Of all the states, Texas arguably has the most at stake in the debate over federal immigration laws. As one of only four states that shares a border with Mexico, Texas has a tremendous interest in border security, both in terms of public safety and the costs of illegal immigration. And as one of the few states whose economies are heavily invested in both high-tech industries and agriculture, Texas has much on the line when it comes to the flow of both high-skilled and low-skilled immigrants.
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Lincoln’s Line: Immigration and the Moral Limits of Federalism
If economist Friedrich Hayek taught us to as who ought to decide, and Abraham Lincoln taught us to as to what end, then the question of immigration compels us to ask a third and inescapable question: Where is the line drawn? In the instance of Minneapolis, the line is both wrongly drawn, and drawn at...
January 27, 2026