Episode 172: The Truth About Immigration (with Alex Nowrasteh)
Channel: Libertarianism.org
Date: 2017-02-03

Alex Nowrasteh joins us this week to talk about immigration in the wake of President Trump’s contentious executive order on the subject. Is immigration always good for a country?

In this episode, we discuss economic arguments for and against immigration, the rate at which immigrants culturally and politically assimilate in the United States, and the real odds of a successful terrorist attack carried out by immigrants or refugees.

Show Notes and Further Reading

For a deeper understanding of Trump’s executive order restricting permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, we recommend this Vox article by Dara Lind and this New York Times op-ed by David Bier.
http://www.vox.com/2017/1/27/14370854/trump-refugee-ban-order-muslim
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/trumps-immigration-ban-is-illegal.html?_r=0

Trevor mentions this Free Thoughts episode with John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart on the real risks of terrorism, and listeners may also be interested in the first episode we did on immigration with Alex Nowrasteh; it’s about the history of immigration in the US and the various laws governing it.
https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/what-are-risks-terrorism
https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts-podcast/you-are-now-free-move-about-planet

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