The Employer of Illegal Immigrants: Defending the Undefendable
The Employer of Illegal Immigrants: Defending the Undefendable

Author(s): Benjamin Powell
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Labor relations, Economic policy, Socio-Economic Research, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: Immigration; illegal immigrant employment; libertarian ethics; private property rights; economic freedom;
Summary/Abstract: I remember the joy of reading Walter Block’s Defending the Undefendable when I was a first-year graduate student studying economics. I would read a chapter or two each night before bed. Unfortunately for my wife, she probably remembers me frequently flipping the light back on, shortly after putting the book down, because I had been struck by an idea for another chapter and needed to write it down. The slip of paper with those ideas is still in my copy of the book. The invitation to contribute to this festschrift provided the perfect opportunity to finally write one of those chapters. Defending the Undefendable is probably Walter’s most famous book. He’s also known among his peers for his arguments in favor of free immigration, a topic I’ve also written a fair bit about. So, I thought the best way I could honor Walter would be to combine these themes and defend the employers of illegal immigrants.

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