Refugee and Asylum Policy in the US
Requirement: This paper requires you to select a contemporary problem in U.S. Foreign Policy. You should critically analyze various options the United States could utilize, evaluating the pros and cons of each option by drawing upon the evidence and arguments produced by scholars and practitioners, make a policy recommendation and consider the risks and unknowns associated with the recommended option. This analysis should increase your understanding and go beyond discussions and/or readings in class. The paper should be a minimum of 7 pages and a maximum 10 pages and follow the associated style guide on canvas.
1. Background / Introduction
Background of the situation / treaty / foreign policy issue
2.Assessment of Treaty / Issue / Problem
What are the strengths and weaknesses of your issues?
3. Analysis
What is your analysis of this treaty? What needs to be done to make it more successful, or more efficient, or how does the United States potentially address the weaknesses. SOLVE THE PROBLEM!
4.Formatting and Writing
Cover Page, page numbers, headers, grammar, spelling , readability, footnotes, quality of sources, etc
I have already written a proposal for an essay, and I have already selected the topic and will complete all the essays according to it.
Refugee and Asylum Policy
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Refugee and Asylum Policy
Introduction
The United States of America has been in the front line in the resettlement of the displaced people and immigrants. The need to settle the refugees in today's world remains enormous. Over the past two decades, the number of refugees who are fleeing their home countries has risen due to increased political instability. The refugees flee their homes due to endless persecution by their home government. The reason for the refugee's abuse might be their faith, their political opinions or even failing to agree with the ideologies of the government of the day in their countries. While the United States has been the global leader in being a haven for millions of refugees and asylum seekers globally and bringing new hope in their lives, refugee and asylum policies determine the effectiveness of such programs.
Recently, president Trump has raised a concern about the settlement of the refugees and has decided to reduce the number of refugees that migrate to the United States each year. The current president of the United States aims to significantly reduce the number of refugees and immigrants that enter the country by a considerable portion. (Mushaben, 2018). Therefore, he has facilitated the immigration departments to come up with tighter security procedures in assessing and vetting those who enter the country. The new law will see the country reduce the number of refugees who can be settled in the United States. Additionally, the enactment of the policy has made the refugees take long periods before they are accepted to enter the country and it has also exposed the refugees and asylum seekers to higher risks.
Background of the Refugee and Asylum Policy
The US has always been known to welcome immigrants, and sometimes knows as a nation of immigrants. Until 1921, the US has admitted a significantly large number of immigrants and the refugees into the country. After the 1921 quota act which was finalized in the year 1924, the US put a cap on the immigration restriction, but the number of asylum seekers was to be unlimited. For the first time in history, the US limited the number of immigrants from any country to 3 percent (Loescher, 2017). The year 1948 marked the period of the refugees and asylum liberalized immigration policies. That means that the European refugees were admitted in the United States without a limitation after the Second World War. With the enactment of the refugee and the asylum law in 1980, there has been a growing number of asylum and refuge-seekers in the United States (Loescher, 2017). Due to the increase in the number of refugees entering the United States, the United States refugee and asylum policies have been a subject of discussion and controversy.
The 1980 refugee act was passed to end the cold war between the capitalists and the communists. The refugee act of 1980 redefined a refugee as a person who was fleeing the communist oppression and therefore only those fleeing the communists dominated nations could be taken for admission (Hollifield, Martin & Orrenius, 2014). Since then, the United States has had some deterrent refugee policies directed explicitly to particular n...
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