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POT 3064 Florida International University Immigration Discussion Questions

 

I’m working on a political science multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

  • In Talking to Strangers, Danielle Allen discusses three criteria for legitimate sacrifice in a democracy. Identify and briefly explain just one of these criteria to make sacrifices in democracy legitimate. 
  • In Immigrants and the Right to Stay, Joseph Carens argues that the moral right of states to deport undocumented immigrants weakens with the passage of time. Identify and explain one of the arguments that Carens makes to support the idea that the passage of time affects the rights involved when dealing with undocumented immigration. 
  • David Miller argues that the only justification for the admission of economic migrants is “mutual advantage.” Briefly explain what David Miller means by mutual advantage in the context of economic migration. 
  • Bonnie Honig discusses four mythologies of immigration in the United States that have been used to promote the renewal of the country. Briefly explain one (and only one) of these myths and how it is used to renew American ideals, institutions, or practices. 
  • In general terms, what is the relationship between xenophilic and xenophobic ideas that Bonnie Honig discusses? (You may refer to any of the specific examples she discusses, but this question asks you to explain the general dynamic between xenophilia and xenophobia in the US.)

BONUS QUESTION: Briefly explain one (and only one) of the arguments made against Joseph Carens’s arguments by any of the critics in Immigrants and the Right to Stay who respond to his opening essay in that book.