The final, serious objection to equality is the claim that it somehow requires or encourages open borders, or at least leaves one intellectually defenseless against arguments in favor of open borders. This is wrong. As we shall see, the founders’ political philosophy is not only entirely compatible with immigration restriction; it in some sense requires it. For to maintain a citizenry “dedicated to the proposition,” one cannot willy-nilly import anyone from anywhere: one must screen for those likely to be or to become themselves “dedicated to the proposition.”
