By Christ-Shamma Matalbert — For decades, laws, such as the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA), have created a social construction that labels immigrants to the United States as criminal aliens.
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Analyzing Social Constructions Regarding Immigration in the U.S.
By Christ-Shamma Matalbert — In the U.S., social constructions have been used to disenfranchise individuals based on their ability, or inability, to assimilate into white culture.
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Undocumented Immigrants Deserve Better Policies
By Samuel Murray — If changes to the United States immigration system are to stay, there needs to be a systematic overhaul in how undocumented immigrants are perceived, treated, and talked about. The debate around immigration should be reframed so that it centralizes empathy, compassion, and caring for those who may be escaping poor living conditions or threats of violence.
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Immigration Discourse in America
by Marcel Akhame, columnist American immigration policy faces a wide variety of challenges, beginning with how we discuss immigrants and their experiences. For instance, the almost exclusive focus on Latinx immigrants, particularly those from Mexico, has led to xenophobia and inept immigration policy. Second, the American ‘melting pot’ framework often fails to recognize the varied […]
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Be Better: Biden’s Challenge to Raise the Bar on Immigration Policy
by Lennet Penate, resident editor During the 2020 election cycle much of President-elect Joe Biden’s appeal to millions of voters focused less on their common ideological ground and more on one simple thing: He was not Donald Trump. However, now that Biden has been elected, this stance will not satisfy those attempting to hold him […]
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Addressing Northern Triangle Migration Through U.S. Foreign Aid
by Parnian Abunasr-Shiraz, MPP ’22 An unprecedented number of migrants arriving in caravans from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—referred to as the “Northern Triangle”—led the Trump Administration to act on its policy pledge to reduce illegal immigration by cutting foreign aid to the three countries in 2019. But cutting foreign aid to these Northern Triangle […]
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Trump’s Executive Order on Caravans and What Asylum Means
By: Shea Lamanna There is a group of people that originated in Honduras, slowly moving through Mexico. It has been reported that they intend to approach the US-Mexican border and seek asylum within the United States. The news outlets covering the story of this group have referred to them as a caravan of migrants, refugees, […]
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Threats to Overturn Birthright Citizenship
By: Shea Lamanna President Trump has recently spoken publicly about his skepticism over the United States’ Birthright Citizenship Policy. The discussion over the revocation of Birthright Citizenship has emerged as a potential strategy to lower the number of individuals in the United States as a result of immigration and to prevent the availability of citizenship […]
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#FamiliesBelongTogether: The “Zero-Tolerance” Policy Dilemma and Family Border Separation
By: Indira Bhattacharjee
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Repeal of DACA: a Republican Success, an American Public Policy Failure
By: Sophia Cole
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