Even critics of the Trump administration's vicious attack on asylum seekers and migrants seem to grant that the US has a right and a need to have secure borders. But is this true? Do states have the right to exclude immigrants? Where does that right come from? Do immigrants have a duty not to try to cross the border? On this episode of Ethics Forward we talk to Prof. Chris Bertram of the University of Bristol, who blogs at www.crookedtimber.org and whose new book addresses these and other questions of the ethics of migration and borders.
Cover photo is Chris Bertram's new book. More info here: http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509521951
Embedded music is "Sage" by Prismic. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/prismicofficial/prismic-sage