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Updated Version of My Article "Immigration is Not Invasion"

It is now available on SSRN. This revision adds additional points, and takes account of various recent events.

Ilya Somin | 7.30.2026 10:45 AM

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A revised and updated version of my article "Immigration is Not Invasion" now up on SSRN and can be downloaded for free. I have added some additional points, and updated to cover recent legal decisions and events, including with regards to conflicts with Venezuela and Iran. Law journal editors may be interested to know that I will be submitting it in the summer submission cycle.

Here is the abstract:

In recent years, state governments and the second Trump Administration have increasingly advanced the argument that illegal migration and cross-border drug-smuggling qualify as........

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