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Christopher Heath Wellman's conclusion about immigration policy is based on what he calls a state's right to freedom of _________.

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Carens holds that one can be a member of a society without having the formal status of a state's citizen.

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Carens accepts that it is possible for the sudden opening of one country's borders to do more harm than good from a liberal egalitarian perspective. However, he argues that

Carens accepts the possibility that opening a state's borders could lead to massive immigration that causes chaos and a breakdown in state government. He argues that his possibility shows that there is no presumption in favor of freedom of movement.

Carens discusses the objection that the basic problem in the immigration debate does not concern free movement but rather concerns the conditions that motivate individuals to leave the land where they were born and raised. He describes this as the view that the demand for free movement is essentially _________.

Carens defends a form of

The freedom of association possessed by individuals, according to Wellman, corresponds to every state's right to exclude all foreigners from its _________ community.

Stephen Macedo approaches the ethical issue of immigration from the perspective of _____ justice.

Carens mentions the "brain _________ hypothesis," according to which migration causes the best educated and most talented individuals to leave poor countries, thus harming those countries' economic development.

Carens denies that there is a significant moral difference between freedom of entry and freedom of _________ (i.e., the freedom to enter a state).

Fine asks us to consider an example in which a private club "regularly arranges noisy late-night gatherings" to show that

The introduction to this chapter discusses several empirical issues that arise in the context of the ethics of immigration. The impact immigration has on job competition and wages is categorized as a(n) _________ issue.

Macedo argues that immigration policies in the United States have no economic impact.

Wellman argues that both individuals and groups can have rights.

During his discussion of Japan, Caren claims that to answer the question of whether limitations on freedom of entry are justified, we have to weigh the claims of those trying to get in _____ the claims of those who are already inside.

The idea that all human beings, regardless of their political affiliation, belong to a community that should be cultivated is known as _________.

Macedo asserts that the vast majority of Americans profess a belief in some _________ political principles (or principles of "the Left"), such as equality of opportunity.

According to Macedo, we have special obligations to our fellow citizens arising from

Wellman cites a number of "unpalatable implications that follow from denying a country's right to freedom of association," including

Christopher Heath Wellman denies that those in wealthy societies have obligations to help the world's poor and oppressed.