scholarly journals Election of Donald Trump and Migration

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip L. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Executive Orders ◽  
The Us ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
And Migration

Donald Trump campaigned on seven major issues, two of which involved migration, viz, have the US build and Mexico pay for a wall on the 2,000 mile Mexico-US border and deport the 11 million unauthorized foreigners in the US. Trump also promised to reverse President Obama’s executive orders that provide temporary legal status to some unauthorized foreigners, and to “put American workers first” in migration policy making. After winning the November 2016 election, Trump modified some of his positions, announcing that deportation efforts would be focused on two million unauthorized foreigners that Trump says were convicted of US crimes.

Indexing without a client: the Mueller report

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Peter Rooney
Keyword(s):  
Digital Form ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
The Us ◽  
2016 Election

After the initial flurry of interest, government reports rarely receive the attention they deserve. Often based on detailed research, the information they contain is largely inaccessible, even when published in digital form, due to the lack of indexes. After briefly examining the extent to which such reports are indexed (and why they are usually not indexed), the background to and publication of the much-anticipated Mueller report on Russian interference in the US 2016 election is outlined. The inadequacies of several independently published editions are considered and the case is made for indexing the report, despite not having been commissioned to undertake this task. The indexing process is outlined, especially dealing with the metatopic, Donald Trump, and the redacted sections, and possible future developments are suggested. The online index is available at https://www.muellerreportindex.net.

scholarly journals The Use of Executive Orders and Proclamations to Create Immigration Policy: Trump in Historical Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Waslin
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Executive Orders ◽  
Executive Authority ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Immigration

Executive Summary This article examines presidential immigration policy making through executive orders (EOs) and proclamations. Donald Trump’s overall volume of EOs has been remarkably similar to that of other presidents, while his number of proclamations has been relatively high. His immigration-related EOs and proclamations, however, diverge from those of his predecessors in several ways. Of the 56 immigration-related EOs and 64 proclamations issued since 1945, Trump has issued 10 and nine, respectively. Overall, about 1 percent of all EOs and proclamations during this period have been immigration related, compared to 8 percent of Trump’s EOs and 2.4 percent of Trump’s proclamations. In a sharp departure from previous presidents, a greater share of his EOs and proclamations have been substantive policy-making documents intended to restrict admissions of legal immigrants and increase enforcement along the border and in the interior of the United States. This article explores Trump’s unorthodox use of executive tools to make immigration policy, circumventing Congress and even members of his own administration. It recommends that: Congress should hold oversight hearings and should consider revoking or modifying EOs and proclamations that have been issued pursuant to the authority provided to the president by Congress, as opposed to those based on the executive’s constitutional authority. Advocacy organizations should continue to challenge the president’s executive actions, the insufficient process and consultation leading to them, their statutory or constitutional justification, and their impact. Congress should take an inventory of the immigration authorities it has delegated, both explicitly and implicitly, to the executive branch and determine when this authority can and should be limited. Congress should pass legislation to update and reform the US immigration system, and thus clarify its intentions regarding US immigration law, policy, and executive authority in this area.

The politics of development in Palau

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-170
Author(s):  
Erin Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Political Geography ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Republic Of Palau

Purpose The Republic of Palau in the Micronesian region of the Pacific illuminates the complexities of how the political geography of development is shaped through diplomacy, defense and migration policy. The Compact of Free Association (COFA) between Palau and the US has been a topic of debate and for some resistance. Design/methodology/approach Through discursive analysis of grey literature and post-development and political geography frameworks, this paper analyzes the way in which development, through unconventional pathways, is used to exert power by Palau’s largest donor, the US. Findings The donor–recipient, government-to-government framework fails to explore the ways in development is used as power through military operations, zonal capitalism, redefined citizenship and tourism as new aid modalities. These graduated sovereignties in Palau show that political geography is taking shape through new pathways of development, which has resulted in more actors, institutions and discourses. Originality/value With limited research on the region of Micronesia and particularly the politics of development, this paper contributes important analysis to the lead up to the COFA renewal negotiations between the US and Palau in 2024.

scholarly journals Migration-Led Institutional Change in Urban Development and Planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Robert Barbarino ◽  
Charlotte Räuchle ◽  
Wolfgang Scholz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Thematic Issue ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Great Heterogeneity ◽  
And Migration

The migration-city-nexus has become central in migration and urban studies alike. This ‘local turn’ has not only initiated a rethinking of the local level as an independent level of migration policy-making but also broadened the discourse on how migration processes actually change cities. Therefore, the thematic issue at hand seeks to understand how migration-led development processes in cities promote and shape institutional change, and which actors transform policies, structures, and discourses on migration in different settings. It questions how migration-related issues in urban development are being handled and transformed by local state and civil society actors. With 11 empirical articles on local negotiations of migration in urban development in different settings, this thematic issue applies an institutional change perspective on local migration policy-making to contribute to a broader understanding of migration-led development in both urban and migration studies. When it comes to clearly capturing migration-led institutional change in urban development and planning, the contributions demonstrate great heterogeneity. They reveal that research on migration-led institutional change still has many biases and is very dependent on theoretical perspectives, positionalities of researchers, and the local context of the case studies.

US migration policy poses a tough balancing act

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Executive Orders ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Us Congress ◽  
The Us ◽  
Long Time

Significance The move, designed to ease migrant outflows from the sub-region by improving work opportunities and living standards, forms part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to pursue more humane migration policies. Impacts Further executive orders are expected in the coming days, including to raise a refugee admissions cap to 125,000, up from 15,000. Legislation could take a long time to get through the US Congress, leaving executive orders vulnerable to legal challenge. Climate change will worsen droughts, flooding and food insecurity in the coming years, compounding migration pressures.

The Tribal Economy: Economic Perceptions, Economic Anxiety and the Prospects for Political Accountability

The Forum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-542
Author(s):  
Diana C. Mutz
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Us ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Economic Anxiety ◽  
Incumbent Party

Abstract Whether American citizens hold presidents accountable for changes in the condition of the economy has increasingly been questioned. At the same time, the outcome of the 2016 election has been widely interpreted in economic terms. Press and pundits on both sides of the aisle have endorsed the “left behind” voter thesis suggesting that those who were economically dissatisfied or anxious voted against the incumbent party and thus elected Donald Trump. Likewise, some have argued that Trump would have won again in 2021 if not for the economic downturn caused by the COVID19 pandemic. In this study I use seven waves of nationally-representative panel data to examine change over time in individuals’ perceptions of the economy across the two most recent presidential election periods. I compare the magnitude of change from partisan rationalization of the economy to the magnitude of changes in perceptions due to the record-breaking decline in GDP during the year that COVID19 hit the US. My results provide little to no evidence that changes in perceptions due to real economic change were strong enough to overcome the effects of partisan rationalization. Given that the COVID19 recession was unusually severe, these results provide little reason for optimism that voters can hold leaders accountable for economic change.

scholarly journals The globalisation of trafficking and its impact on the South African counter-trafficking legislation

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-68
Author(s):  
Ingrid Palmary ◽  
Thea de Gruchy
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
National Level ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
The South ◽  
Relevant Topic ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Cross National

This article was prompted by emerging and highly politicised debates in South Africa over the role of ‘foreign influence’ in policy-making. Whilst popular debates on this issue are often over simplified, it nevertheless seemed a relevant topic for migration policy-making given its cross-national focus. In this article, we therefore consider what influenced the development of South Africa’s 2013 Prevention and Combatting of Trafficking in Persons Act (TiP Act) as just one example of migration policy-making. Using qualitative methods, we map the influences on the South African TiP Act, and highlight how these shaped the passing of the Act, as well as the form that it took. We describe three pathways of international influence that shaped and constrained the possibilities for the Act: the global system for the governance of trafficking, the globalisation of knowledge around trafficking, and the nature of diplomatic relations. Exploring these pathways, we interrogate and unpack the idea that policy-making takes place in isolation and exclusively at a national level. Instead, this article illustrates how policy-making around issues of trafficking, and migration, takes place amidst complex and unequal global relationships.

scholarly journals President Trump and Migration at 3

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-200
Author(s):  
Philip L. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Homeland Security ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Guest Workers ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Executive Orders ◽  
Guest Worker ◽  
And Migration

Candidate Trump made reducing unauthorized migration a central theme of his campaign in 2015 and 2016 (Martin, 2017a). Soon after taking office, Trump issued executive orders that instructed the Department of Homeland Security to build a wall on the Mexico-US border, increase deportations, and reduce refugee admissions (Martin, 2017b). Immigration systems are like supertankers, hard to turn around quickly, but President Trump has in three years developed a restrictionist migration policy aimed at reducing unauthorized migration and asylum seeking. Even though Trump’s businesses employ low-skilled guest workers, there have been no major changes to the H-2A and H-2B guest worker programs.  

scholarly journals Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Ruhs ◽  
Kristof Tamas ◽  
Joakim Palme
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Triangular Relationships ◽  
And Migration

International migration and integration are among the most important and controversial public policy issues of our time. The disconnect between migration policy debates and migration realities has prompted a quest for more ‘evidence-based’ debates and policy-making. This introductory chapter gives the background and explains the rationale, aims, and key contributions of the book Bridging the Gaps: Linking Research to Public Debates and Policy-Making on International Migration and Integration. It provides a basic conceptual framework for the theoretical and empirical analysis in the subsequent chapters, focusing on the triangular relationships between research, public debates, and policy-making. The chapter also includes an overview of the key insights and arguments of the theoretical reflections, case studies, and policy analyses in the book.

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