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 […]
Don’t kick out the Dreamers, Mr. Trump
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 […]
We Helped Cause the Refugee Crisis In Europe. Now We Need To Help Fix It
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 […]
The European Union’s fate lies in its embrace of open borders
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 […]
Conservatives push guest worker program to halt illegal immigration
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 […]
Top GOP contenders seek to change nation’s tune on immigration
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 […]
States don’t want illegal immigrants, but could they need them?
By Yaël Ossowski / Watchdog.org / February 19, 2015 A coalition of 26 states fought and won a battle to freeze President Barack Obama’s deferred action plan to give temporary work visas to illegal immigrants with children born in the United States. Judge Andrew Hanen’s injunction order, issued Monday, makes certain eligible illegal immigrants won’t […]
The Case for Open Borders and Free Immigration
I gave this presentation for the first time at the European Students For Liberty Amsterdam Regional Conference. I also gave a modified version of this speech to the ESFL Regional Conference in Belgrade, Serbia on 22. November, 2014. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 27. September 2014
End the War on Migrant Children
Federal Bureaucracy, Migration Criminalization Put Forward Nation’s Worst Face YAËL OSSOWSKI JULY 21, 2014 | PanAm Post A migrant attempts to cross the US-Mexico border fence. (Wikimedia) Español When families with young children escape the perils of economic hardship and gangster-dominated neighborhoods in Latin America to make their way to the American border, their chances for a better life are just […]
Want a better NAFTA? The Economist Says Endorse Free Movement of People
The Newspaper Talks Sense on Free and Open Migration Across the Americas By Yaël Ossowski | The Canal Blog of PanAm Post Last month I invoked the 21st anniversary of the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement by arguing that a Schengen-type agreement allowing free movement of people, now reigning in Europe, would be the best way […]