The Ethics of Immigration by Carens Joseph;

Author:Carens, Joseph;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Oxford Handbook of
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Conclusion

Even if one accepts the widely accepted premise that states have a right to control immigration, there are still significant moral constraints on how that control may be exercised. In deciding whom to admit on a discretionary basis, states are morally obliged not to discriminate for or against applicants on the basis of such criteria as race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation or to use criteria of exclusion like ideological views that conflict with democratic principles. Moreover, states are morally obliged to admit the immediate family (at least spouses and minor children) of people who are already citizens or established residents. These moral constraints are not merely a theorist’s construction of the world as it ought to be. They are already widely, if imperfectly, reflected in the practices of most states in Europe and North America.

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