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National-led Government rejects call to change 'ableist' immigration policy (www.stuff.co.nz)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

the policy treats people with disabilities as cost burdens and is ableist

Is it wrong to treat a person who would in fact be a cost burden as if that person would be a cost burden? I don't think the answer is obviously "yes." A country owes equal treatment to its own citizens but generally speaking a country doesn't owe much to foreigners. It can be pragmatic when selecting immigrants in a way that it can't be when dealing with its own people.