Immigration

Closed-Border Libertarians: It’s Time to End the War on Immigration

by Will Tippens January 1, 2016

Warrantless searches and seizures on a massive scale, bureaucratic logjams, arbitrary edicts that squelch freedom of association, unchecked waste and corruption — it is difficult to reconcile any of these symptoms of big government with liberty. And yet, many who strongly value freedom still support all of them in the name of border control. For these “closed-border libertarians”, the argument ...

The Libertarian Angle – The Immorality of Immigration Control

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 25, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and guest co-host Richard M. Ebeling discuss the libertarian position on immigration control. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Conservatives Deceived Me on Immigration

by Thomas R. Eddlem August 11, 2015

I grew up in the conservative movement at the end of the Cold War, but eventually realized I had been misled on the issue of immigration. When I finally took the trouble to research the issue after receiving a private offer to write a series of anti-immigration tracts (a contract from which I declined), I found that most ...

Freedom to Move: Personal Freedom or Government Control, Part II

by Richard M. Ebeling July 28, 2015

There are many economic fallacies that surround the issue of freer or open immigration into the United States, and few of them can stand up to serious critical examination. The Fallacy that Immigrants “Steal” Jobs from Americans. Opponents of more open immigration sometimes argue that the arrival of more immigrants means the threatened loss of jobs for those already living in ...

Freedom To Move: Personal Liberty or Government Control, Part I

by Richard M. Ebeling July 21, 2015

The immigration issue has once more bubbled to the surface in America because of the provocative statements and assertions by one of the Republication contenders for their party’s presidential nomination. Immigrants – especially illegal immigrants – are accused of stealing the jobs of “real” Americans, of mooching off the welfare state at the expense of taxpaying U.S. citizens and legal ...

Unjust Immigration Law Is Not Law

by Sheldon Richman February 1, 2015

As 2014 and the Democrats’ control of the Senate neared their conclusion, Barack Obama issued an executive order to defer deportation of five million people who lack government papers — mostly parents of children whom the government deems citizens or legal permanent residents. Under the order, most of those folks have received permission to work. Obama increased the number ...

The Libertarian Angle: Obama’s Immigration Decree

by Future of Freedom Foundation December 2, 2014

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the hot topics of the day. This week: immigration policy. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

TGIF: Unjust Immigration Law Is Not Law

by Sheldon Richman November 21, 2014

So President Obama is going to defer deportation of five million people without government papers, mostly parents of children whom the government deems citizens or legal permanent residents. Under his executive order, most will get permission to work. Obama will also increase the number of “dreamers” — children brought here illegally by their parents and raised in the United States ...

The Libertarian Angle: Immigration Socialism

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 22, 2014

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the hot topics of the day. This week: immigration. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Borderlands: What’s Happening to America?

by Sheldon Richman July 30, 2014

A man, an American citizen, sits in his car as a U.S. Border Patrol agent insists that he roll down his window. He refuses. Agents use battering rams to smash the windows. Still, the driver refuses to leave his car, so he is hit with a Taser from two sides. He screams. It would be bad enough if this scene, ...

The Libertarian Angle: Obamacare, Contraceptives, and Immigrant Children

by Future of Freedom Foundation July 7, 2014

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the hot topics of the day. This week: the Hobby Lobby ruling and the influx of immigrant children on the southern border. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

The Libertarian Angle: Immigration and Open Borders

by Future of Freedom Foundation October 14, 2013

Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman discuss the always contentious topic of immigration. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly.