President Trump and Migration at 3
President Trump and Migration at 3
Author(s): Philip L. MartinSubject(s): Labor relations, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Trump; USA; immigration; unauthorised; migration policy;
Summary/Abstract: Candidate Trump made reducing unauthorized migration a central theme of his campaign in 2015 and 2016 (Martin, 2017a). Soon after taking office, Trump issued executive orders that instructed the Department of Homeland Security to build a wall on the Mexico-US border, increase deportations, and reduce refugee admissions (Martin, 2017b). Immigration systems are like supertankers, hard to turn around quickly, but President Trump has in three years developed a restrictionist migration policy aimed at reducing unauthorised migration and asylum seeking. Even though Trump’s businesses employ low-skilled guest workers, there have been no major changes to the H-2A and H-2B guest worker programs.
Journal: Migration Letters
- Issue Year: 17/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 191-200
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English