ABSTRACT
For some time now, moral and political philosophers have debated the ethics of immigration. These debates have focused on a wide array of issues that come up when discussing the topic of immigration. This chapter focuses on philosophers who defend a political community's right to control immigration because they have had the harder time dealing with issues of discrimination. It explores the work of philosophers who primarily work on the issue of race, because they are the ones who have taken the issue of indirect discrimination in the immigration context more seriously. The chapter outlines the terrain and provides the reader with an adequate entryway into these philosophical discussions over discrimination and immigration. Many credit Michael Walzer's Spheres of Justice as the starting point for current philosophical debate over immigration. Indirect discrimination in the immigration context can occur in two distinct places: in how a policy gets implemented, and how it gets enforced.
