ROOKE: World Cup Visitors Make Best Case For Closed Borders

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup in the U.S. has brought millions of visitors from around the world to American stadiums, inadvertently proving the point for closed borders.

Fans in jerseys from Argentina, Germany, Japan, England, and dozens of other nations fill the stands, chant in their languages, and showcase their traditions. The Scottish fans walk around in their kilts playing bagpipes. Fans from the Netherlands show up in a sea of orange. England fans paint their faces with St. George’s Cross. For a few weeks, this creates a vibrant spectacle of global diversity. Still, despite what open border nuts will claim, this event is the perfect example of why each country should protect its homeland from mass migration.

During the World Cup, you get the joy of experiencing unique cultures precisely because they come from distinct places. If borders stayed open and people moved permanently in large numbers without limits, those differences would erode. The uniqueness that makes the World Cup interesting would disappear into a blended, uniform culture devoid of tradition and history. (Sign up for Mary Rooke’s weekly newsletter here!)

The left often slams conservatives for being against mass migration and open border policies, claiming that we hate other cultures or that we are racist and xenophobic. But they are either missing an important reality or, worse, purposely misconstruing the argument. By wanting closed........

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