Immigration

Round Ups, Checkpoints and National ID Cards

by John W. Whitehead January 24, 2018

“The roundups are getting worse. The checkpoints are getting worse. The harassment is getting worse. The things we were worried would happen are happening.”—Angus Johnston, professor at the City University of New York No one is safe. No one is immune. No one gets spared the anguish, fear and heartache of living under the shadow of an authoritarian police ...

Our Heritage of Open Immigration from S***hole Countries

by Scott McPherson January 22, 2018

The history of open immigration in this country makes a favorable case for poor and uneducated immigrants. It might just be the huddled masses we need most. From the end of the Mexican War, in 1848, until the 1920s, the only obstacle to travel across the southern border was terrain. Usually poor and uneducated, people crossed and traded across this ...

The Libertarian Angle: Immigration Circus Comes to Town (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 16, 2018

What is DACA? What is the libertarian angle on immigration? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss President Trump's recent policy moves concerning illegal immigrants. Go to the podcast.

The Case for Open Borders

by Jacob G. Hornberger September 13, 2017

FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger talks open immigration with a class at Northwoods University.

The Libertarian Angle: Trump, Obama, and DACA

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 12, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling the presidency and immigration policy. Go to the podcast.

The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Immigration Dictatorship

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 31, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talk about Donald Trump's policy on immigration. Go to the podcast.

The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Wall

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 18, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talk about Donald Trump's statements on immigration. Go to the podcast.

The Case for Open Immigration

by Future of Freedom Foundation August 10, 2016

Immigration controls are nothing but a system of socialist central planning. No wonder we have had a decades-long immigration crisis. The libertarian concept of open immigration encompasses such basic tenets of libertarianism as liberty of contract and freedom of association. The Future of Freedom Foundation presents the panel "The Case for Open Immigration" with Jacob ...

Immigration Controls Are Socialist

by Jake Desyllas July 1, 2016

In the classical-liberal age of 19th-century Europe, there were no immigration controls. Here is how Gustav Stolper — a German economist, classical liberal, and an immigrant — described the world he had known: This economic and social system of Europe was predicated on a few axiomatic principles. These principles were considered safe and unshakable…. They were freedom of ...

Bionic Mosquito’s Bite Misses the Mark

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 30, 2016

In my article “Bionic Mosquito Has It Wrong on Immigration,” I pointed out that when it comes to immigration enforcement measures that accompany immigration controls, Bionic Mosquito (i.e., Jonathan Goodwin) was steadfastly ensconced in the land of silence. Like many proponents of immigration controls, he simply chose not to discuss them. Bionic has ...

Bionic Mosquito Has It Wrong on Immigration

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 25, 2016

Jonathan Goodwin, who writes under the pseudonym Bionic Mosquito, has an article at LewRockwell.com entitled “Open Borders and the Real World,” which is critical of the article I posted on FFF’s website last week entitled “Open Borders Is the Only Libertarian Position.” In my article, I threw down the gauntlet to libertarians who advocate government-controlled borders and who ...

The Libertarian Angle: The Case for Open Borders

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 26, 2016

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard, and special guest Bryan Caplan discuss the merits and morality of an open immigration policy. Go to the podcast.