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In this section, I discuss theorists who defend and prioritize a reasonably strong right to self-determination, that is, the right to decide matters that crucially affect them as a political community.* On their view, immigration can certainly be one of these issues. So, on this line of thought, a political community has a right to decide who to admit, how many to admit, how open or closed its borders should be and other core issues related to migration, such as controlling the shape of cultural change in their country through immigration. There is no general duty for states to open their borders. Those who defend such views include Michael Walzer (1983), David Miller (2016), and Charles Taylor (1994). Michael Walzer offers a classic defense of the position and so we begin with him. We then discuss some of the other accounts that have been offered in support of the view, including arguments that heavily weight the importance of freedom of association, the ownership of our political institutions, and those that are united in their concern for the costs of opening borders.