No matter what the advocates of free immigration say about the natural individual right to move without government permission, many people remain unconvinced because they expect theory and practice to diverge. Open borders may be good in the abstract, we're told, but the theory doesn't reflect what happens in the real world. To begin, we ought to be suspicious of any claim that a good theory and practice part ways....

The rest of this week's TGIF column,"Free to Migrate," is at the Foundation for Economic Education website.

Cross-posted at Free Association.