Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Political Freedom
Emigration removes the people most likely to demand reform, so migration can weaken freedom in the countries people leave. An argument about exporting dissent.
Gest argues that emigration removes precisely the people most likely to press for democratic reform, so migration can weaken political freedom in the countries people leave. It is an argument about the export of dissent rather than of labour, and it cuts awkwardly across the usual positions, since the humane response to an individual can compound the problem at home.
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Tyler Cowen
a political economy argument that widespread immigration can drain home countries of their democracy supporters to some extent.
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