Unjust Borders: Individuals and the Ethics of Immigration

by Javier S. Hidalgo

States restrict immigration on a massive scale. Governments fortify their borders with walls and fences, authorize border patrols, imprison migrants in detention centers, and deport large numbers of foreigners. Unjust Individuals and the Ethics of Immigration argues that immigration restrictions are systematically unjust and examines how individual actors should respond to this injustice. Javier Hidalgo maintains that individuals can rightfully resist immigration restrictions and often have strong moral reasons to subvert these laws. This book makes the case that unauthorized migrants can permissibly evade, deceive, and use defensive force against immigration agents, that smugglers can aid migrants in crossing borders, and that citizens should disobey laws that compel them to harm immigrants. Unjust Borders is a meditation on how individuals should act in the midst of pervasive injustice.

214 pages, Hardcover

Published November 20, 2018

Reviews

[Arnab · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating and incredibly well-argued defense of open borders, marred by frequent grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.

Highly recommended to everyone with even a passing interest in migration.