USA had a ban on Muslim immigration, from the beginning and for the longest, and was sometimes at war with Algeria, Canad, or Mexico. Also, the idea that unlimited immigration has no negative effects would be news to the Native Americans. The European settlers didn't go there for the welfare state, for sure. And remember the Alamo.
Also, technology and has made international travel much cheaper, faster, and easier, and the entrants are coming from further away and more alien cultures.
And I never said that I was against all immigration. This is clearly an article against Open Borders policies.
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Muslim bans existed under... Trump? I fail to see any other historical example. And I would consider those not great.
And the 19th century wars with Mexico didn't come along with any robust (or even statutory?) system of immigration enforcement.
As for Native Americans, this is another example where "migration" gets conflated with "State-sponsored violent colonization and intentional genocide." Nothing like is happening in any context here, nor is that anything like what "open borders" libertarians (of which I consider myself one) advocate. There's nothing inherently incompatible between open borders and a robust system of contracts and property rights.