Thread: Open border conservatives speak out

18 Jun 2008 @ 02:39 pm





Open Border Conservatives Speak Out
Amidst outrage over illegal immigration, some self-identified conservatives who see a bright side to open borders have been speaking up. "These are economic migrants," said Jason Riley, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, speaking at the Cato Institute. "We have the jobs. They need the work. Let them come legally." Riley is one of several conservatives who dissent from the movement as a whole on the issue of illegal immigration. He argued that there are substantial economic motives for legalizing aliens and referred to border control as "Soviet-style central planning."

A member of the WSJ board is conservative , doesn`t sound like it .

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Open Border Conservatives Speak Out
By Matt Purple


Amidst outrage over illegal immigration, some self-identified conservatives who see a bright side to open borders have been speaking up.

“These are economic migrants,â€

No, no, no. Not as long as American children go to bed hungry, elderly Americans have to choose between food and medicine, and there are homeless American citizens. We should not be devoting our limited resources to non-citizens - especially those who have so little regard for our laws.

[quote]It’s the case for letting the free market decide who comes into this country,â€

[i][b]It’s the case for letting the free market decide who comes into this country,â€