Open Borders: A Gift from the Founders by Future of Freedom Foundation March 20, 2010 Americans are a fortunate people. More than 200 years ago, our Founding Fathers had the wisdom and foresight to protect us from the government officials of today. The Framers of the Constitution ensured that the respective states of the Union would be forever prohibited from implementing trade restrictions and immigration controls against one another. The result has been the largest free-trade and free-movement zone in history. We take it for granted, but it is impossible to overstate the benefits of open borders within the United States. It is a marvelous thing that we Americans can travel into any state we wish without encountering a state immigration or customs official at the border. When we travel on the highways, oftentimes the only indication that we have crossed a state border is a highway sign welcoming us to the state. And ...
Conservative, Liberal, and Libertarian Calls for Open Borders by Jacob G. Hornberger October 2, 2008 ’m on my way to Chicago to debate Peter Brimelow at the Heartland Institute’s annual dinner. Heartland is one of the nation’s finest free-market think tanks that address state public-policy issues. Peter is the author of Alien Nation. The theme of the debate is “Immigration Policy for a Free Society.” Or “Open Borders vs. Controlled Borders.” Longtime supporters of FFF know that ever since our inception, we have called for open borders. One of our books is entitled The Case for Free Trade and Open Immigration. Among the things I will be discussing at the debate is two new books that call for open borders, one written by a conservative and the other written by a liberal. One book is entitled Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders by Jason Riley, a member of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board. The other is Immigrants: Your Country ...
Conservative, Liberal, and Libertarian Calls for Open Borders by Jacob G. Hornberger March 14, 2010 ’m on my way to Chicago to debate Peter Brimelow at the Heartland Institute’s annual dinner. Heartland is one of the nation’s finest free-market think tanks that address state public-policy issues. Peter is the author of Alien Nation. The theme of the debate is “Immigration Policy for a Free Society.” Or “Open Borders vs. Controlled Borders.” Longtime supporters of FFF know that ever since our inception, we have called for open borders. One of our books is entitled The Case for Free Trade and Open Immigration. Among the things I will be discussing at the debate is two new books that call for open borders, one written by a conservative and the other written by a liberal. One book is entitled Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders by Jason Riley, a member of the Wall ...
Open Borders: A Gift from the Founders by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 1999 Americans are a fortunate people. More than 200 years ago, our Founding Fathers had the wisdom and foresight to protect us from the government officials of today. The Framers of the Constitution ensured that the respective states of the Union would be forever prohibited from implementing trade restrictions and ...
Conservative, Liberal, and Libertarian Calls for Open Borders by Future of Freedom Foundation March 14, 2010 m on my way to Chicago to debate Peter Brimelow at the Heartland Institutes annual dinner. Heartland is one of the nations finest free-market think tanks that address state public-policy issues. Peter is the author of Alien Nation. The theme of the debate is Immigration Policy for a Free Society. Or ...
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 ...
Open Borders and the Welfare State by Jacob G. Hornberger October 17, 2018 In my article “Death, Suffering, and an Immigration Police State,” I pointed out how conservatives who have come into the libertarian movement have brought some of their conservative baggage with them, including their position favoring a massive and intrusive system of government monitoring and control of the peaceful movements of people across international borders. I stated that since ...
The Failed Drug War Does Not Equate to “Open Borders” by Jacob G. Hornberger October 4, 2023 NOTICE: Tomorrow, Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Benjamin Power is our first presenter in our upcoming online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. ***** Yesterday, I pointed out that the thousands of immigrants who are illegally entering the United States along the U.S.-Mexico border ...
Warped Terminology on Open Borders by Jacob G. Hornberger February 20, 2024 Seeing the large number of immigrants illegally entering the United States, proponents of immigration controls decry what they label the “open border” between the United States and Mexico. I live in Virginia. I sometimes enter Maryland by crossing the bridge that spans the Potomac River, which forms part of the border between the two states. There is no ...
Where are Open Borders in the Presidential Race? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 8, 2020 Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, immigration is not a big burning issue in the presidential race. There is a simple reason for that: Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden believe in America’s system of immigration controls. Their only difference between them is over the enforcement measures that come with that system. Alas, needless to say, that ...
Isolationism and Open Borders by Jacob G. Hornberger October 20, 2017 In an implicit rebuke of President Trump, former President Bush delivered a speech this week in which he warned against “isolationism sentiments.” Isolationist sentiments? Is he kidding? Don’t make me laugh. Trump has made it very clear that he is firmly committed to continuing the forever wars that Bush launched in Afghanistan and Iraq more than 15 years ago and ...
The Libertarian Angle: Q&A on Open Borders by Future of Freedom Foundation August 10, 2017 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling answer questions from viewers on open borders. Go to the podcast.
