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On December 16, 2016, Berlin residents and tourists were sipping mulled wine, chowing down sausages, and marveling at the glowing Christmas trees that filled the Breitscheidplatz in the German capital. Moments later, disaster struck: a semi-truck with Polish license plates plowed through the crowds of holiday shoppers, destroying vendor stands, and sending debris flying across…
Skeptical of free trade, spooked by immigration, and hesitant to police the world. For years, these ideas were active among the American conservative base, but never cogent or articulate enough to bubble up to its leadership. In the era of President Trump and ever since, however, these ideas are mainstream in the modern Republican Party,…
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For this episode, we speak with Joshua Childress, a veteran and former Border Patrol agent who resigned after learning more about the pro-immigration position, specifically by reading and listening to podcasts that touched on the matter. He gives us stories from the US-Mexico border, thoughts on the Biden Administration’s immigration plan, and where we go…
In this Liberty Face Off, Yaël Ossowski and Lars Benthin discuss open borders: Do we need open borders? And do open borders enhance our freedom? We Need Open Borders By Yaël Ossowski A free society is one in which people are free to come and go as they please and are treated as individuals rather…
As a man fond of deals, President-elect Donald Trump can appreciate that he controls the fate of one of the largest political deals in recent history. Once he assumes office on Jan. 20, he’s expected to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, issued by President Obama in June 2012. That executive action directed the…
By Yaël Ossowski | IJ Review Though it’s been knocking on the doors of the European continent for some time, the Syrian refugee crisis is at last making headway in western media around the world. The image of the body of a three-year-old Syrian boy washed ashore in Bordum, Turkey after an unsuccessful sea voyage…
By Yaël Ossowski | 3H Magazine, translated into Turkish by Zübeyr Kavık Spanning over 420 million people and thousands of kilometers of territory, the Schengen Area, the area of complete freedom of movement within Europe’s borders, is one of the greatest successes of the modern era. Though less than 20 years old, it is one…
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org An easy way to fix the convoluted immigration system in the United States entails making it easier for foreigners to be hired, without a lot of red tape in their way. Even the 8.1 million illegal immigrants now in the workforce. That, at least, was the consensus of the five…
By Yaël Ossowski / February 27, 2015 / Watchdog.org In the wake of a Texas judge’s decision to halt President Obama’s temporary amnesty for illegal immigrants, derided by most House and Senate Republicans, a quartet of top GOP leaders are bringing fresh perspective to the idea of positive immigration reform within their party and, if…