Carter struck a balance between satisfying the needs of employers and protecting American workers from foreign labor competition. That tension has never let up.
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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.
Romantic attraction is driven by a complex set of factors, including who people grow up around and what is familiar and comfortable to them. But discriminatory laws also play a role.
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.
Immigration reform has always been hard to accomplish. As the U.S. enters an election year, bipartisan reform now appears out of reach.
Germany and Italy are among the countries that are looking for ways to handle rises in undocumented migration and, in many cases, are making it harder for people to remain in their countries.
A GOP proposal would make it nearly impossible for most migrants now crossing the US border to gain asylum and the right to remain in the country.
A formal legal investigation would be needed to determine whether the Florida governor and associates violated human trafficking or other laws.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that DACA, a policy that shields undocumented young immigrants from deportation, could continue. Now a Texas court says it can’t. An immigration lawyer explains.
The House passed a bill creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Here’s what you need to know about the Dreamers and DACA.
When a child loses mom or dad to deportation, the harm can be severe and lasting. New immigration bills in the House and Senate seek to avoid family separation and allow deported parents back home.
From healthcare, to the environment, immigration and racial justice, which areas of Barack Obama’s legacy were the most vulnerable – and most resilient – during Donald Trump’s first term?
Immigrant raids can cause long-term community trauma. The raids can also lead to new political alliances that reshape the meaning of community.
Canada’s experience shows that selecting immigrants based on economic merit is not a silver bullet; finding the “right” immigrants is the only the first step.
As lawmakers debate immigration policy in coming weeks, they should realize that giving immigrants who came to the US as children citizenship not only has broad political support but lifts the economy too.
Spanish is not overtaking English in the US, despite political fearmongering. In fact, due to the ‘three-generation pattern,’ Spanish speaking in immigrant families tends to decline over time.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Linguistics and English, Florida International University
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Professor of Political Science, Concordia University
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Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy & Public Administration, George Washington University
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Lecturer in American Politics, University College Cork
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Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
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Deputy Director, Global Migration Center, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Law, Seton Hall University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow, Center for Racial Justice, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Human Rights Center Research Fellow, University of Dayton
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and U.S.-Mexican Relations, Emeritus, University of California, San Diego