“Many libertarians respond to this dilemma by asserting that the real problem is not open borders but the welfare state itself. The answer: dismantle the welfare state. The libertarian Cato Institute pursues a variant of this policy under the slogan, “build a wall around the welfare state, not around the nation.” Borders should be open, but immigrants should be barred from accessing welfare and other benefits.”
September 11, 2001 should have quashed that open borders notion forever. Every one of the 19 attackers was here legally.
I would rather we, “build a wall around the welfare state, and around the nation.”