May 30, 2016
The Costs of Immigration Are the Price of Liberalism
By Chris Freiman and Javier Hidalgo Our first post in this series argued that freedom of immigration is on a par with other important liberal freedoms like occupational choice and…
Posts filed under immigration
May 25, 2016
Immigration and Self-Determination
(by Chris Freiman and Javier Hidalgo) As we noted in our previous post, there is a tension between liberalism and immigration restrictions. Why? Well, immigration restrictions interfere with important liberties,…
May 23, 2016
Liberalism or Immigration Restrictions, But Not Both
(by Christopher Freiman & Javier Hidalgo) We recently published an article in the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy titled “Liberalism or Immigration Restrictions, But Not Both.” We argue for a…
March 16, 2016
Happy Open Borders Day: How to Argue for Immigration Restrictions
In honor of Open Borders Day, here is an excerpt from the current draft of Global Justice as Global Freedom, which Bas and I are writing for Oxford University Press. This excerpt comes…
February 12, 2016
Most Closed Borders Arguments Lead to Anti-Liberalism
One has to be careful when making an argument for closing borders. The problem is that many of the arguments people offer lead to conclusions they are not prepared to…
January 27, 2016
The Crime Objection to Open Borders
If you’ve been reading this blog, you probably know the basic moral and economic (is that different?) arguments for open borders. In short: Immigration restrictions actively harm people by prohibiting…