According to a Marist Poll/PBS News Hour/NPR poll released last month, immigration rates as the second-most important issue among listed U.S. citizens and the major issue for Democratic voters. Maybe this is due to the 3.2 million border crossings that Border Patrol has documented in 2023, a record high that is currently being overmatched this time.
Texas Gov. Democratic voters are likely to be more sensitive to the topic because Greg Abbott, who continues to install razor wire landscaping along the border despite a Supreme Court ruling barring Texas from preventing federal officials from cutting through the restrictions. Mayor Eric Adams claims that the appearance of 110, 000 asylum seekers over a month and a half had “destroy New York City” as homes become overcrowded. Politicians in azure cities like New York are also claiming that the influx is a problem.  ,
What do libertarian, usually in favor of liberal multiculturalism laws, have to say about this? The truth is, there’s a break. Two intellectuals on either side of that split present in today’s episode of Only Asking Questions, laying out what they each believe is the best immigration scheme.
Dave Smith, a liberal blogger and artist, stated last month on the Liberty Lockdown  show that” all of our forces should arrive home and get stationed around our edges.” He continued saying that “if you believe in open borders best now, under present conditions, you’re an insane people, and you’re as poor as a marxist”.
That sparked a social media storm, which included markets between Smith and today’s another guest, Chris Freiman, a teacher at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University , and author of several notable documents about the morals of emigration.  ,
Watch the full conversation on Reason‘s YouTube channel or on the Just Asking Questions podcast feed on Apple, Spotify, or your preferred podcatcher.
Sources referenced in this conversation:
- NPR/PBS News House/Marist Poll, Feb. 1, 2024 ,
- Nationwide Encounters | U. S. Customs and Border Protection ( cbp. gov )
- Gallup: Nearly 900 Million Worldwide Wanted to Migrate in 2021
- The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States, by Alex Nowrasteh, Sarah Eckhardt, and Michael Howard, April 2023
- U. S. Naturalizations: 2022 Annual Flow Report ( dhs. gov )
- State Dept: Total immigrant visas issued, 2014- 2022
- Alex Nowrasteh’s thread on X:” Immigration reduced the growth of the federal government …”
- September Startling Stats ( house. gov )
