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Should the U.S. Have Free Immigration?

The Soho Forum Debates

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The Libertarian Debate on Robust Immigration

John Avlon: I'm not really a known guy in the immigration policy world. The burden should be on the government and for restrictionists to show that these government restrictions should be imposed on free and willing people who just want to interact with each other voluntarily, he says. Avlon: In this world our system is pretty libertarian. Yes there are regulations and there are restrictions but basically our constitution keeps the government from undoing that. We have a culture of individualism of hard work,. entrepreneurialism and self-reliance. That doesn't exist in a lot of the rest of the world.Avlon: If we can't maintain that then it all falls apart.

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