I hope that CATO’s position on immigration refers to legal immigrants that we, the US, consciously admit to our country with the idea that they will live here permanently. If so, hard to argue with their points.
However if they are talking about the millions of people who have entered illegally, or overstayed their visas in defiance of our laws, i.e.. illegal aliens, who have no right to be here, than CATO’s position is BS.
I could not find any reference a CATO position re: illegal aliens on the CATO website.
HST, I did find this: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/events/let-them-case-open-borders, a book supporting open borders.
To my mind, supporting “open borders” is tantamount to endorsing illegal immigration.