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In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss how arbitrary immigration laws strangle American business.
Among the topics covered:
How immigration restrictions impose a form of economic central planning;
The role of the mixed economy in fueling the interest-group battle for legal carve-outs;
How ICE raids are used to terrorize businesses and hard-working immigrants;
How the Trump administration’s visa rollback reveals its affinity for central planning;
Why arbitrary immigration enforcement threatens to cripple every major American industry;
Why supporting American business means defending the freedom to hire and trade.
Recommended in this podcast are Vergara Cid’s article “Immigration Regulations Strangle American Businesses,” [newideal.aynrand.org/immigration-regulations-strangle-american-businesses/] her OCON 2023 talk “The Immorality of the U.S. Immigration System,” [youtu.be/1VOzKYDDkow] and Bayer’s article “Ayn Rand on Free Trade, the ‘Essence of Capitalism’s Foreign Policy’.” [newideal.aynrand.org/ayn-rand-on-free-trade-the-essence-of-capitalisms-foreign-policy/]
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In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss how arbitrary immigration laws strangle American business.
Among the topics covered:
How immigration restrictions impose a form of economic central planning;
The role of the mixed economy in fueling the interest-group battle for legal carve-outs;
How ICE raids are used to terrorize businesses and hard-working immigrants;
How the Trump administration’s visa rollback reveals its affinity for central planning;
Why arbitrary immigration enforcement threatens to cripple every major American industry;
Why supporting American business means defending the freedom to hire and trade.
Recommended in this podcast are Vergara Cid’s article “Immigration Regulations Strangle American Businesses,” [newideal.aynrand.org/immigration-regulations-strangle-american-businesses/] her OCON 2023 talk “The Immorality of the U.S. Immigration System,” [youtu.be/1VOzKYDDkow] and Bayer’s article “Ayn Rand on Free Trade, the ‘Essence of Capitalism’s Foreign Policy’.” [newideal.aynrand.org/ayn-rand-on-free-trade-the-essence-of-capitalisms-foreign-policy/]
The podcast was recorded on June 23, 2025 and posted on July 2, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.
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youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AynRandInstitute
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ARI is funded by donor contributions. You can support our work by becoming an ARI Member or making a one-time contribution: ari.aynrand.org/donate
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org
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