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# Winter 2012 

Vol. 32 No. 1 

Is Immigration Good for America?

##### Articles 

#### [Editor’s Note ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/editors-note)

By [James A. Dorn](https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn) 

#### [Introduction: Is Immigration Good for America? ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/introduction-immigration-good-america)

By [Daniel Griswold](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-griswold) 

#### [Why Should We Restrict Immigration? ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/why-should-we-restrict-immigration)

By [Bryan Caplan](https://www.cato.org/people/bryan-caplan) 

#### [Immigration and Economic Growth ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/immigration-economic-growth)

By Gordon H. Hanson 

#### [Immigration, Labor Markets, and Productivity ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/immigration-labor-markets-productivity)

By Giovanni Peri 

#### [America’s Demographic Future ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/americas-demographic-future)

By Joel Kotkin and Erika Ozuna 

#### [America’s Incoherent Immigration System ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/americas-incoherent-immigration-system)

By [Stuart Anderson](https://www.cato.org/people/stuart-anderson) 

#### [The Economic Consequences of Amnesty for Unauthorized Immigrants ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/economic-consequences-amnesty-unauthorized-immigrants)

By Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny 

#### [Immigration and Border Control ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/immigration-border-control)

By Edward Alden 

#### [Internal Enforcement, E‑Verify, and the Road to a National ID ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/internal-enforcement-e-verify-road-national-id)

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

#### [Is Birthright Citizenship Good for America? ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/birthright-citizenship-good-america)

By Margaret D. Stock 

#### [Immigration and the Welfare State ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/immigration-welfare-state)

By [Daniel Griswold](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-griswold) 

#### [The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/economic-benefits-comprehensive-immigration-reform)

By Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda 

#### [U.S. Immigration Policy in the 21st Century: A Market-Based Approach ](/cato-journal/winter-2012/us-immigration-policy-21st-century-market-based-approach)

By Joshua C. Hall, Benjamin J. VanMetre, and Richard K. Vedder 

##### Book Review 

##### [*James Madison* by Richard Brookhiser](/cato-journal/winter-2012/james-madison-richard-brookhiser)

By [John Samples](https://www.cato.org/people/john-samples) 

##### [*The Ethics of Voting* by Jason Brennan](/cato-journal/winter-2012/ethics-voting-jason-brennan)

By [Aaron Ross Powell](https://www.cato.org/people/aaron-ross-powell) 

##### [*The Concept of Justice: Is Social Justice Just?* by Thomas Patrick Burke](/cato-journal/winter-2012/concept-justice-social-justice-just-thomas-patrick-burke)

By [Trevor Burrus](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus) 

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