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Immigration and Refugee Integration Policy in the United States
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Immigration and Refugee Integration Policy in the United States

A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760). This special issue belongs to the section "International Migration".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 June 2019) | Viewed by 10552

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Larry Nackerud

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Guest Editor
School of Social Work, University of Georgia, 279 Williams Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Interests: U.S. immigration and refugee policy; research methodogies
Dr. Lauren Ricciardelli

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Guest Editor
School of Social Work and Human Services, Troy University, Troy, AL 36867, USA
Interests: disability; social welfare; criminal justice policy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In this historical moment, U.S. immigration and refugee policy is sorely maligned and misunderstood. While this policy arena has always had a good deal of complexity in policy development, interpretation, and implementation, the chaos now seems unprecedented.  Persons in positions of social and political leadership seem unable, or unwilling, to gain an understanding of the varied entrant and visa categories, the difference between family reunification and employment based entrants, and the difference in the journey of a person seeking asylum and that of a person arriving in the United States as a vetted political refugee.  The political, social, and moral distance between “open borders” and “zero tolerance” has never seemed more incalculable. The criminalization of immigration and refugee policy and the infusion of national security concerns into the policy arena have never been more prominent. For a country that prides itself on being a “nation of immigrants,” the United States is fast slipping from its leadership role in the international community to land on a position of near complete isolationism regarding welcoming persons from other countries into the United States—both for persons who enter with the intent of remaining permanently or even those who wish to remain only temporarily. And the voice of those who advocate for consideration of amnesty for the millions of undocumented persons in the United States is almost completely silenced. The goal of the editors for this special edition is to help bring a sense of scholarly clarity to bear. We welcome papers/manuscripts from a wide range of political and social science research perspectives.

Prof. Larry Nackerud
Dr. Lauren Ricciardelli
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • immigration
  • refugee
  • asylum
  • amnesty
  • disability/rights
  • criminalization
  • national security
  • due process
  • family separation
  • detention

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Sanctuary Cities: What Global Migration Means for Local Governments
by Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez
Soc. Sci. 2020, 9(8), 146; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9080146 - 14 Aug 2020
Cited by 8 | Viewed by 6658
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Cities have become active participants in implementing migration policies, thereby expanding the meaning of the word “global” with regard to the activity of local governments. International movement tends to flow toward and converge on metropolitan areas. This paper discusses the role of cities [...] Read more.
Cities have become active participants in implementing migration policies, thereby expanding the meaning of the word “global” with regard to the activity of local governments. International movement tends to flow toward and converge on metropolitan areas. This paper discusses the role of cities in immigration policy by taking into consideration legitimacy, authority, and public governance. Under Donald Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities, this study sheds light on implementation policies worldwide, and on the role of social demands in opening cities to migrants. Finally, the sovereignty-free approach explains why cities like San Francisco and Barcelona have opposed national foreign policy. Full article
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Mutual Benefit: How Vocational Training Programs Utilize Employer Engagement and Refugee Strengths to Facilitate Integration
by Audrey Lumley-Sapanski and Nancy Joyce Callahan
Soc. Sci. 2019, 8(5), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8050145 - 8 May 2019
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Successful integration of newly arriving refugees requires the engagement of the receiving community and active facilitation of integration through provision of employment, access to housing, and protection of basic rights. Understanding how local entities effectively facilitate integration is important for policymakers and scholars [...] Read more.
Successful integration of newly arriving refugees requires the engagement of the receiving community and active facilitation of integration through provision of employment, access to housing, and protection of basic rights. Understanding how local entities effectively facilitate integration is important for policymakers and scholars interested in identifying best practices and replicating outcomes. This study examines the integration outcomes of refugees who participated in a vocational hospitality training program in Chicago, Illinois between 2008 and 2012. In particular, we explore the integration experiences—using employment, housing, and homeownership—of Bhutanese origin refugees who represented the largest country of origin group in the hospitality course. We find that the Bhutanese refugees who participated in the course had high rates of homeownership, stable employment, higher wages and experienced socioeconomic upward mobility—positive indicators of integration. In our analysis, we identify three reasons the program is successful in facilitating integration: a practice of selective enrollment, active employer engagement, and informed industry selection. Importantly, our findings suggest a positive benefit for employers in addition to refugee employees. Full article
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