[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As a libertarian purist, with a particular bug in my ear > about immigration, . . .
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is that a pro-immigration bug (libertarian supporting open borders?) Er, yes. I have heard some "libertarian" arguments for influx control but found them strained at best. The `particular bug' is there partly because I was born overseas (to American parents), never lived four years in one place before age 12, and so do not consider myself "from" any specific place. (The Fourteenth Amendment citizenship clause does not apply to me, and I've never been able to determine whether I am a citizen of any State!) Also I worked for an immigration lawyer, and saw how arbitrary the rules can be - so I'm not moved by the common line "We welcome immigrants who demonstrate willingness to jump through silly hoops, but not those who defy The Law out of a selfish desire to escape oppression, get a better job, or raise their children in a safer environment." -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
