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The Intermestic Politics of Immigration Policy: Lessons from the Bracero Program

Date

2003

Authors

Marc R. Rosenblum

Abstract

Although a quintessentially intermestic issue, immigration policy is usually analyzed as a one-level (domestic or international) policy question, & existing theories essentially talk past each other while failing to explain changes over time. I develop a domestic-international model of migration policy making that explores the ability of Congress, the president, & migrant-sending states to influence outcomes. I examine the US-Mexican Bracero Program (1942-1964), & I find that my model strongly outperforms existing one-level theories of migration policy making. I conclude by exploring the current immigration policy environment, & I argue that it too is best understood as a two-level process. 1 Table, 1 Figure, 160 References. Adapted from the source document.

Journal title

Political Power and Social Theory

Volume

16

Page numbers

139-182

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Economic sectors

Agriculture and horticulture workers and General farm workers

Target groups

Researchers

Geographical focuses

United States and México

Spheres of activity

History and Political science

Languages

English