Evaluation of the US Current Immigration Policy Effectiveness

Student: Vaseniova Marina

Faculty: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Educational Programme: World Economy (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2018

The Unites States of America is often called "a nation of immigrants", because immigration has a huge impact on country's economic, social and political development. However, there has been a significant change in immigrant cohort recently, which causes heated debate on the effectiveness of immigration policy in society and academic community. The most recent reform was passed in 90s, but new plans for comprehensive immigration reform failed. The topic has become more controversial due to the new administration of Donald Trump, so the future of the US immigration system remains unclear. The author attempts to analyze history of American immigration policy, current trends and ambiguous points of view on the topic in order to evaluate current immigration policy and give recommendations for potential improvements of "broken system".

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