ABSTRACT
Some people are heroes of free movement. These individuals have successfully pushed for more just immigration policies. This chapter focuses on citizens’ moral reasons to promote more just immigration policies. It considers ways in which citizens can promote more just immigration policies by eroding state capacity, changing public opinion, and altering the responsiveness of governments. Public opinion is often the key to political change. Shifts in public opinion tend to predate policy changes, which suggest that these shifts are the ultimate cause of the change in policy. Researchers exposed a large sample to information about the benefits of immigration for alleviating labor shortages and other problems associated with an aging society. Pro-immigration advocacy needs similar organizations. An organization that is devoted to changing minds on immigration and rigorously testing the impact of different strategies could potentially have a high expected value.
