Details

Subject(s)

• United States—Emigration and immigration—Government policy [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations [Browse]

Related name

• Ford Foundation [Browse]
• Rockefeller Foundation [Browse]
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.) [Browse]
• Ronfeldt, David F. [Browse]

Series

R (Rand Corporation) [More in this series]

Summary note

This report examines the roots of the current immigration policy problem, proposes a new framework of reference for immigration issues, and suggests some central principles for developing an effective policy. The authors suggest viewing immigration and refugee movements as belonging to a set of global flows. Using the global flow framework to clarify the current realities, the report concludes by offering four principles for developing policy. First, in setting immigration policy there must be sensitivity not only to U.S. vulnerabilities but also to the effects of policies on sending countries. Second, policymakers must be alert and organizationally prepared to deal with spillover effects. Third, policymakers should not allow long-term issues to be obscured by the need to deal with short-term crises. Finally, individual interests, although they must be considered, must not be allowed to override the national interest.

Notes

• "R-2887-FF/RF/RC/NICHD."
• "Prepared for the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, [and] the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health."
• "June 1982."

Other format(s)

Available in PDF form online.

Other title(s)

US immigration policy and global interdependence.

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