The case for open immigration

People favor or are opposed to immigration for a variety of reasons. It is therefore difficult to tie views about immigration to ideological positions. While it seems obviousthat political conservatives are the most unlikely to defend freedom of movement,and that socialists and liberals (classical a...

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Main Author: KUKATHAS, Chandran
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2998
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4255/viewcontent/Contemporary_Debates_in_Applied_Ethics_______CHAPTER_TWENTY_FIVE_The_Case_for_Open_Immigration___1_.pdf
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Summary:People favor or are opposed to immigration for a variety of reasons. It is therefore difficult to tie views about immigration to ideological positions. While it seems obviousthat political conservatives are the most unlikely to defend freedom of movement,and that socialists and liberals (classical and modern) are very likely to favor more openborders, in reality wariness (if not outright hostility) to immigration can be foundamong all groups. Even libertarian anarchists have advanced reasons to restrict themovement of peoples.