John Washington "The Case for Open Borders" Journalist John Washington is out with a new book called "The Case for Open Borders." According to the publisher, the book "deflates the mythology of national security through border lockdowns by revisiting their historical origins; it counters the conspiracies of immigration?s economic consequences; it urgently considers the challenges of climate change beyond the boundaries of narrow national identities." In the book, Washington makes his case by telling the story of characters impacted by the border.