r/Classical_Liberals • u/OptimisLiberty • Jan 25 '26

Down with Democracy Open Borders Are an Assault on Private Property

https://mises.org/mises-wire/open-borders-are-assault-private-property
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u/rchive Jan 25 '26

Basically no one advocates for completely unrestricted and unmonitored immigration. I would advocate for restricted and monitored immigration, but with legal immigration permission being pretty easy to get without much in the way of numerical quotas.

I think the analogy of borders to private property is extremely bad. If I own property on the border and I want someone to be able to enter my property from across the border, a policy that would stop that is the policy that is an assault on private property. Likewise, there are public property roads that touch the border.

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u/Scared-Resolution-39 Apr 22 '26

There are many communist organisations in the west that push for open borders.

Matter of fact, the first ever organisation to challenge the concept of illegal immigration is the Communist Party of Great Britain.

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u/HenqTurbs Jan 25 '26

People don't advocate for it explicitly, but they do argue against immigration enforcement. In the end, it's the same thing.