Should countries welcome refugees and immigrants?

John has argued since 2015 that countries have legal and ethical duties to protect refugees, and in 2019 that deportations do not cut unemployment. Hank warned in 2017 that feeding fear of people who want to come to America is an effective but dangerous route to power.

Axis: welcome them ... restrict entry

Positions by date: 9 records in 9 videos. The position did not change in these records.

John

date	how	position	video
2015-09-08	first on record	John argues countries have legal obligations under international law and ethical obligations to refugees, should open legal routes, and must give safe harbor until the war stops.	Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World 00:07:28
2015-12-11	restate	John says refugees need to be protected under international law and any higher law.	The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 00:03:14
2016-06-21	restate	John argues the US is lucky in every way, socially, politically and economically, to have this family.	Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story 00:01:58
2017-01-31	restate	John worries the US has already made a dangerous statement that it won't do its part in the refugee crisis and will discriminate solely by place of birth, which he thinks are mistakes.	Understanding Trump's Executive Order on Immigration 00:06:41
2017-03-07	restate	John says no one can seriously think reuniting this family threatens the strength or prosperity of the United States, but to be a refugee is to have your life defined by powers beyond your control.	Hoping for an Airport Reunion: One Refugee Family's Story 00:03:56
2019-07-30	restate	John says the idea that deportations cut unemployment has proven extraordinarily durable but isn't true: national economies are not zero-sum games where removing workers creates jobs.	The Mexican Repatriation 00:01:10
2025-11-25	restate	John says such denials are common in impoverished countries: rich nations are always looking for reasons to deny visas to people from poor nations, even when everything is done right.	Poverty Is Expensive 00:02:26
2026-02-03	restate	John says this God preached good news to the poor, hungry and imprisoned and literally said 'I was a stranger and you took me in'.	Does the truth still matter? 00:02:26

Hank

date	how	position	video
2017-02-03	first on record	Hank thinks creating and feeding an irrational fear of people who want to come to America, as his ancestors did for the same dream, is an effective but dangerous way to gain power.	Are We Making Things Worse? 00:01:06