Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, and All the Rest As Well

This morning in his On the Square column Russell Saltzman shares his intuitions on immigration policy based on his years of research:

Now, that said, my immigration policy is simple.Let ‘em all in. That, I cheerfully admit, likely makes for poor public policy. Nonetheless, it is my instinct, based on my collection of immigrant stories. I’m pretty forward when I hear an accent. I want to know about it so I ask. The stories come easily. Almost everyone is eager to tell me how they got to America, and why. The why is simple: freedom, opportunity, a dream they wanted fulfilled. How they got here is always different. Stories do not make for good public policy either, but they are nice to hear.