Hamilton on Immigration
“Men are generally too much attached to their native country to leave it and dissolve all of their connexions, unless they are driven to it by necessity.” Alexander Hamilton as quoted by Ron Chernow in Hamilton
The Slippery Slope of Immigration
“Opposition to immigration skates precariously close to racism.” Paul Collier, Author Exodus: How Migration is Changing the World What a great country we live in. No wonder so many others want to live here. What a great postcard.
An Immigration Bonus
Most people trying to escape from the horrors of Haiti don’t go to Cuba. They risk the much longer journey and try to get to Florida. People fleeing violence in Honduras don’t move to Mexico they want to get to Texas I could give you a few more examples but the point is clear when …
A New Paradigm for Immigration
“The right to go where you want should be a principle in a decent world.”Noam Chomsky Less than two hundred years ago most of our ancestors thought that chattel slavery was perfectly acceptable. If we discovered today that our great great grandfather was a slave owner we would be at least chagrined and probably embarrassed. …
The Immigration Opportunity
Competing with China I recently read the Now It can be Told by General Leslie Grove. It is the story of the Manhattan Project, the US/UK project to build the atomic bomb during WWII. It was written by the man who was in overall charge of the project. The book is full of interesting details …
Immigration Justice
The case for allowing people to move is simple; openness to newcomers is morally right, economically beneficial and culturally enriching. Philippe LeGrain Another Inukshuk built in Granada Park.
The Case for Immigration
“The case for allowing people to move is simply put: openness to newcomers is morally right, economically beneficial and culturally enriching.” From Them and Us by Philippe Legrain
Immigration Policy
“If the U.S. were to design an immigration policy from scratch that would most hurt growth it would be much like our current one.” Rich Karlgaard, Publisher Forbes Magazine
Immigration Overall
“Overall immigration in America has worked out extremely well.” Ben Wattenberg in Fewer
Another Immigration Argument
When people study history one or two hundred years from now. They will remember this era for two things: positively, because we began to explore space and negatively because we opposed most migration. Today we look at the idea of slavery as an abomination but in 1830 slavery was common and support for abolition was …