There be a common point in these two questions, whether we should go to war in the Middle East and whether we should take in a lot of immigrants. Just as many say we should not police the world, but stick to ourselves, so is the argument against immigration: We should take care of our own before we take care of others.
I think of injunctions that we should think on the welfare of others as much as we do on our own welfare. If they are in jeopardy, and if they want our help (sometimes we assume they want freedom when actually it might not be a value they have), then we should, when we can afford it, come to their aid.
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