Opinion: Open borders should be the default immigration policy of the United States
. I know, I know. “Open borders” has become the default label for basically anything perceived as happening on the southern border. It’s generally associated with chaos and even “an invasion.”Illegal immigration and the problems at the southern border are a consequence of the United States being too restrictive on legal immigration.
Freedom of movement is just as much a natural right as the right to self-defense or the right to live free from coercion. This right is violated by all governments which impose unreasonably restrictive immigration policies. One reader who reached out to me in response to my column argued that governments have an obligation to protect the economic interests of their citizens and that open immigration can undercut workers in a nation. It’s one thing to protect people from crime, it’s another to “protect” them from economic competition. There is no right to be free from economic competition.
Restricting immigration on the basis of protecting others from economic competition also violates both the rights of aspiring immigrants as well as employers who may wish to hire such workers.
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