Border Policies: Open and Closed Gates (2024)

The Border: Policy and Politics in Europe and the United States

Martin A. Schain

Published online:

19 September 2019

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26 September 2019

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9780190054649

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9780199938674

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The Border: Policy and Politics in Europe and the United States

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Schain, Martin A., 'Border Policies: Open and Closed Gates', The Border: Policy and Politics in Europe and the United States (New York, 2019; online edn, Oxford Academic, 19 Sept. 2019), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199938674.003.0003, accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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This chapter examines how border policies have evolved in Europe and the United States. It goes beyond law and deals more broadly with what has been termed “policy output. ” The chapter considers how policies have varied over time and space, and the author argues that in both Europe and the United States immigration policy has increasingly become focused on the border, the reinforcement of border controls, and the link between other aspects of immigration to these controls. The framing of the political problem of immigration—as one of legal entry in the United States, and integration in Europe—has been connected to questions of border control and enforcement. Even as levels of immigration have been stable, or even in decline, policy on the border has become more important. The chapter concludes by dealing with outcomes, which help us to understand the relevance of policy objectives.

Keywords: refugee status convention, British Nationality Act, German Foreigner Law, Schengen compensatory measures, Hart-Celler Act, Dublin system

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Comparative Politics

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The Border: Policy and Politics in Europe and the United States. Martin A. Schain, Oxford University Press (2019). © Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199938674.003.0003

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