Family Separation and Lives in Limbo: U.S. Immigration Policy in the 1920s and during the Trump Administration

Yael Schacher

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2020, vol. 690, issue 1, 192-199

Abstract: Drawing on the author’s work with refugees and asylum seekers in the United States, this article examines policies and practices related to family separation among immigrants in the 1920s and now. I use data collected from historical archives and firsthand interviews with refugees and asylum seekers and describe how restrictions on the admission of relatives leaves immigrants and refugees in the United States feeling unsettled and divided. I compare the situation in the 1920s to more recent years, when the federal government has pursued policies to restrict admission and impede integration.

Keywords: family separation; immigration policies; asylum seeking; refugees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716220941571

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