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Policymakers must be constantly reminded of the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism. Free trade is the extension of free markets across political borders. Enlarging markets to integrate more buyers, sellers, investors, and workers enables more refined specialization and economies of scales, which produce more wealth and higher living standards. Protectionism does just the opposite. Congress and the administration should pursue policies that expand the freedom of Americans to participate in the international marketplace.

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  • August 4, 2017
    The New York Times
    Ignorant Immigration Reform
    … immigration by stating that the bill will, as they put it in February when announcing an earlier version, bring “legal immigration levels” back down to “their historical norms.” But the senators fail to consider the impact of population growth. A …
    By David J. Bier
  • August 4, 2017
    New York Daily News
    Why Trump’s Legal Immigration Reforms Would Be Bad for Americans
    … because of immigration during that time. Is slowing middle class wage growth truly in the national interest? Even critics of immigration acknowledge that it leads to economic gains. Cotton conceded at a press conference this week that lowering immigration would …
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • May 12, 2017
    The Hill
    Let States Fix Immigration
    … new one for the United States, but it has merit. The federal government has had a total monopoly over legal immigration for years, and the consequence has been substantial illegal immigration and massive wait times for high‐​skilled foreign workers …
    By David J. Bier
  • April 19, 2017
    The Hill (Online)
    Trump Takes a Smarter Approach on Immigration with ‘Hire American’
    President Trump signed yet another executive order impacting immigration this week. His “Buy American, Hire American” order is much more measured in its effects on immigration than initially reported. It only vaguely requires agencies to propose new rules to “protect …
    By David J. Bier
  • April 13, 2017
    Austin American Statesman
    Immigration Restrictions Hurt Americans, Too
    … wall limiting access to welfare benefits. This is just one of many “keyhole solutions” that can mitigate potential risks of immigration without barring immigrants. Similar points apply to other common concerns about immigration, including fears that immigrants will vote for …
    By Ilya Somin
  • April 7, 2017
    The Hill (Online)
    Stiffening Immigration Enforcement Is Not the Answer to Reducing Crime
    … to be incarcerated than native‐​born Americans. But they distort crime data and definitions of crime to argue that intensifying immigration enforcement among the undocumented could make our communities safer. They risk making us all less safe by ignoring the …
    By Nazgol Ghandnoos and Alex Nowrasteh
  • March 29, 2017
    Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
    Requiem for a Sane Immigration Policy
    … this country, these laws will not likely fix the problems they are meant to solve. Indeed, history shows that increased immigration enforcement and other measures meant to discourage immigration have unintended consequences that can actually increase the number of undocumented …
    By Jonathan Blanks
  • January 28, 2017
    The New York Times
    Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Illegal
    More than 50 years ago, Congress outlawed such discrimination against immigrants based on national origin.
    By David J. Bier
  • January 25, 2017
    Real Clear Policy
    Obama’s Mixed Legacy on Immigration
    There are just no two ways about it: President Obama created the harshest and largest immigration enforcement regime in American history.
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • September 12, 2016
    Philadelphia Inquirer
    Trump Plans Would Worsen Immigration Problems
    Trump’s candidacy has focused attention on our flawed immigration system, but his proposed solutions promise to worsen, not lessen, our problems.
    By Tim Lynch
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