Elaine Yim (MPhil 2021)
Journal of Social Philosophy
Published on 13 July 2020
Introduction: Immigration restrictions are common and extensive: almost all states enact their own immigration policies to decide who to admit. Unless constrained by international covenants or transnational agreements, immigration policies are typically based on what state legislators or their delegates perceive to be in the interests of the state and its citizens, with little regard to that of potential immigrants. However, immigration restrictions limit freedoms that protect important interests, including freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom of occupational choice, and so on. They prevent people from choosing their preferred place of residence, taking up jobs of their own preference, and so on. If restrictions to freedoms that protect important interests require sufficient justification, then the current practices of immigration control ought to be sufficiently justified.
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