Should humanitarian obligations outweigh national economic interests in migration?
Migration policies often get reduced to border security numbers, but the real debate is about what we owe people who leave everything behind. I've volunteered at a resettlement center in my city, and the families I met weren't fleeing poverty alone—they were escaping violence and persecution. Economic migrants and refugees face different legal paths, yet our public discourse treats them the same. Should we prioritize humanitarian obligations or national economic interests when deciding who gets in?