The Problem with Pro-Immigration Arguments

Podcast audio:

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Agustina Vergara Cid criticize various pro-immigration arguments and discuss how they undermine a proper moral defense of immigration.

Among the topics covered:

• How conventional pro-immigration arguments are based on altruism and collectivism;
• How altruism leads to the infantilization of refugees and failure to advocate for economic migrants;
• How diversity quotas perpetuate racism in the name of fighting it;
• How the “economic case” for immigration reduces immigrants to servants;
• The false assumption that the interests of Americans and immigrants are inherently at odds;
• How anti-immigrant advocates have set the terms of the immigration debate;
• How to think about the claim that pro-immigration advocates are seeking to dilute American values.

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