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There is no universal right to immigrate to the US, or anywhere else generally, so immigrants can be subject to whatever requirements the local govt decides at
by unishark 5y ago
There is no universal right to immigrate to the US, or anywhere else generally, so immigrants can be subject to whatever requirements the local govt decides at any given time. The discussion here was about a supposed "free travel" zone where citizens of member countries are giving up much of their autonomy in return for travel and trade freedoms.
But this kind of arguments are precisely the point when it comes to concern about precedents. It becomes less of a barrier to adding new rules just because the law already has vaguely similar rules.
- Closi 5y agoThere is no universal right for citizens of one country to enter another country either, even within the EU (there have always been limitations based on considerations of public security, public policy and public health grounds).
- unishark 5y agoYes I do believe there is literally a right of free movement: https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/glossary_search/right-free-movement_en https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/europe... All rights have limitations of course.
- Closi 5y agoYou are right - I should have qualified “even within the EU it is not without restriction”. https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457