US Immigration Policy and Its Impact on Immigrants: Reassembling the Stories of Deported Mothers and Their Transnational Children Through the Healing Spirit of Coatlicue and Coyolxauhqui

US immigration policy has serious limitations, particularly when viewed from an economic perspective. Some shortcomings arise from faulty initial design, others from the inability of the system to adapt to changing circumstances. In either case, a reluctance to confront politically difficult decisions is often a contributing factor to the failure to craft laws that can stand the test of time. We argue that, as a result, some key aspects of US immigration policy are incoherent and mutually contradictory —new policies are often inconsistent with past policies and undermine their goals. Inconsistency makes policies less effective because participants in the immigration system realize that lawmakers face powerful incentives to revise policies at a later date. US policies regarding unauthorized immigration, temporary visas, and humanitarian migrants offer examples of incoherence and inconsistency. This article explores key features of an integrated, coherent immigration policy from an economic perspective and how policymakers could better attempt to achieve policy consistency across laws and over time.

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US immigration policy and brain waste

The Annals of Regional Science ◽

10.1007/s00168-020-01017-y ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ayoung Kim ◽

Brigitte S. Waldorf ◽

Natasha T. Duncan

Keyword(s):

Immigration Policy ◽

Us Immigration

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A Nation of Immigrants?

American Literary History ◽

10.1093/alh/ajz019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 482-492

Author(s):

Julie Avril Minich

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Immigration Policy ◽

Asylum Seekers ◽

Historical Context ◽

Current Situation ◽

Border Enforcement ◽

Humanitarian Crisis ◽

Immigration Restriction ◽

A Current ◽

Us Immigration

Abstract With US immigration policy seeming ever more brutal with each new headline, it becomes increasingly tempting to advocate for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers by presenting the current situation as extraordinary and questioning the legitimacy of the Trump administration’s border enforcement tactics. Jay Timothy Dolmage, Katherine Benton-Cohen, and Beth Lew-Williams, however, show that the contemporary moment is far from exceptional; rather, immigration restriction in North America has long mobilized exclusionary nativist logics and shifting constructions of legality. Timely without being ripped from the headlines, their latest books offer much-needed historical context for a current humanitarian crisis along with important lessons from previous crises.

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Suffering Children and Handcuffed Doctors: US Immigration Policy and a Call for Advocacy

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2020-0495 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 146 (2) ◽

pp. e20200495

Author(s):

Bonnie Arzuaga

Keyword(s):

Immigration Policy ◽

Us Immigration

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Migration, Border Security, and New Forms of Resistance in the Age of Trump*

Sicherheit & Frieden ◽

10.5771/0175-274x-2020-2-100 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 100-105

Author(s):

Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

Keyword(s):

Present Article ◽

Immigration Policy ◽

Border Security ◽

Security Policies ◽

National Politics ◽

Protest Movements ◽

Popular Resistance ◽

The Us ◽

Us Immigration

The present article analyzes the responses to US border security policies and particularly US immigration policy by activists, migrants, and progressive actors during the Trump era. It explains new forms of popular resistance in the US and south of its border, as well as their effects in national politics, policies and geopolitics. This analysis focuses on migrant caravans and related protest movements. Finally, this article provides preliminary explanations of such phenomena that include considerations of geopolitics, philanthropy, and the plausible utilization of counterinsurgency tactics.

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