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The US, often described as a nation of immigrants, has a history of immigration policy that reaches back several centuries. The country went through different phases of welcoming and even being in need of immigrants and their labor, to drastically restricting immigration. Currently, immigration is one of the most discussed subjects in the US, not only by policy makers, but by the media, and the population. One salient question is how to secure the borders. By borders it is usually referred to the Southern border with Mexico, the border many politicians and a large proportion of the US population is most eager to completely control. This task however has proven to be a difficult one. Another question is if borders can be controlled. Previously implemented strategies and their outcomes as well as their sometimes unforeseen consequences dominate the debate. Questionable is what effects immigration has on the US and who profits from it. Contrary to the widely spread assumption that immigration mainly entails negative consequences for the recipient county, this research finds that the US as a recipient country benefits vastly from immigration and even relies on it to some extent (Haensel and Garcia-Zamor, 2016b).
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Garcia-Zamor, JC. (2018). How the United States Cope with the Challenge of Immigration. In: Ethical Dilemmas of Migration. Public Administration, Governance and Globalization, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75091-0_5
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