The Problem with Pro-Immigration Arguments

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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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