In a blog post titled The Golden Age of Migration, Bryan Caplan notes that, despite its many flaws, the 19th century US was morally better than the current US in one important respect: open borders. Caplan quotes a passage from the book Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future and … Continue reading Why was immigration freer in 19th century USA?
See also welfare state/fiscal burden objection,
The “culture clash” argument is an important argument, or rather cluster of arguments, offered against immigration. There are two different versions of the argument. Some people make only one version of the argument, some make the other, and some make both: The culture of immigrants is objectively inferior to the culture of natives, and/or is … Continue reading Culture clash
This page outlines a case for open borders based on libertarian perspectives, but it should be read with two important caveats. First, the libertarian principles invoked in these arguments have appeal to many non-libertarians, and therefore this case can be convincing to many non-libertarians. Second, a number of self-identified libertarians reject the libertarian case for … Continue reading Libertarian case for open borders