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Discussions of the ethics and philosophy of migration law
- Poverty: The Stages of Blame Applied by Bryan Caplan, EconLog, March 6, 2014.
Discussions and recommendations that take a long view (not directly topical)
- Global: The Curious Case of the Falling Remittances by Timothy Ogden, Financial Access Initiative (NYU), March 6, 2014.
- Europe: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses” – Europe’s migration challenge and its economic impact by Rainer Münz, bruegel, March 7, 2014.
- United States: How Immigration Can Restrict and Enhance Liberty: An argument for letting in more newcomers—and a warning about a potential pitfall by Conor Friesendorf, The Atlantic, March 4, 2014.
- United States: Barack Obama under siege over deportations by Reid J. Epstein and Seung Min Kim, Politico, March 6, 2014.
- United States: Clueless in the Capital: DHS and ICE Morale Continue to Plunge by Dan Cadman, Center for Immigration Studies, March 7, 2014.
- United States: Why does the state treat the children of undocumented immigrants as second-class citizens? by Alison Piepmeier, Charleston City Paper, March 5, 2014.
- United States: America’s Maginot Line by Lucy Steigerwald, Antiwar.com, March 6, 2014.
- United States: A Libertarian Solution to Immigration Reform by Ed Krayewski, Reason Magazine, March 4, 2014.
Migration in the news
- United Kingdom: #PrayForInternationalStudents – the Conservatives Are On the Migration Bandwagon Again by Daniel Stevens, NUS Connect, March 7, 2014.
- United States: ‘The Romeikes Can Stay!!!’: Shocking 180 in the Case of German Home-Schooling Family by Erica Ritz, The Blaze, March 4, 2014.
- United States: Why Can’t A Nation That Calls Itself A Melting Pot Sort Out Its Immigration System? by Elise Foley, The Huffington Post, March 7, 2014.
- United States: Florida High Court Says Illegal Immigrants Cannot Get Law License: Judge Points to Federal Statute Prohibiting Public Benefits for Undocumented Workers by Joe Palazzolo, Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2014.
- Immigration reform crucial for South Jersey farmers, officials say by Thomas Barlas, Press of Atlantic City, March 5, 2014.