The question of immigration has become acute in virtually all Western nations, including the United States. Here, as elsewhere, leaders of movements to limit immigration, especially from the “Third World,” often combine this with uninformed attacks on the free market, particularly on international free trade. But there is no necessary connection between battling to curb immigration and rejecting such key elements of the free market as free trade.
Introduction: Ralph Raico, Guest Editor
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Raico, Ralph. “Introduction.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 13, No. 2 (1998): 135–136.
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