scholarly journals ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN USA: POLICY AND DEMAND DILEMMA

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmuda Khatun ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Private Interest ◽  
Public And Private

Economic superpower USA receives a large number of illegal immigration each year. The main dilemma is USA needs illegal immigration for continuing activities of the country, but a section of citizen does not share liberal views. They blame that illegal immigrants are curtailing many of their facilities which they used to enjoy. As a result, four major categories of policies have been implemented with anti-immigration sentiments. Interestingly, the policies that have taken to reduce flow of illegal immigration are not meant to stop illegal immigration. This paper tries understands public and private interest dilemma in the context of immigration policies starting from 1790. Moreover, a critical examination of the problem raised a serious question whether US has ever took a serious effort to stop illegal immigration. Do polices playing hide and seek with illegal immigrants?

scholarly journals Stosunek rządu Australii do nielegalnej migracji w latach 1996–2018

Poliarchia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1(10)) ◽  
pp. 49-69
Author(s):  
Adam Filus
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Liberal Party ◽  
Labor Party ◽  
Prime Ministers ◽  
Illegal Migrants ◽  
John Howard ◽  
Immigration And Asylum

Australian Governments’ Stance on Illegal Immigration in 1996–2018 Australia is well known for its strict immigration policy. It results from the country’s constant struggle with the flow of illegal migrants, brought to Australian shores through human smuggling. The author analyses immigration policies of five Prime Ministers representing two major Australian parties: the Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Labor Party. Starting with the premiership of John Howard (1996–2007), and ending with Malcolm Turnbull’s era (2015– –2018), the author examines the situation of illegal immigrants in Australia and changes in immigration and asylum policies.

scholarly journals Framing Immigration and Illegal Immigration in the 2016 Presidential Campaigns: Comparing Donald Trump and Bernie Sander’s Position

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-22
Author(s):  
JIN YANG
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
Function Approach ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Tv News ◽  
The U.S

This study compared the U.S. TV news coverage of Donald Trump’s and Bernie Sanders’ talking points on immigration in the 2016 presidential campaign. Utilizing six common frames on immigration in general and adopting framing’s function approach (which consists of definition, causes and solutions aspects of an issue or a topic under discussion) to illegal immigration, the study content analyzed 153 TV news transcripts. Trump's talking points highlighted the claim that immigrants were dangerous because they brought crimes to U.S., and they had to be deported and borders must be secured. Sanders’ talking points emphasized the idea of a nation of immigrants where even illegal immigrants should be entitled to basic human rights, and immigration reform constituted a better solution. The causes for illegal immigration, however, were largely marginalized in the TV news coverage. Keywords: Framing immigration, framing illegal immigration, framing’s function approach, 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, U.S. TV news coverage of election

Developing Attitude Statements toward Illegal Immigration: Transcultural Reliability and Utility

2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 901-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reidar Ommundsen ◽  
Kees van der Veer ◽  
Hao Van Le ◽  
Krum Krumov ◽  
Knud S. Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
State University ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Two Samples

This is a report on the utility of a scale measuring attitudes toward illegal immigrants in two samples from nations that have more people moving out of the country than moving into the country. The Attitude toward Illegal Immigrants Scale was administered to 219 undergraduates from Sofia University in Bulgaria, and 179 undergraduates from Hanoi State University in Vietnam. Results yielded a scale with no sex differences, and acceptable alpha coefficients. Item analysis identified the most contributory and least contributory items, with considerable overlap in the two samples. A principal component analysis with varimax rotation was carried out to examine the structure.

L'État-nation, Une forme de fermeture sociale

1996 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Wimmer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Examination ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Social Formation ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Southern States ◽  
The Third ◽  
The People ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship

The study begins with a critical examination of two opposing, theories of nationalism. Next, the relationship between the State and nationalism in the form of the nation state is seen as a process of social formation during which a compromise is established between public and private elites, and the people: loyalty is exchanged for the right to participate in social rights. In the third part, the author considers the future of a number of Southern states in relation to the fundamentals of nation formation.

Attitudes toward Illegal Immigration in Scandinavia and United States

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1331-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reidar Ommundsen ◽  
Knud S. Larsen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
Primary Predictor

531 undergraduate students ( M age = 23.4 yr.) from the universities of Copenhagen, Oslo, and Oregon State participated in a survey on attitudes toward illegal immigrants, radicalism–conservatism, Machiavellianism, and anomie. Also, a scale on relative optimism–pessimism, past, present, and future, was included. The range of coefficients alpha for the Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration Scale was .92 to .93. Pearson product-moment correlations for the over-all sample were significant for these scores and on radicalism–conservatism, Machiavellianism, and anomie. Correlational and regression analysis identify radicalism–conservatism as a primary predictor. National sample differences are discussed.

14. Interest Groups

2020 ◽  
pp. 252-266
Author(s):  
Roland Erne
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Private Interest ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Interest Representation ◽  
Alternative Suggestion

This chapter examines the role that interest groups play in political systems across time and space. Many scholars define interest groups as voluntary organizations that appeal to government but do not participate in elections. In a comparative context, however, this formal definition is problematic as the form of interest representation varies across countries. An alternative suggestion is to distinguish ‘public’ and ‘private interest groups’, but the term ‘public interest’ is problematic because of its contentious nature. The chapter begins with a review of different definitions of interest groups and the problems associated with each. It then considers the legacies of competing theoretical traditions in the field, namely republicanism, pluralism, and neocorporatism. It also discusses the role of interest associations in practice, distinguishing different types of action that are available to different groups, including direct lobbying, political exchange, contentious politics, and private interest government.

Structure of Attitudes toward Illegal Immigration: Development of Cross-National Cumulative Scales

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 897-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kees Van Der Veer ◽  
Reidar Ommundsen ◽  
Knud S. Larsen ◽  
Hao Van Le ◽  
Regina E. Pernice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
Procrustes Analysis ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Mokken Scale Analysis ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
Acceptable Reliability ◽  
Three Factor ◽  
Cross National

This research examined the possibility of developing Mokken cumulative scales measuring attitudes toward illegal immigrants in a 9-nation sample. A total of 1,407 respondents primarily from national and regional universities participated in the surveys including the 20-item Illegal Immigration Scale. The scales displayed acceptable reliability with coefficients alpha ranging from .79 to .93. A Procrustes analysis yielded coefficients of congruence with the previously established three-factor solution. The amount of variance accounted for varied between 33.1 and 54.7%, supporting the presence of other factors in attitudes toward illegal immigrants. Mokken scale analysis yielded robust and economical scales in two clusters of national samples.

Illegal Immigrants and Domestic Employment

ILR Review ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Baldwin Grossman
Keyword(s):  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Equilibrium Model ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
General Equilibrium Model ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
The Common ◽  
Unskilled Employment

This paper develops and tests a simple general equilibrium model to explore the common allegation that illegal immigrants take jobs away from native-born workers. A simulation of the effect of an increase in illegal immigration shows that the distribution of the immigrants among industries is critical in determining their effect on employment. If two-thirds of the illegal immigrants are employed in the agricultural service sector, for example, an increase in illegal immigration would increase domestic unskilled employment, but if only half are employed in that sector, an increase would lead to a decline in domestic unskilled unemployment.

The Role of Risk Preference in Immigration and Minimum Wage Policies

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1709-1724
Author(s):  
Yulian Wang ◽  
Hongfei Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Wage Rate ◽  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
Risk Preference ◽  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
Wage Policy ◽  
Minimum Wage Legislation ◽  
Employment Elasticity ◽  
Enforcement Policies

Abstract This paper examines the effects of two enforcement policies and a minimum wage policy in controlling illegal immigration and improving welfare when capital is immobile. The model highlights the importance of the role of risk preference by considering various attitudes to risk held by illegal immigrants and host firms. It is shown that the effect of internal enforcement on the wage rate in host firms depends on the attitude to risk of illegal immigrants and host firms. It is also shown that the impacts of the minimum wage legislation differ according to risk preference and the degree of labor employment elasticity to the source wage. Moreover, attitude to risk is shown to be important in determining the effectiveness of policies on welfare.

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