Is There a Right to Immigrate?
Social Theory and Practice 36 (3):429-461 (2010)
Abstract |
Immigration restrictions violate the prima facie right of potential immigrants not to be subject to harmful coercion. This prima facie right is not neutralized or outweighed by the economic, fiscal, or cultural effects of immigration, nor by the state’s special duties to its own citizens, or to its poorest citizens. Nor does the state have a right to control citizenship conditions in the same way that private clubs may control their membership conditions
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Keywords | Applied Philosophy Social and Political Philosophy |
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ISBN(s) | 0037-802X |
DOI | 10.5840/soctheorpract201036323 |
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