"Perhaps the most famous and ambitious attempt to seal a border was the Berlin Wall, built in 1961 and dismantled in 1989...What’s interesting is that however impressive the Inner German border was, even after August 1961 plenty of people were able to cross it. Certainly not as many as had before, so the GDR could achieve its goal of stabilizing the regime, yet far more than one might expect. Those who wanted to leave showed an inventiveness that could well match that of the GDR apparatus: tunnels were built, some escaped in self-made balloons..."
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The Ilya Shapiro vs Ilya Somin debate on the constitutionality of the Obama administration's immigration executive orders is up. The debate was hosted by the Reason Foundation.
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"The detailed enumeration of congressional powers in Article I of the Constitution does not include any power to restrict migration as such, even though it does include the power to make laws concerning the “naturalization” of foreigners and “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations.” The Naturalization Clause does not create a power to prevent foreigners from entering the country. It merely allows Congress to set conditions for the grant of citizenship."
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"..the precautionary principle would indicate that the burden of proof should lie with new policies that they are not harmful. As an example, if you don’t know whether doing exploding a bomb will blow up the planet, but you think it might, then the safe action to take would be avoid blowing up that bomb. However, this principle holds less weight when the reason a status q...uo is in place to begin with is because of faulty reasoning and that status quo causes great harm itself."
See MoreHow Did We Get Here? The Origins of Immigration Restrictions: Intro May 29, 2013 Chris Hendrix 5 Comments As Vipul Naik has recently commented on, I am going to be starting a new series of posts here on Open Borders. The goal of this series will be to examine how border restrictions have changed an…
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California, 1848-1872: Before the feds got on board with Chinese exclusion, the state government and courts in California took many steps to cater to popular anti-Chinese sentiment. Vipul Naik traces the history, and highlights the role the First Transcontinental Railroad (built by Chinese and Irish immigrants) played in making Chinese immigration a national matter.
Sebastian Nickel reviews six migration-related grants by the Open Philanthropy Project and GiveWell from the perspective of freedom of movement. He ends with some predictions for the next year.
"I may personally like Indian food a lot, but I am going to be suspicious of any policy to subsidise Indian migration for the sake of “culinary diversity”. Like co-blogger Vipul, I am unimpressed by “it will enhance diversity, and that’s by definition a good thing” kinds of arguments for open borders."
http://openborders.info/…/claim-open-borders-inevitably-le…/
"Restrictionists often worry both about immigrant characteristics and heterogeneity-related harms. These cultural issues deserve detailed discussion, but culinary diversity seems to fall on the benefits side of the ledger."
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Cuisine diversity benefit to immigrant-receiving countries One of the chief benefits of regionally diverse immigration is the resultant diversity of culinary styles (or cuisines) — more varieties of food available at low cost. Restrictionists often worry both about immigrant characteristics and hete…
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"Open borders supporters should explain how open borders could actually help protect the U.S. from terrorism... So one argument notes that, unlike our current restrictionist policy which devotes considerable resources and focus on keeping out unauthorized immigrants seeking to work in the U.S., resources under an open borders policy could be focused on screening out terrorists."
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Is there a right to migrate to Mars and beyond? Michelangelo Landgrave muses on the idea.
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There is some comfort in knowing that when mankind begins to colonize space he will have a right to do so. He will still have to find a means to do so, but at minimum he will not be pulled over at a border check point outside Mars and made to present his visa to the local authorities.
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Why should open borders be a priority? Site founder Vipul Naik discusses why he advocates open borders.
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Did you know several countries have open borders with one another? Site founder Vipul Naik showcases the example of India and Nepal.
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Is there an inherent human right to migrate? John Lee discusses Frederick Douglass' view on the question.
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How could mass migration change America's institutions? Nathan Smith speculates.
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Did Milton Friedman oppose opening the borders until the welfare state was destroyed? The answer is not as obvious as you'd think.
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What does the Constitution say in regards to immigration? By Ilya Somin, GMU Law Professor.
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