Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

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Immigration Polices, a Survey

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2860-2
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Asylum, Immigration, Migrants, Migration, Refugee

Introduction

The United States has traditionally been a country of immigration and immigrants. At the same time, the United States has viewed various waves of immigrants with trepidation, fear, protectionism, and nativist response. Nevertheless, the United States has shown remarkable resilience in the capacity of the culture and economy to absorb newcomers.

Since the founding of the Republic, immigration policy can be divided into five broad phases. Over that time the face of immigration to the USA changed from primarily European countries to countries throughout Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Americas. Immigration has been and continues to be a source of policy conflict (LeMay 1987: 6; Zolberg 2006: 10). While migration waves ebb and flow over time, the USA has received approximately one million legal migrants per year since the end of the Cold War. The following entry will provide a broad historical survey of US...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Auburn UniversityAuburnUSA
  2. 2.Department of Political ScienceAuburn UniversityAuburnUSA
  3. 3.Burruss Institute of Public Service & ResearchKennesaw State UniversityKennesawUSA