Armstrong on Myths and Facts about a Rights-Respecting Immigration Policy

Ari Armstrong has a very good post on The Objective Standard Blog titled Myths and Facts about a Rights-Respecting Immigration Policy.

Armstrong answers these myths:

• “A rights-respecting immigration policy permits criminals and terrorists to enter the country.”
• “A rights-respecting immigration policy entails government provision of welfare to immigrants and permits them to squat on public or private lands.”
• “A rights-respecting immigration policy requires government to grant citizenship to immigrants.”
• “Support for a rights-respecting immigration policy entails support for any and all proposals claiming to offer immigrants ‘amnesty.’”
• “A rights-respecting immigration policy requires open immigration during wartime emergencies, regardless of the context.”

Related Reading:

Right to Immigrate—Yes. Right to Citizenship—No

Deported Immigrant had a Right to Be Here

Immigration and Individual Rights—Craig Biddle