The Open Border Fantasy
Perhaps one of the most common arguments I hear as a Libertarian goes something like this, “I can get on board with almost everything else Libertarians believe in, but their Open Border policy is completely insane and a deal breaker for me.” Well, the problem with that argument is that it’s simply not true; at least not in the way it is often portrayed. Libertarians believe in free immigration and unrestricted free labor market, yes. But that is not the same as leaving the door open for anyone and everyone to just waltz in unannounced, as most people who vilify the Libertarian stance would have you believe. What Libertarians advocate for, according to the LP platform 3.4 concerning Free Trade and Migration: “Economic freedom demands the unrestricted movement of human as well as financial capital across national borders. However, we support control over the entry into our country of foreign nationals who pose a credible threat to security, health or property.”...