Migration has been an important part of human life and also animals, people migrate for various reasons such as seeking better lives, family, job opportunities, availability of social services etc. Immigration policies were put in place to monitor and decide who to immigrate to a country and these policies have been present since 1906, and these policies have had different reasons for their implementation and these reasons change with time and era ( Baglay, 2014). The first policies were restrictions based on race, economic growth, multiculturalism, restrictions on refugees and economic immigration (Baglay, 2014). The community approach used by Michael Walzer to explain immigration policy is similar to Canadian immigration policy. This article seeks to discuss and analyze the articles of Joseph Carens and Michael Walzer, explaining the different perspectives of explaining immigration policies. The paper would summarize and counter the author's main arguments. It would take a position on which argument is most convincing to explain immigration policy and would justify this position. It would also use other articles to support or refute every argument made by Joseph Carens and Michael Walzer. Finally, this article would explain and come to a conclusion whether any of these topics apply to Canadian immigration policy and provide examples of these similarities. Carens and Walzer had very different views on immigration and the open border, Carens used the liberal perspective to explain the open border. Carens believed in the equal moral worth of individuals, he believed that the border should be generally open, individuals should have the freedom to move and settle in a new country, and there should be few reasons (Baglay, 2014). Border and Border control mean of...... middle of paper ......ee Law: Historical Overview of Canadian Immigration Policies, lecture retrieved from University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario.Carens, J.H. ( 1987 ) "Aliens and Citizens: "The Case for Open Borders," Review of Politics, 251ETZIONI, A. (2007). Citizenship test: A comparative, communitarian perspective. Political Quarterly, 78(3), 353-363. doi: 10.1111 /j.1467-923X.2007.00864.xScaperlanda, M.A. (1999) Immigration Justice: Beyond Liberal Egalitarian and Communitarian Perspectives Immigration and Liberal Egalitarianism, 3(3), 165-n/a Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.uproxy.library.dc-uoit.ca/docview/1465267690?accountid=14694Walzer, .M. (1983). Basic Books.