Showing papers by "Migration Policy Institute published in 2014"
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework for addressing the problem of denizenship, structured around the republican ideal of non-domination, is proposed, which can inform policies in three areas: improving the accountability of countries to their non-citizen population, empowering denizens in private relationships, and reducing arbitrariness in citizenship acquisition.
Abstract: The status of being a non-citizen or ‘denizen’ has been described as second-class citizenship. But many instances of denizenship are not morally troubling, e.g. highly skilled temporary workers. This paper examines the conditions under which denizenship is problematic by developing a framework for addressing the problem of denizenship, structured around the republican ideal of non-domination. Denizens are subject to the coercive power of the state like citizens, but lack many of the accountability mechanisms citizens enjoy. Whether this matters, I argue, depends on their exit costs of leaving the state of denizenship: either by leaving the country or by acquiring citizenship. This model could inform policies in three areas: improving the accountability of countries to their non-citizen population, empowering denizens in private relationships and reducing arbitrariness in citizenship acquisition. Although republicanism provides the conceptual architecture for this study, the concept of ‘exit costs’ has wid...
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TL;DR: The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration as discussed by the authors addresses one of the grittiest ethical questions that governments, international organisations and sending countries must face: Is it better for more people to have opportunities to move and improve their lives, even if they do so at a disadvantage relative to natives?
Abstract: Labour migration policy is full of thorny moral questions, complex tradeoffs and political minefields. In The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration, Martin Ruhs addresses one of the grittiest ethical questions that governments, international organisations and sending countries must face: Is it better for more people to have opportunities to move and improve their lives, even if they do so at a disadvantage relative to natives?
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01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: It is found that parental arrest often leads to loss of earnings, dependence on public assistance and charity, and increased family hardship, and in addition, the resulting separation results in significant trauma and stress for both children and parents.
Abstract: The US conducted almost 400,000 deportations during each of the past 4 years. The increasing numbers of deportations—of both unauthorized immigrants and legal immigrants who have committed certain crimes—are also netting large numbers of parents. An estimated 100,000 parents with US-born citizen children were deported between 1998 and 2008, but this figure is likely an underestimate, as many arrested immigrants do not report children living in the US. Recent estimates place the total unauthorized US population at between 11 and 12 million, and the population of US children with unauthorized parents at more than 5 million. About 80 % of these children are believed to be US-born citizens. This significant number of children, mostly US citizens, is at risk for parental deportation under current US immigration enforcement practices.
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