Fall 2020 - 58925 - PA 383C - Policy Development

U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Policy

Objectives

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of U.S. Immigration and Citizenship policy in a comparative context as well as refine their skills as policy analysts. Successful participants will synthesize complex immigration issues succinctly and analyze controversial immigration issues objectively.

Brief Description

This course synthesizes immigration issues as a multi-tiered debate. It opens with a global perspective on the push-pull forces driving international migration. It reviews the historical underpinnings of U.S. immigration law. In turn, it breaks down current U.S. immigration law and policy into key elements: border control and visa security; legal immigration; documentation and verification; interior immigration enforcement; and refugees and other humanitarian populations. It delineates the debate for a range of issues, including border security, criminal aliens, worksite enforcement, employment eligibility verification, permanent admissions, temporary workers, legalization, birthright citizenship.

Participants will prepare for each session by reading the materials assigned for the topic. The weekly readings are typically four articles, book chapters, or reports. All of the required readings will be available on Canvass. Participants will submit a discussion question from the readings for each class and will engage in a discussion of the readings during the sessions.

Instruction Mode
Internet