Law, Religion, and Immigration: Building Bridges with Express Lanes

תקציר

This Article asks whether it can ever be moral or legal to use certain criteria, including nationality and/or religion, in formulating preferential immigration policies. In order to answer the question, it presents an in-depth look at the controversial "right of return, " focusing in particular on the example of the Israeli Law of Return. It contains a detailed history of the law and its development; a defense of the right of return in general; the principle and contextual arguments in favor ofan amendment to or abrogation oflsrael's law; and a theoretical and practical defense of the law, with some ideas for potential modification.