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Today's Immigration Policy Debates: Do We Need a Little History?
In today's immigration debates, some insist the United States has always
been a nation of immigrants while others believe illegal entry and
threats to national security are unprecedented. Donna R. Gabaccia of the
University of Minnesota shows how time shapes understanding of current
immigration trends.
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Emergent Global Classes and What They Mean for Immigration Politics
Transnational professionals, government officials working on cross-border issues, civil society activists, and specific segments of the immigrant population
are all simultaneously national and global. Saskia Sassen of the University of Chicago explores these new "global classes."
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MPI's Julia Gelatt reports on the DHS appropriations legislation, the Secure Fence Act, and the potential effects of the new terrorist interrogation
and detention law on noncitizens in the United States.
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In this issue, we highlight trans-Saharan migration to North Africa and Europe, France's new law, and immigration issues in
Denmark and Japan. We also analyze the latest US legislation, the idea of "global classes," the link between history and immigration policy, and the
number of foreign students in the United States.
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As Ulf Hedetoft of Aalborg University and the Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark explains, the question of how to handle cultural and
religious differences has come to dominate the Danish political agenda.
Denmark Resource Page
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Social and economic factors are pushing Japan toward a more open immigration policy, while other concerns are prompting the country to adopt
stricter immigration controls. Chikako Kashiwazaki of Keio University and Tsuneo Akaha of the Monterey Institute of International Studies provide
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Spotlight on Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors
The United States' education system has been a major educational destination for foreign students for decades. MPI's Jeanne Batalova describes the
foreign student and exchange visitor population in the United States and highlights recent policy developments affecting them.
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