JV6483 .R55 2008Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders
Riley, Jason
Summary:
"Jason Riley explains how a liberal immigration policy is consistent not only with our traditions and morals but also with a more secure United States. By providing more legal ways for people to immigrate here to work, we will reduce illegal entries and free up border security resources to concentrate on real threats. But an open-border policy is also in our economic interests. Immigrants, including low-skill immigrants, are a net gain to America. They help facilitate flexible labor markets, which increase overall productivity. Immigrants also keep our workforce younger and stronger than our overseas competitors. The human capital they provide is vital if the United States is to retain its edge in a twenty-first-century global marketplace. Ultimately open immigration is an American tradition that has served us quite well over the past two centuries and should continue. Today's migrants aren't different, just newer. We seal the border at our peril."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
"Jason Riley explains how a liberal immigration policy is consistent not only with our traditions and morals but also with a more secure United States. By providing more legal ways for people to immigrate here to work, we will reduce illegal entries and free up border security resources to concentrate on real threats. But an open-border policy is also in our economic interests. Immigrants, including low-skill immigrants, are a net gain to America. They help facilitate flexible labor markets, which increase overall productivity. Immigrants also keep our workforce younger and stronger than our overseas competitors. The human capital they provide is vital if the United States is to retain its edge in a twenty-first-century global marketplace. Ultimately open immigration is an American tradition that has served us quite well over the past two centuries and should continue. Today's migrants aren't different, just newer. We seal the border at our peril."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
Booklist Review:
The argument that immigrants depress wages, displace workers, boost crime and disease, and pose a threat to the national security of the U.S. runs counter to political ideals of free trade and the views of conservative hero President Ronald Reagan, who supported amnesty for illegal immigrants and open borders, according to Riley, a conservative columnist. He briefly examines the long and sordid history of opposition to immigrants from Germany, Ireland, China, and, more recently, Latin America. Riley notes that immigration opponents are joined in their resistance to open borders by some environmentalists concerned about the impact on the earth of a burgeoning U.S. population. He challenges the notion that the current targets of immigrant ire-Hispanics-are somehow different from immigrants of the past. Riley also explores the compatibility between open immigration and free-market conservatism and homeland security. Because immigrants strengthen the economy through their labor and entrepreneurism, our policy on immigration should recognize economic realities and focus on providing legal ways for immigrants to enter the country through guest-worker programs, according to Riley. An illuminating look at immigration. Bush, Vanessa. From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
The argument that immigrants depress wages, displace workers, boost crime and disease, and pose a threat to the national security of the U.S. runs counter to political ideals of free trade and the views of conservative hero President Ronald Reagan, who supported amnesty for illegal immigrants and open borders, according to Riley, a conservative columnist. He briefly examines the long and sordid history of opposition to immigrants from Germany, Ireland, China, and, more recently, Latin America. Riley notes that immigration opponents are joined in their resistance to open borders by some environmentalists concerned about the impact on the earth of a burgeoning U.S. population. He challenges the notion that the current targets of immigrant ire-Hispanics-are somehow different from immigrants of the past. Riley also explores the compatibility between open immigration and free-market conservatism and homeland security. Because immigrants strengthen the economy through their labor and entrepreneurism, our policy on immigration should recognize economic realities and focus on providing legal ways for immigrants to enter the country through guest-worker programs, according to Riley. An illuminating look at immigration. Bush, Vanessa. From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
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