She arrived in the U.S. as an 11-year-old refugee, then rose to become Secretary of State. Her views on immigration, nationalism, and borders, from this 2015 interview, are almost strangely appropriate to the present moment.
- SOURCE:
- Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
- RESOURCES:
- "Madeleine Albright, First Woman to Serve as Secretary of State, Dies at 84," by Robert D. McFadden (The New York Times, 2022).
- "The Case for Getting Rid of Borders — Completely," by Alex Tabarrok (The Atlantic, 2015).
- EXTRAS:
- "The True Story of America's Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System," series by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
- "Is Migration a Basic Human Right?" by Freakonomics Radio (2015).
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