The basic idea of the article, which you can find here, is that the cause of illegal immigration is that we make it illegal by issuing far fewer visas than our economy demands, and that the best way to end it is to bring that number of visas dramitically up. I only have one thing to add: I’ve been saying that for years.
March 5, 2008
NY Times Editorial
Posted by John Moore under Border Wall, Brownsville, criminalizing immigration, economics, immigration, Open Borders[5] Comments
April 2, 2008 at 6:19 am
Hi Steve. I wanted to let you know that I have just given your blog the “Interesting Blog” award, after my blog “The Cause of Liberty” received it. The one who receives the award gets to pass it on to other blogs as well, and so I passed it onto this one, since it is, well, interesting!
You can learn more about the award at my blog, here:
http://www.causeofliberty.com/2008/04/01/i-accept/
If you wish to receive the award, be sure to:
(1) leave a comment at the above post to let me know that you accept
(2) put the award icon in your blog’s sidebar
(3) write a post on your blog, acknowledging that you accept the award, who gave it to you, and any blogs that you pass the award on to.
Thanks for a great blog and an admirable cause!
April 4, 2008 at 9:43 am
John, I do know your name, I promise! I accidentally called you Steve in my last comment because I had copied and pasted that message.
Anyway, I love the blog and love what you’re doing to raise awareness of the deeper issues at stake with immigration.
April 9, 2008 at 1:45 am
It’s not our “economy” that demands non-white labor, but business owners, farmers, etc. who want cheap labor. They don’t need it, they want it. In any case, the system you appear to advocate is one of ethnic division of labor. Non-whites do the low-paying, low-skill jobs. Since the economy “demands” this, we need a continuous supply of desperate third-world poor. I guess you’re OK with this.
June 16, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Hran,
This “ethnic division of labor” you describe already exists (we usually call it globalization). Changing people’s access to legal permanent resident status and citizenship wouldn’t increase this division, but erode it.
June 19, 2008 at 8:57 am
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation 🙂 Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Unsanitary.