<i>&quot;It&#x27;s just obvious you can&#x27;t have free immigration and a welfare state,&quot; -Friedman.</i><p>Well that&#x27;s not necessarily true. If you have welfare in which those able to work only qualify if they are actively seeking work, and an economy in which increased demand leads to increased need for workers, and thus increased jobs, immigrants don&#x27;t have the option of not seeking work and literally create new jobs that need to be filled, ending up net contributors to the state.