The Sympathetic Case for Restrictionism

Writing about the wave of migrants who flooded into Ceuta this week, the prolifically thought-provoking Rod Dreher writes: “If they were coming with guns, we would know exactly what this was.” (Rod’s bold type.)

Well, for sure. But at the risk of being literal-minded, they weren’t.

I promise I have a point here that rises above the level of a truism. It i…