Abstract
This chapter discusses some general claims about how liberal democratic states ought to respond to the immigrants in their midst. It begins with some distinctions and clarifications. In talking about the integration of immigrants, the chapter is concerned not only with people who arrive as immigrants themselves but also with their descendants who are born in the new country, the so-called second, third generations. Next, it focuses on the integration of immigrants who have legal permission to reside in the receiving society on an ongoing basis. The chapter talks about how states ought to respond to immigrants, and suggests the ways in which states respond to immigrants with regard to integration. Public authorities or citizens may have hopes about the ways in which immigrants will integrate with the receiving society without thinking that these aspirations are enforceable in any sense, even through informal social sanctions. Keywords:citizens; descendants; immigrants; liberal democratic states
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