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Joseph H. Carens

“Even if we accept the state’s right to control immigration, that right is not absolute and unqualified. The state’s right to deport irregular migrants weakens as the migrants become members of society. ”


Responses to Joseph H. Carens’s “The Case for Amnesty”

T. Alexander Aleinikoff

“Legalization has it costs, but they are outweighed by the benefits; pragmatic arguments may, in the end, be the most persuasive”

Mae M. Ngai

“Historically, America both legalized and deported migrants—since 1996, it only deports”

Peter H. Schuck

“In moral argument, the details matter”

Arash Abizadeh

“If moral duties apply to domestic noncitizens, they apply to all noncitizens”

Carol M. Swain

“Apply compassion offered illegal immigrants to the most vulnerable citizens”

Gara LaMarche

“Moral argument belongs at the center of the immigration debate”

Douglas S. Massey

“Only by addressing the realities of North American economic integration can we solve the problem”

Gerald L. Neuman

“Amnesty should be a matter for regret, not a bonus for those who persevere”

Rainer Bauböck

“There is a mismatch between citizens’ moral intuitions and their political views”

Mary Lyndon Shanley

“Enable citizen children to keep their families together”

Linda Bosniak

“The basic rights of short-term immigrants also need protection”

Rogers M. Smith

“A more conservative proposal has a better chance of succeeding”

Eamonn Callan

“All things considered, we might have to choose between competing evils”

Jean Bethke Elshtain

“The sheer length of stay is not by itself decisive”

Marc R. Rosenblum

“Earned legalization is more just than penalty-free amnesty”

Roberto Suro

“Compromised rights are never acceptable”

Joseph H. Carens responds

“The balance of competing moral considerations falls clearly on the side of rolling amnesty”




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