Speaker. next to the right of life. the right to leave ones country and return Is probably the most important of human rights. However fettered in ones country a persons liberty might be and howsoever restricted his longing for selfidentity. for spiritual and cultural fulfillment and for economic and social enhancement. opportunity to leave a country and seek a haven elsewhere can provide the basis for life and human integrity. The right of all persons to emigrate from and also return to ones country is probably first among the human rights that define a free society. Only a free society grants its citizens the liberty to leave. In the United States. we strongly believe that the right to leave and to return is the constituent element of personal liberty. and thus all Americansexcept those under some kinds of legal due processmay leave and may return for good reason or bad or no reason at all.
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