immigration
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…
FL: Is Rick Scott bucking the party line on immigration or faced with realities of office?
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— It seems that after 17 months in office, Gov. Rick Scott is ready to change his mind as to what constitutes immigration reform. Surrounded by reporters after addressing the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials inOrlando on June 22, Scottexpressed a much more pragmatic approach to dealing with immigration than was heard in…