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So a faithful reader, Peter Hurley, referred me to an article he\u2019s written on \u201cOpening the Canada-US Border<\/a>,\u201d which, as much as I tend towards immigration restrictionism, I actually like quite a lot. \u00a0It\u2019s basically a plan for a Schengen Agreement <\/a>between us and our northern neighbor, or, as we from the Detroit like to say, \u201cpractically the 51st state already anyway,\u201d and \u201cjust like the U.S. except nicer.\u201d <\/p>\n

And the borderlessness of the European Union (combined with the common currency) is absolutely amazing \u2014 to drive from Germany, through Austria, and into Italy, without a single stop. \u00a0See the picture in this old blog post<\/a>, with my boys on either side of the Germany\/Austria border. \u00a0Besides which, in addition to removing border control of any kind, the EU members have, for the most part, the ability to work anywhere in the European Union that they can find an employer to hire them. \u00a0(\u201cFor the most part\u201d means that when some of the poorer countries joined, such as Romania, there was a phase in, in which for a limited number of years, certain countries, such as Germany, can choose not to implement this.) \u00a0There was an initial concern in Germany that Polish plumbers would overwhelm the country; a while back I read an article that these fears were unfounded, but a google search pulled up this Reuters article<\/a> on German fears that Romanians and Bulgarians are overwhelming the welfare system. \u00a0In any event, with the low unemployment rate and the low birth rate (as well a high degree of \u201cprofessionalism\u201d that means that they expect their workers to be skilled and have formal training), Germany can likely manage the inflow.<\/p>\n

But there are two requirements for a Schengen Agreement-like system to work with Canada: \u00a0the first, that our external borders are secure, and, the second, that we have effective systems in place against ID fraud and off-the-books workers. \u00a0In Europe, it\u2019s my understanding that with the opening of internal borders, a lot more attention is paid to the border crossing into Schengen Agreement-countries from outside the area. \u00a0With respect to Canada, of course, there aren\u2019t that many illegal border-crossers, but I don\u2019t know whether they\u2019re any better at eliminating visa-overstays than we are. \u00a0And my quick check on German Schwartzarbeit (by looking in the discussion forum of www.toytowngermany.com) didn\u2019t yield any results on to what degree that\u2019s an issue there.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"