Robbie J. Totten rtotten@ucla.edu Presentation

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Robbie J. Totten rtotten@ucla.edu Presentation Topic: Security and U.S. Immigration Policy (toward Latin America) © 2012 Robbie J. Totten PLEASE DO NO CITE OR DISTRIBUTE THESE SLIDES WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION Class Question: What comes to mind when you think, “Security and U.S. Immigration Policy?” © 2012 Robbie J. Totten Broad Introductory Questions: Is this (border security, unauthorized (“illegal”) immigration, terrorism) how we typically think of security and U.S. immigration policy??? Is there more to the security/immigration story??? Introductory Perspectives Two Very Different Viewpoints Regarding Security and U.S. Immigration Policy What is going on here? Statue of Liberty Inscription--Emma Lazarus Poem: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Nixon and Kissinger on if the U.S. should offer persecuted Jews in the Soviet Union refuge in America: Kissinger stated privately that, “The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy.” “And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern.” Nixon responded to his remark by saying, “I know. We can’t blow up the world because of it.” (Nixon Tapes, February 13, 1973) © 2012 Robbie J. Totten Introductory Definitions: Security/U.S. Immigration Policy Big Distinction by How one Conceptualizes and Understands “Security” U.S. Immigration Policy (Layman’s Terms): America’s decisions regarding which (and on what terms) foreign citizens (both authorized and unauthorized foreign nationals) get to enter/exit U.S. borders. National Security “refers to the requirement to maintain the survival of the nation-state through the use of economic, military and political power and the exercise of diplomacy.” (your standard IR textbook) Human Security (from IR textbook) “is people-centered and its focus is on protecting individuals.” Puts forth that “the proper referent for security should be the individual rather that the state.” (your standard IR textbook) © 2012 Robbie J. Totten Security and U.S. Immigration Policy: Question to Guide Today’s Presentation: What are the security objectives that U.S. leaders have historically attempted to reach with immigration policy? © 2012 Robbie J. Totten Outline of Presentation Today: Why should we care about this question/topic? Quick History of U.S. Immigration Policy Security Objectives and U.S. Immigration Policy: 1. Domestic Security; 2. Economic and Military; 3. Foreign Policy Relevance to U.S.-Latin