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Can an Immigrant Workforce Save Dying Factory Towns?

“Beardstown…exemplifies the opposite of the falsehood that is being spread about Ohio.”

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Elon Musk's Story Highlights Harm Caused by Immigration Restrictions

Immigration restrictions nearly prevented Musk from making his major contributions to economic innovation, and they do block all too many other potentially great innovators.

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Dispatch Symposium on Immigration and the Election

The Dispatch asked four immigration policy specialists (including myself) to write pieces on the pros and cons of the presidential candidates' immigration policies.

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No, 13,000 Migrant Murderers Are Not Running Loose

That just isn't happening in the United States, no matter what Donald Trump keeps claiming.

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Lessons of the Haitian Migrant Cat Scare

Despite scaremongering to the contrary, Haitian immigrants don't eat cats, and have much lower crime rates than native-born Americans. There are some broader lessons to be learned from this epsode.

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Why the Biden Administration Was Wrong to Suspend the CNVH Immigration Parole Program for Migrants From Four Latin American Nations

The program allows Americans to sponsor migrants Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti. The Administration suspended it based on extremely dubious concerns about fraud.

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Why a "Libertarian-Nationalist Alliance" Makes No Sense

Vivek Ramaswamy isn't the first to advocate this badly wrong idea. But there's still no good justification for it.

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The 'Migrant Crime' Wave, Debunked

Plus, an AI-generated version of the same article

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Dave Smith vs. Chris Freiman: What's the Ideal Immigration Policy?

Podcast host Dave Smith and philosopher Chris Freiman debate open borders on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

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The Myth of the Migrant Crime Wave

The "data that exist for this year show consistent declines in major crimes in major cities."

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Spanish Translation of "The Case Against Nationalism" Now Available

The Cato Institute has posted a Spanish-language version of the article I coauthored with Alex Nowrasteh.

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My New National Affairs Article on "The Case Against Nationalism"

Coauthored with Cato Institute scholar Alex Nowrasteh.

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Cato's Green Card Game Dramatizes the Incredible Difficulty of Legal Immigration

The game enables you to develop a would-be immigrant character with a wide range of possible characteristics and see whether you can get him or her admitted into the United States.

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Immigration Restrictions as Affirmative Action for Natives

Cato Institute immigration policy expert Alex Nowrasteh explains the close parallels between a policy most conservatives hate, and one most them reflexively support.

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Should the U.S. Have Free Immigration?

The Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh and attorney Francis Menton debate immigration policy.

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Should We Have Open Borders? A Soho Forum Debate

The Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh and attorney Francis Menton debate immigration policy.

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Thomas Massie Says National E-Verify Would Be Bad for American Workers. He's Right.

Certain employment measures in the House GOP’s border bill that are meant to verify citizenship status would harm American workers and employers.

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How Biden's Private Sponsorship Parole Policy Reduced Illegal Migration by Making the Legal Kind Easier

Biden extended the successful Uniting for Ukraine model to cover migrants from four Latin American nations with oppressive governments and horrible conditions, thereby greatly reducing illegal migration from those nations. This effect undercuts a lawsuit challenging the program, filed by twenty red states.

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DeSantis Revokes Licenses From Businesses That Fail To Use Flawed E-Verify System

Floridians will bear the cost of DeSantis currying favor with immigration restrictionists.

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A Compelling Summary of the Case Against Nationalism

Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute provides what may be the best short summary of the evils of nationalism.

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Does Immigration Undermine Social Trust? Does it Matter?

Cato Institute immigration policy expert Alex Nowrasteh dissects an important argument raised by restrictionist.

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Should Americans Value Nationalism?

National Review's Rich Lowry debates the Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.

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American Nationalism: Rich Lowry vs. Alex Nowrasteh

Should Americans support nationalism? National Review's Rich Lowry debates the Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.

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'Prevention Through Deterrence' Is How You Get 53 Dead Migrants in the Back of a Truck

The men, women, and children found dead in a tractor-trailer this week were just the latest casualties of an immigration approach that encourages dangerous journeys.

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Tucker Carlson's Great Replacement Theory Is Spectacularly Wrong

Republicans have thrived since Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to 2.7 million mostly Mexican illegal immigrants in 1986.

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