PAL-221: American Immigration Policy

Semester: Not Offered

Credit: 1.0

Faculty: Kim Williams

Schedule

Day Time Location
First Day
Meet Day
Review

Description

Examines major policy debates and public controversies surrounding immigration in the United States, inviting reflection on American anxieties about immigration and the public policies designed to control it. Explores the reasons why incongruous political alliances all but ensure relatively high levels of immigration in the foreseeable future and probe the extent to which post-1965 immigrants are becoming incorporated into the U.S. political system. Related topics of discussion include the dynamics of immigrant advocacy and the prevailing asymmetry between immigrant numbers and political power.

Not offered in 2008–09.