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Immigrants who fear deportation might have their kids miss school, or skip a doctor’s appointment. This fear can affect people who are legally in the US.
In 2023, approximately 51 million foreign-born people lived in the United States. Almost three-quarters were in the country legally. Half of the rest had some legal protection from deportation.
Hateful language used to demonize particular groups of people had been used long before the era of Donald Trump, including by the Nazis.
Immigration scholars break down some of the immigration terms that are likely to become common during the Trump administration’s first months.
While the president has a broad range of immigration and national security powers, he cannot change US law on his own.
The president has vast authority over the armed forces, but using them to secure the border would quickly unleash legal chaos, say lawyers.
Activists are calling on city officials to bolster Philly’s sanctuary city policies, as they fear retaliation from the incoming Trump administration.
Canberra has reinstated funding for 42 refugees and asylum seekers in the country, but given their deteriorating physical and mental health, it should be doing much more.
Trump focused on illegal immigration in his campaign and pledged to make a range of sweeping changes – some of which his administration could do without congressional approval.
Allowing immigrants to settle in the US isn’t just an act of compassion. It’s also been a significant factor in the country’s economic growth, a point both candidates seem hesitant to make.
Trump’s display during the debate shows that his white male insecurity is a liability to his candidacy − and a threat to the country.
While Arizona voters have selected a Republican in nearly every presidential election from 1952 through 2016, a changing population and hot-button issues have given Democrats recent wins there, too.
Nigeria’s migration policies lack coordination. They are reactive rather than proactive.
Biden’s executive action will shield approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of US citizens, as well as 50,000 children, from deportation and give them the legal right to stay in the US.
Biden’s executive order won’t apply to undocumented minors who enter the US alone. And the order will require the help of Mexico and other countries.
Donald Trump says he will authorize a roundup of all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. A 1950s program with similar goals, called Operation Wetback, offers lessons.
New research has found that immigrants’ income falls behind once they turn 50 and their disadvantage only gets worse as they continue to age.
Valuing open source development is a way to attract talented people that are major drivers to economic growth.
Texans’ belief in their state’s exceptionalism has helped fuel support for the Republican state government trying to take border security and immigration enforcement into its own hands.
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Professor in the Department of Economics, UCL
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Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor of Law and Government, Durham University, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, College of Charleston
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Lancaster University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Merced
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Assistant Professor, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University
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Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Economics, University of Bristol