How not to argue about immigration

pages: 277-288

Abstract

This paper describes and assesses the arguments offered both against closed borders and in favor of a more open borders approach to U.S. immigration reform as those arguments are set forth in R. Pevnick’s book, Immigration and the Constraints of Justice. We find numerous problems with Pevnick’s reasoning on both counts. Keywords: environmentalism, historical injustice, human overpopulation, immigration, indigenous rights, statism, utilitarianism