What is it about?
US politicians and media figures often argue that US immigration and refugee protection policies should, but too often do not serve the nation's interests. This paper describes the interests served by these policies -- labor, economic, family, humanitarian and other -- as identified in presidential signing statements for immigration legislation over the last century. It also describes the need to create flexible legal immigration policies that serve these interests -- both as a good in itself and as a way to reduce permanently the US undocumented population.
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Why is it important?
Legal admissions policies -- rooted in the nation's interests and values -- should represent the "common ground" in much needed efforts to reform and revitalize US immigration and refugee protection policies, which have been under sustained political attack in recent years.
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This article draws on a collection of papers published int the Journal on Migration and Human Security geared toward the long-term reform of US immigration and refugee protection laws. It seeks to identify what should be common ground in the US immigration debate.
Mr Donald Kerwin
University of Notre Dame
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This page is a summary of: National Interests and Common Ground in the US Immigration Debate: How to Legalize the US Immigration System and Permanently Reduce Its Undocumented Population, Journal on Migration and Human Security, January 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.14240/jmhs.v5i2.86.
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