GOVT-475 Immigration Politics and Policymaking in the United States (3)

Founded and built by immigrants, the United States has a complicated relationship with newcomers. In this course, students consider and learn how to plan and conduct research on questions related to how politics and polarization have shaped U.S. immigration policy and the policymaking; when and under what conditions elected officials follow their constituents’ immigration preferences; the tone and impact of messages about immigrants used by campaigns and the media; the effects of migration-driven demographic change on partisan preferences and immigration policy adoption; how variation in local contexts affects immigrant integration and engagement with U.S. society; and the extent to which and in what ways the political salience of immigration affects the political behavior of native-born Whites and members of immigrant diasporas such as Latinos and Asian Americans. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Diversity and Equity and Capstone. Grading: A-F only. Recommendation: GOVT-110 or GOVT-210.