Migration Policy

The class will address how law and politics shape migration policy in an international comparative framework. It will cover some of the main themes in migration policy historically as well as how legal migration regimescome about. It will look specifically at documented versus unauthorized migration and the role of civil society actors such as community organizations and ethnic groups in making migration policy. Other topics will include how nations decidewho can and cannot migrate, how citizenship is established, what factors shape policies and their implementation, the increased role of municipalities in making policy towards immigrants, refugee resettlement, and immigrant integration anddeportation.

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