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Immigrants and Refugees
Main Topic Questions
- From Singer (and contemporary politics), there is the question: Is it legitimate to favor immigration on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or country of origin?
- Many countries have special provisions for offering citizenship to foreign born descendants of citizens. Are these legitimate?
- What are the major global circumstances that an ethical immigration policy must respond to?
Research Needs
- Find out more about US history of immigration policy. Are there reasonable policies for preferring neighbors to people from very distant places?
- Review Singer's arguments for non-preferential treatment.
Arguments
http://cis.org/ImmigrationHistoryOverview This article provides a quick summary of immigration law in the United States. The article explains how laws have changed and how they have become stricter. It was especially interesting to be reminded that the US was originally encouraged open immigration. Blair Coziahr
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/06/us/politics/trump-travel-ban-groups.html?_r=0
This article provides a breakdown of President Trump’s immigration reform. It clarifies who will and will not be allowed to enter the United States. It states that there have been some changes to the updated reform since the original – these changes are specified in the article. The focus of the ban includes 6 Muslim countries and also gives slight priority to various religions. Blair Coziahr
This article claims that other countries have even more severe or strict bans on immigration than the US. It also claims that the US has had success in banning immigrants based on ethnicity and religion in the past. The article provides examples of various historical bans as well as comparisons between Trump’s reform and our history. Blair Coziahr
http://fortune.com/2016/04/17/immigration-open-borders/ This article provided information explaining the benefits of open borders and immigration. It cited the main arguments against immigration and then challenged each of them independently with different statistics. Clear argument for open borders. Blair Coziahr
http://capitalismmagazine.com/2015/08/principles-immigration-free-society/ This article points out that we cannot have completely open borders because the role of government is to protect its citizens. It claims that the dilemma of immigration boils down to whether or not the person is a threat. This question is why SOME kind of immigration policy is necessary. The next question is what that policy might look like. Blair Coziahr
