Open AccessPresident Trump and Migration at 3
Author(s) -
Philip Martin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
migration letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.241
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1741-8992
pISSN - 1741-8984
DOI - 10.33182/ml.v17i1.903
Subject(s) - homeland security , immigration , border security , refugee , homeland , irregular migration , political science , theme (computing) , family reunification , patrolling , business , public administration , political economy , politics , law , sociology , computer science , terrorism , ethnology , operating system
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 unauthorized 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.