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On Immigration, Returning to America’s Libertarian Roots

At its founding, America exemplified the Libertarian Land ideal: no immigration restrictions of any kind.

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'New York - Welcome to the land of freedom - An ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty: Scene on the steerage deck,' Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1887. Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons
JEFFREY MIRON
JEFFREY MIRON

What is the best immigration policy for the United States? At its founding, America exemplified the Libertarian Land ideal: no immigration restrictions of any kind. Policy distinguished residency from citizenship, imposing legal restrictions only on the latter.  

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JEFFREY MIRON
JEFFREY MIRON

Mr. Miron is vice president for research at the Cato Institute and director of graduate and undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University.

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