Liberal societies typically prefer relatives and spouses of their members over other prospective immigrants seeking admission. Giving this preferential treatment to only certain categories of relationships requires justification. In this paper, I provide a defense of a category-based system for “unification admissions,” non-members seeking admission for the purpose of living in the same society with members on a stable basis, that is compatible with liberalism and, in particular, does not violate the requirement of liberal neutrality. This defense does not commit liberal theorists to the traditional state sovereignty view on immigration, according to which societies have wide latitude to exclude immigrants as they see fit, and shows that, contra Ferracioli, societies are not required to treat relatives, spouses, friends, and creative partners of their members on a par in matters of immigration policy.

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捍卫基于类别的统一招生系统

与其他寻求入境的潜在移民相比，自由社会通常更喜欢其成员的亲属和配偶。仅对某些类别的关系给予这种优惠待遇需要理由。在本文中，我为“统一录取”的基于类别的系统提供辩护，非成员寻求录取的目的是为了与成员稳定地生活在同一社会中，这与自由主义相容，特别是，不违反自由中立的要求。这种辩护并没有让自由主义理论家接受传统的国家主权移民观点，根据这种观点，社会有很大的自由度来排除他们认为合适的移民，并表明与费拉乔利相反，社会不需要对待亲属、配偶、朋友、