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John Roccia asks what are there significant differences between eugenics and immigration restrictions:
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Nathan Smith summarizes the case for open borders at the Daily GOOD.
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Chris Hendrix discusses whether technology will make borders obsolete:
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Nathan Smith shows how his arguments from Principles of a Free Society refute the views of Hans-Herman Hoppe.
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“Brain drain” does not harm political activism: my experience, and open borders
Moral Relevance of Countries Bleg
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A succinct summary of the oppression of closed borders
Someone should write A History of Borders
Michele Wucker was making the case for open borders 7 years ago
Open Borders, Terrorism, and Islam
Heritage’s Flawed Immigration Analysis
The Most Uplifting Form of Human Allegiance
Electing a new people in Malaysia: illegal naturalisation and election fraud
US-Canada open borders referendum bleg
Open borders, crime and targeting the natives: the case of South Africa
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Why open borders are the solution to brain drain
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Welcome Atlantic readers! (And, how you can help)
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Open borders: the solution to conflict in the Middle East
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What international evidence exists for adverse impacts from illegal immigration or amnesties for immigrants?
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Venice, city of refuge
A DREAM Act for Singapore? Or, the arbitrariness of nationality-based residence laws
Open borders and the justifications for the welfare state
A Voice for Immigrants – Could it be Dan Mitchell?
Introducing John Roccia
Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform group
Fergus Hodgson on citizenism
Do Images of Immigrant Suffering Along the Border Help the Open Borders Cause?
Comparing US states by their unauthorised immigrant population
Heritage Immigration Study Fatally Flawed
Imaginary lines: the borders of Southeast Asia and the Nusantara
Tiered Guest Workers — Preliminary Details & Observations
What is the most fundamental human right? A lesson from North Korea
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“Only high IQ immigrants” fails to understand comparative advantage
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Whoever he is, the next US President will be wrong on immigration
Open borders: what to do about it (part 1)
Newtown, availability bias, and why civil disobedience works
My thoughts of race and IQ
America, the Roman Empire, and “Barbarian Invasions”
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Open borders and the libertarian priority list: part 1
IQ and double counting the harms of immigration
The Future of Immigration Economics
Open borders and the economic frontier, part 1
The Old Testament on Immigration
Is blanket denial of the right to migrate based on criminal history unjust?
Immigration, a worse crime than child sex exploitation
Six possible positions on a specific keyhole solution
Victor Davis Hanson
Moral Relevance of Countries Bleg
Robots or Immigrants?
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All Ethical Roads Lead to Open Borders
Why Jose Antonio Vargas Matters: Making Human Rights Real
The Constitution, Citizenism, and the Natural Right of Migration
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