A History Lesson on the Shifting Political Stances on Illegal Immigration
Walter E. Williams / January 16, 2019
Here are a couple of easy immigration questions—answerable with a simple “yes†or “noâ€â€”we might ask any American of any political stripe: Does everyone in the world have a right to live in the U.S.? Do the American people have a right, through their elected representatives, to decide who has the right to immigrate to their country and under what conditions?
I believe that most Americans, even today’s open-borders people, would answer “no†to the first question and “yes†to the second.
There’s nothing new about this vision. Americans have held this view throughout our history, during times when immigration laws were very restrictive and when they were more relaxed.
Tucker Carlson, host of Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,†gives us an interesting history lesson about immigration at Prager University. It was prompted by his watching a group of protesters who were denouncing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. They were waving Mexican flags and shouting, “Si, se puede!†(“Yes, we can!â€)
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