Mexican and Central American Population and U.S Immigration Policy:Mexican and Central American Population and U.S Immigration Policy.

This essay explores the contradictions posed by states' efforts to exclude immigrants from south of the U.S. border on the grounds that they “burden” the economy, despite the same states' windfall revenue from the taxation of undocumented immigrants. Lawmakers' ongoing anti-immigrant sentiment yields a racialized contradiction in which mostly Mexican and Central American immigrants are derogated as economic burdens. In fact, they are unfairly taxed in addition to being indispensable to the U.S. economy. Based on these and other phenomena, such as racially coded preferences for higher-class immigrants and “antidiversity visas,” I contend that contemporary U.S. immigration policy has regressed toward more blatant class and “race” (albeit racially coded) discrimination.

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AN EXTREME CASE OF HETEROSIS IN A CENTRAL AMERICAN POPULATION OF DROSOPHILA TROPICALIS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.41.5.289 ◽

1955 ◽

Vol 41 (5) ◽

pp. 289-295 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

T. Dobzhansky ◽

O. Pavlovsky

Keyword(s):

Extreme Case ◽

Central American ◽

American Population

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Normal Haematological Values in the Central American Population

British Journal of Haematology ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2141.1972.tb03472.x ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 189-204 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

F. E. Viteri ◽

V. Tuna ◽

M. A. Guzmán

Keyword(s):

Central American ◽

American Population ◽

Haematological Values

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Street-level bureaucrats and the governance of unaccompanied migrant children

Public Policy and Administration ◽

10.1177/0952076718811438 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 403-423 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mariglynn Edlins ◽

Jennica Larrison

Keyword(s):

Immigration Policy ◽

Migrant Children ◽

Central American ◽

Process Mapping ◽

Face To Face ◽

Street Level ◽

Mexico Border ◽

Street Level Bureaucrats ◽

American Children ◽

The U.S

Street-level bureaucrats implement public policy in daily face-to-face encounters with individuals. Through the sequence of decisions they make in these interactions, street-level bureaucrats govern the individuals they interact with. But, a lot is unknown about these interactions and the governance that occurs within them. This article investigates the encounters between street-level bureaucrats who implement immigration policy and Central American children who crossed the U.S.–Mexico border without their parents. Using process mapping and content analysis, the article seeks to determine the points at which street-level bureaucrats interact with unaccompanied migrant children, the agencies these street-level bureaucrats represent, and the responsibilities they have in the process. The findings of this study highlight the complexity through which street-level bureaucrats govern this vulnerable population and the import of their decisions, which construct the experience and outcome for unaccompanied migrant children.

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