No matter how many times the loopier parts of the left attempts to assert some sort of absolute right to migration, it’s not clear to me exactly why existing residents’ rights to control who immigrates and how is overruled or countervailed by any so-called right of immigration — especially if it’s just economic migration we’re talking about (which most of the so-called “Syrian” migrants into Germany actually were*.)

I’m not saying there’s not a philosophical case to be made for immigrants having greater rights than existing citizens and residents, just that I have not seen it. And no, your attempts to raise your status by showing how compassionate you are while never doing anything but meaningless signaling to demonstrate this does not count.

*Hint: if you’re skin is black, you’re probably not from Syria. The black non-Arab non-white population of Syria is so small that it’s not even tracked demographically speaking. So when the press reports all the “Syrians” migrating and their skin is very dark, they ain’t fuckin’ Syrian.