Immigration Law and Policy (M. Ech*veste)

This course will review the development of immigration policy with a special emphasis on developments post-1980 to the present. Substantive areas of focus will be changes in family and employment-based programs including regulatory, administrative and implementation issues. Significant attention will be given to the political, economic and social context surrounding important policy debates, including a close examination of the policy-making process, both legislatively and administratively.