Banning Trump from UK endores illberal immigration system|Kate Andrews for The Times Red Box

Head of Communications at the ASI, Kate Andrews, wrote for The Times Red Box on why calling for Trump to be banned from the UK is just as bad as him calling for muslims to be banned from America.

Who could have guessed that after Trump called for an illiberal immigration system that keeps people out of a country based on their beliefs, over half a million people in the UK would sign a petition to show their support for such a policy.

Those who signed the Ban Trump campaign must think his exile would be a punishment to fit his crime. Unlike Trump’s view on Muslim immigrants, their views on Trump are undoubtedly correct, which makes revoking his freedom of movement morally permissible from their perspective.

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