Interesting study showing what I think we all suspected, that is, immigrants hold values that run counter to liberty when compared to US born citizens.

Immigrants Hostile toward Libertarian Values

"If the primary purpose of government is to protect liberty, which most libertarians believe, then a government is justified in restricting immigration of individuals who hold views contrary to a constitutionally constrained government. Furthermore, if a group of immigrants has been shown to be overwhelmingly anti-libertarian in their views, then government is justified in limiting entry of individuals from that group just because they are from those countries where the people are hostile toward liberty.

Unfortunately, the US government's policy has been to encourage immigration from countries where there is little support for limited government, free exchange of ideas and products, and the rule of law. When a country is fairly evenly divided, these statist voters will have a huge impact in the future direction of the US."

It's why Democrats want them legalized and it's the same condition that liberals share when they ruin one state, then move to another and ruin it.

You guys should read the paper before accepting someone else's conclusions:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?a...id=2234200

The abstract: "While there has been much discussion of libertarians' (generally although not universally favorable) attitudes toward liberal immigration policies, the attitudes of immigrants to the United States toward libertarian values have not previously been examined. Using data from the 2010 General Social Survey, we asked how American-born and foreign-born residents differed in attitudes toward a variety of topics upon which self-reported libertarians typically hold strong pro-liberty views (as described by Iyer et al., 2012). The results showed a marked pattern of lower support for pro-liberty views among immigrants as compared to US-born residents. These differences were generally statistically significant and sizable, with a few scattered exceptions. With increasing proportions of the US population being foreign-born, low support for libertarian values by foreign-born residents means that the political prospects of libertarian values in the US are likely to diminish over time."

So what is your point dmacfour?

(12-02-2013 08:30 PM)Clueless Economist Wrote:  The abstract: "While there has been much discussion of libertarians' (generally although not universally favorable) attitudes toward liberal immigration policies, the attitudes of immigrants to the United States toward libertarian values have not previously been examined. Using data from the 2010 General Social Survey, we asked how American-born and foreign-born residents differed in attitudes toward a variety of topics upon which self-reported libertarians typically hold strong pro-liberty views (as described by Iyer et al., 2012). The results showed a marked pattern of lower support for pro-liberty views among immigrants as compared to US-born residents. These differences were generally statistically significant and sizable, with a few scattered exceptions. With increasing proportions of the US population being foreign-born, low support for libertarian values by foreign-born residents means that the political prospects of libertarian values in the US are likely to diminish over time."

So what is your point dmacfour?

My point is, you need to read the actual results of the paper. They don't exactly support the idea that immigrants in general are hostile to liberty.

True for over a century. Yet I'm a "bigot" for suggesting that restricting immigration is critical to the well-being of the US.

I would just be happy with limiting immigration to those with needed skills and making no govt assistance a condition for allowing in.

(12-02-2013 07:25 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  It's why Democrats want them legalized and it's the same condition that liberals share when they ruin one state, then move to another and ruin it.

I'm a democrat and against amnesty...kinda shoots that theory to ****.

Another study that was unnecessary. Such a waste to study an issue and publish results already known.