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Fall 2000

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 16, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2000

Market Approaches to Immigration Restrictions

Richard Vedder, Ohio University

Lowell Gallaway, Ohio University

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JournalofPrivateEnterpriseMarketApproachestoImmigrationRestrictionsRichardVedderandLowellGallawayOhioUniversityTherecenthistoryoftheUnitedStateshasbeenmarkedbywhatseemstobeanincreaseinconcernsaboutimmigration.AnexampleisaverysharpbitofrhetoricprovidedbyPeterBrimelowinhisbookAlienNation(1995,xv),wherehetalksofAarenewedmassmigration,sohugeandsosystematicallydifferentfromanythingthathadgonebeforeastotransformCand,ultimately,perhaps,eventodestroyC...theAmericannation.@Apartfromitstone,thisremarkbetraysalackofunderstandingofthehistoryofAmericanimmigration.WhatBrimelowignoresareatleasttwoothermassmigrationsthatwereofsubstantiallylargermagnitudewhenmeasuredasafractionoftheresidentpopulation.First,therewasthefloodofIrishandGermanimmigrantsinthethirtyyearsprecedingtheAmericanCivilWar.Theannualinfluxofaliensinthisperiodattimesreachedalevelequaltoonepercentoftheresidentpopulation,twotothreetimesthecurrentvolumeofimmigration.And,itwasnotwellreceived.Manycritics,includingSamuelF.B.Morse,frettedabouttheimpactofimmigration.Infact,Morsetitledhis1835broadside,ImminentDangerstotheFreeInstitutionsoftheUnitedStatesthroughForeignImmigration.Apparently,MorsesawtheimmigrantsofthattimethroughthesamelensthatBrimelowemploysinexaminingcontemporaryimmigrationtotheUnitedStates.AmajorcomplaintabouttheIrishandGermansettlersofthiserawasthattheywerenotofthesameAgoodstock@aspreviousimmigrants(whowerepredominantlyEnglish).Sixtyyearslater,1

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Title	Market Approaches to Immigration Restrictions
Authors/Creators:	Richard Vedder, Ohio University Lowell Gallaway, Ohio University
Year:	2000
Volume:	16
Number:	1
Pages:	57 - 68
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Migration, Labour market, efficiency, Market economy, Industrial policy, Freedom, Migration statistics

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Vedder, Richard; Gallaway, Lowell / 2000. "Market Approaches to Immigration Restrictions." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 16(1): 57-68.