Here’s a study that shows that American attitudes about refugee resettlement drop considerably when the question moves from the abstract, national level (they should be let in) to a local specificity (they should be let in to live in your… Read moreNIMBYism and refugee resettlement

Lots to potentially talk about here, but the thing that jumps out with respect to the topic we’re currently investigating in class is the fact that the majority of minority respondents do not see it as “racist” for white Americans to… Read moresome data on views of race relations and immigration

Majorities or very large pluralities in many Western countries want reduced or no new immigration to their countries, and generally only small percentages say the rates should be higher than they now are.  The US seems, by these data at… Read morean aspect of immigration not much discussed in the media

Here are a couple of philosophy grad students arguing that the answer is ‘no.’  Ideal typical exemplars of the position Huntington is arguing against.  In their view, the rights of refugees to ‘not be confined’ makes it impossible for countries… Read moreDo countries have the right to refuse refugees?

Here’s the author of the book we’re reading over the next two weeks, George Borjas, talking with Glenn Loury, who was here at Bucknell in April, about immigration and the argument of Borjas’ book.