Columnist David MartinEarlier this week a friend texted me, asking where I stand on all the immigration drama unfolding during the first weeks of the Trump presidency.
For the record, I’m a firm believer that the net value of immigration is a positive benefit to the United States. Being of libertarian persuasion, I feel that the flow of goods and people across borders, unencumbered by senseless hurdles, delivers wide ranging rewards – not only to the people crossing those borders. In the same breath, I’ll also argue that any sovereign nation has the right to create and enforce immigration policies that best serve the interests of that country and the people residing therein.
How these two sentiments are often viewed as mutually exclusive is beyond me, and my text response to my friend fell along that line.
“Sure, but what do you think of Trump’s policies?” my friend prodded, refusing to let me off the hook with abstractions.
“It doesn’t matter,” I said.