Leibowitz: Trade, Immigration, War and Peace

Every day, it seems, the headlines point to a general decline in the global situation. The more one reads, the more it becomes clear that our major issues are all interconnected. Addressing one will necessarily impact the others, either worsening or bettering them.

Immigration is a prime example of this phenomenon. The two parties, and the country at large, are becoming hostile to immigrants. As Daniel Henninger pointed out last week in the Wall Street Journal, the hostility is not aimed just at illegal immigration: there is a general decline in support for legal immigration too. This is because rational steps to stem illegal immigration are not being taken, causing the public to conclude that the only way to curb illegal border crossings is to curb all border crossings.