Let me begin by quoting most of the US Council of Catholic Bishops’ statement on immigration reform, from August 2013. After a short intro describing the problem, they summarizing Catholic social teaching on immigration thus: The Catholic Catechism instructs the faithful that good government has two duties, both of which must be carried out and … Continue reading The Coming Catholic Movement for Freedom of Migration
Here’s our weekly installment of links from around the web (see here for all link roundups). As usual, linking does not imply endorsement. Sympathy for the Migrant, by Kofi Annan, Project Syndicate, January 2, 2014. Potential Net Migration Index Declines in Many Countries, by Neli Esipova, Anita Pugliese, and Julie Ray, Gallup World, January 17, 2014. … Continue reading Weekly links roundup 03 2014
Here’s our weekly installment of links from around the web (see here for all link roundups). As usual, linking does not imply endorsement. The Deported: Life on the Wrong Side of the Border for Repatriated Mexicans, by John Stanton, Buzzfeed, December 19, 2013. British Free Marketeers Should Welcome Romanian and Bulgarian Immigrants, by Matthew Feeney, Reason, … Continue reading Weekly links roundup 01 2014
Note: The National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) is not affiliated with the Open Borders website, and the views expressed herein are those of the author alone. On September 30, 2013, 34 people crossed the pedestrian bridge from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and presented themselves to U.S. officials at the port of entry in Laredo, Texas. Thirty-one … Continue reading In 2013, the Dream 30 Fought to Come Home
Many free market economists have taken umbrage at the pope’s seeming attack on free market economics. Scott Sumner says that “it’s actually difficult to make sense of the Pope’s statement.” I’d put it differently: it’s difficult to map the Pope’s statement into concrete policy positions, since it is in a language of theology and moral exhortation and appropriately avoids being mappable into partisan politics.
