have stronger obligations to their citizens than…
June 06, 2016
Why the Freedom to Immigrate is as Important as Other Freedoms
By Chris Freiman and Javier Hidalgo We think the freedom to immigrate is a basic liberty along with freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, occupational freedom, and so on. A…