What Trump is forgetting: American nations have a long history of open borders

Unknown Cluster #86 Status: Active First seen: 2026-01-29 Last activity: 2026-01-29

The US cites the ‘wisdom’ of historical immigration policy. But nation states in the Americas have spent more time with open borders than closed Late last year, Donald Trump’s White House published a new National Security Strategy (NSS) outlining its vision for the world. At the time, the plan raised alarm for dismissing European alliances (now largely confirmed after Trump threatened Nato allies over Greenland ), previewing interventions in Latin America (also largely confirmed by recent milita

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Title	Source	Tier	Published
What Trump is forgetting: American nations have a long history of open borders Representative	theguardian.com	S4	2026-01-26 17:00:51