More on Open Border policies around the world, Part Two

The Trump administration is currently building a border fence in Whatcom County, Washington where I lived for most of the last decade. In order to put this in perspective, first let’s look at a few indicators. I am using a few of my favorites, the Democracy Index from the Economist Intelligence Unit, Press Freedom Index …

US border insecurity

Statistics: The American-Canadian border is the longest shared border in the world. The American-Canadian border is the only shared border between highly developed (GDP per capita > $20,000) in North America. there are 30 such borders in the world, 3 are with Saudi Arabia and its rich gulf neighbors, and the other 26 are in …