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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: The Dishonest Debate on Immigration and National Security
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Agustina Vergara Cid and Onkar Ghate analyze the impact of immigrants on national security and evaluate the argument that America’s national security requires strict limits on immigration.
Among the topics covered:
How the argument that immigration is a threat to national security is biased against immigrants;
Why limiting immigration to prevent terrorism is dishonest;
How immigrants make us safer by serving in the military;
How restrictions on immigration have contributed to a shortage of skilled workers in areas of the economy the military depends on;
Why we need a targeted response to ac...