Source: Free Association
by Sheldon Richman
“Trump’s masked goon squad, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), abducts peaceful people off the streets, from their workplaces, and from Home Depot parking lots, then shuttles them without due process to detention centers, including the ominously named Allegator Alcatraz, and prepares to deport them to third countries deficient, shall we say, in their devotion to individual rights. … I’ve heard it said that libertarians should favor government control of immigration in principle (and so such roundups) because free movement constitutes ‘forced integration.’ … Freedom of association, of course, should be respected, and it logically includes the freedom not to associate, or the freedom to exclude, even when it takes irrational and bigoted forms. Freedom must be defended—even when it is exercised obnoxiously. Absolutely true. But would open borders increase coercion in America by prohibiting discrimination and exclusion?” (07/18/25)
https://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2025/07/tgif-immigration-and-free-association.html