POL 344
Law & Politics of Immigration · 3 credits · Spring 2027
Requirements
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and POL 101
About this course
Debates over immigration in the United States are often heated and contentious. After taking this course, students will understand the full range of positions in these debates, and will be able to develop and clearly articulate their own position on contemporary immigration politics. Students will learn essential terms used in migration studies, explore historical political debates over immigration, and analyze the contemporary politics of immigration in the United States, including debates over border militarization unauthorized ("illegal") immigration, amnesty, employer sanctions, sanctuary cities, guest worker programs, the shifting balance of power between federal, state, and local governments; and immigration law and policy. Students will read a variety of scholarly and popular texts, as well as key Supreme Court decisions.
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