ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Introductions and FAQs > Immigration

Hispanic minority shows diversity, assimilation
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

Census figures show that "Hispanics," hailing from two dozen countries, and of any race, have overtaken blacks as the largest minority group in the country. They appear to be achieving the same economic success as any other ethnic group. (03/15/01)

The traffic jam and job destruction act
Source: Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
Author: Bronwyn Lance
Country: United States

"New federal immigration requirements, set to take effect in less than two years, would create waiting lines up to seven miles long at America’s borders, demand more processing time than there are minutes in the day, and dramatically reduce retail trade, particularly along the Canadian border." (6/99)

Immigration: The solution, not the problem
Source: Independent Institute
Author: Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway
Country: United States

Immigration is a perennial bugaboo for Americans, but immigrants have, in balance, boosted national income and output and contributed to a dynamic society. (1/97)

Environmentalists split on immigration
Source: Inter Press Service
Country: United States

Environmentalists are torn between fears of being branded as racists for opposing immigration, and an overwhelming desire to reduce the number of people in the United States. (3/98)

Libertarian solutions: the case for immigration as a huge economic, cultural benefit
Source: LP News
Author: Jonathan Trager
Country: United States
E-mail: george.getz@hq.lp.org

"Picture this: A society of skyrocketing welfare rolls, disappearing jobs, and a citizenry with no sense of 'American values.' Is this an accurate picture of a society without immigration restrictions?" Trager argues that it isn't. (08/01)

Libertarian solutions: the benefits of open immigration
Source: LP News
Author: Michael Tanner
Country: United States

Tanner outlines the upside of open immigration for the economy, peace and human rights. (06/98)

Immigration: a libertarian minefield
Source: Strike the Root
Author: Brian Jennings
Country: United States

"This is an example of how democracy corrupts ... By deciding for all of the people based on the opinions of a few, we have a scenario in which a libertarian can never avoid being wrong -- despite being in the right." (03/25/02)

What happened to citizenship?
Source: Hudson Institute
Author: John Fonte
Country: United States

"The INS Restructuring Proposal submitted by the Justice Department appears to have been developed mainly within the INS bureaucracy. ... In a forty page document there are 81 references to 'services;' 24 references to 'customers;' and only 4 references to 'citizens;'... There are no references to 'citizenship;' the word never appears in the document." (12/13/01)

Don't outlaw immigration, abolish it
Source: Strike the Root
Author: Brian Jennings
Country: United States

"To a landowner in a truly free country, a newcomer is not a foreigner so much as he is a potential tenant. If that landowner is looking to sell off his land, the newcomer is not an immigrant, he is a customer. Anti-immigrationism is a validation, a celebration, of statism." (01/31/02)

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