Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Libertarian supporters of America’s socialist system of immigration controls often quote Milton Friedman, who said that you can’t have both open borders and a welfare state. The notion is that foreigners will come to America to get on welfare, which will result in higher taxes for American citizens. Therefore, the argument goes, we libertarians have no effective choice but to abandon the libertarian position in favor of open borders and join the statists in support of immigration controls until the welfare state has been brought to an end. As soon as the welfare state is terminated, they say, we can then return to advocating our libertarian principle of open borders. To that, I respond: Nonsense and balderdash!” (10/31/24)
https://www.fff.org/2024/10/31/libertarians-should-never-join-up-with-statists-to-support-statism/