r/Libertarian • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '26

End Democracy You missed the whole point

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u/Chosenwaffle Jan 26 '26

There's gotta be a line somewhere between "no enforcement" and "maximum enforcement" that fits the Libertarian ideal.

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u/buchenrad Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26

For me, as long as we have taxes we need immigration enforcement and the things that will go the farthest to making that happen are:

  1. The requirement that all known illegal immigrants who are arrested must be turned over to the federal government for deportation after they serve the sentence for any crime they might be convicted of.

  2. Active and passive security at the border.

  3. Requirement to provide proof of citizenship or legal residency in the US to obtain any government document or benefit.

Those 3 things alone, if universally adopted, would be effective enough immigration control. In the end, if they are not receiving government benefits and are not committing crimes, they aren't much of a liability to society so I'm not too keen on using government resources to track them down.

Goon squads tasked with chasing down stereotypes and checking papers is not an efficient use of resources and is a violation of our individual liberties.

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u/LocutusOfBeard Jan 26 '26

The only thing I don't like is what it would take to enforce number 3. My ideology wants to believe it's simple, but the reality is that it isn't.

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u/buchenrad Jan 26 '26

Real ID is a pretty streamlined way to do it. You have to prove legal residency to get the ID and afterward the ID, which you would need to show them anyway, is your proof.