“David Boaz on Immigration” – My Contribution to the Liberty Fund Symposium on “The Legacy of David Boaz”
My contribution to the Liberty Fund symposium on “The Legacy of David Boaz” is now available on the symposium website. See here. Here is an excerpt:
David Boaz did not write much on immigration. But what he did say on the subject indicates his understanding that breaking down harsh migration restrictions should be a high-priority issue for all who value liberty.
In David’s final public speech, “The Rise of Illiberalism in the Shadow of Liberal Triumph,” he emphasized the enduring value of “equal rights for people regardless of color, gender, religion, sexuality or language. Equal rights based on our common humanity.” He warned that the liberal ideal of “inalienable rights” to a “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” for all people is “incompatible with political ideas based on ‘blood and soil’ or treating people differently because of race or religion.” In our time, there is no greater example of that incompatibility than immigration restrictions, which severely undermine liberty based simply on the fact that would-be migrants w
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