Immigration Policy

Immigration Policy

Immigration Policy in the United States

According to the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (Third Edition, Domonic A. Bearfield Melvin J. Dubnick, CRC Press 2015), the “immigration policy has internal and external dimensions. The external dimension—which involves “gatekeeping” between a host country and people who want to become immigrants living in the host country—addresses questions of how many, what kinds, and under what conditions prospective immigrants will be allowed to do so. United States immigration policy emphasizes family-based and employment-based criteria for immigrant admission, as well as admissions criteria for refugees and asylum seekers. The internal dimension of immigration policy is focused on the relationships between immigrants and their host country and its people. The United States approach to internal immigration policy is primarily laissez-faire and assimilationist, for the most part asking immigrants to take responsibility for their own adaptation to the country, and in doing so placing immigrants under considerable social and economic pressure to assimilate to the dominant culture and language of the country.”

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See Also

  • Immigration
  • List of Immigration and Domicile Laws e-Journals
  • Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Encyclopedia of American Immigration
  • Immigration law research resources
  • U.S. Immigration Law Online Resources
  • Immigration Amnesty Law
  • Public Policy
  • Illegal Immigration
  • Immigration Law

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Further Reading

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  • Bauböck, R., Ersbøll, E., Groenendijk, K., and Waldrauch, H. (eds.) (2006) Acquisition and Loss of Nationality. Vol. 2: Country Analyses: Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • Bertossi, C. (ed.) (2007) European Anti-Discrimination and the Politics of Citizenship: Britain and France. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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  • Bommes, M., and Geddes, A. (2000) Immigration and Welfare: Challenging the Borders of the Welfare State. London: Routledge.
  • Brubaker, W.R. (ed.) (1989) Immigration and the Politics of Citizenship in Europe and North America. Lanham: University Press of America.
  • Brubaker, W.R. (1992) Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • Castles, S. (1995) How Nation-States Respond to Immigration and Ethnic Diversity. New Community 21 (3), 293–308.
  • Castles, S., and Kosack, G. (1973) Immigrant Workers and Class Structure in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Chebel d’Appollonia, A., and Reich, S. (2008) Immigration, Integration, and Security: America and Europe in Comparative Perspective. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
  • Cornelius, W.A., Espenshade, T.J., and Salehyan, I. (2001) The International Migration of the Highly Skilled: Demand, Supply and Development Consequences in Sending and Receiving Countries. La Jolla: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego.
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  • Hammar, T. (ed.) (1985) European Immigration Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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  • Howard, M.M. (2007) Comparative Citizenship: An Agenda for Cross-National Research. Perspectives on Politics 4 (3), 443–55.
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  • Seely, J. (2007) Limiting Access to Citizenship in Africa: A Cross-National Comparison. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April.
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  • Soysal, Y.N. (1994) Limits of Citizenship: Migrants and Postnational Membership in Europe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Thränhardt, D. (ed.) (1992) Europe – A New Immigration Continent: Politics and Policies in Comparative Perspective. Hamburg: Lit.
  • Tsuda, T. (ed.) (2006) Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration: Japan in Comparative Perspective. Lanham: Lexington Books.
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  • Weil, P. (1991) La France et ses étrangers: l’aventure d’une politique de l’immigration de 1938 à nos jours. Paris: Gallimard.
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  • Zolberg, A.R. (1981) International Migrations in Political Perspective. In M. Kritz, C.B. Keely, and S.M. Tomasi (eds.) Global Trends in Migration. New York: Center for Migration Studies, pp. 3–27.

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