One may argue whether the productivity of Japan belongs more to the capitalists of Japan or to the Japanese workers. But by argument analogous to that on oil. it should belong to somebody in Japan. Yet free immigration libertarians are in the ridiculous position of saying that a people has a right to oil which happens to be discovered beneath their soil. but not to the productive environment they produce. If an Indian laborer is able to make more my moving to Japan. it is because he is able to share the productivity of Japanese society and Japanese politics. By the same token. Mexicans can make more money in America because they are able to share the productivity provided by American society and American politics. Immigration restrictions reward a people for their performance as voters and citizens. a reward which is not only moral. but which makes good economic sense. The reason for rewarding members of a productive society is the same as for rewarding any other productive activity. Workers acquire skills because skilled labor is paid more than unskilled.
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