Thesis Proposal: Immigration Law
Introduction
International immigration is among the most talked about issues in international policies. As of 2005, the number of people crossing the international borders was estimated between 185 to 190 million (Pécoud & de Guchteneire, 2006). The mobilization of the global population creates an adverse effect on nearly all countries in the world. The United States in particular is facing the same dilemma of growing immigration, as a result; the U.S. legislative body has resorted to constant amendments of its immigration policies (Lagrand, 2010). The past and present immigration laws were created to control migration for various reasons. Labor opportunities and to take part of the US workforce are just among the few grounds for immigrants to the borders of the United States (Lowell, Gelatt and Batalova, 2006). Apparently, the outdated legislations are no longer sufficient to control the growth of the number of immigrants in the country. As a response, legislators are aiming for stronger immigration laws, which according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 13-2 pose the possibilities to envisage the rights to mobility.
Thesis Statement
Immigration laws, past and present, and the effects that it has on different states and individuals.
Purpose and relevance of the study to the legal field and profession
The purpose and relevance of the study lies on the tenets of international immigration laws. The study encompasses an analysis of the prevailing immigration laws and how they impact the concern states. Analyzing the changes in the law from the past to the present provides a definite picture of the current global statute of human migration. This study entails finding the impact of mobility in relation to how legislation responds to the increase and decrease of immigration rate in their respective states. The findings are paramount to the determination of the legal grounds for the people whether the prevailing law constitutes a fair judgment or biased in terms of allowing or prohibiting immigrants. This study will contribute to the legal field in providing a more comprehensive understanding of the immigration law not only to the legal practitioners, but to the people in general. In addition, this study will be detrimental to my profession as a lawyer in terms of making legal judgment whether or not the case of an immigrant has a strong argument in the court based on the interpretation of the immigration law.
Who can benefit from the study and findings?
Immigration lawyers, embassy officials, foreign relations and employees, legislators and immigrants in general would benefit from this study.
What impact your study might have on the legal field?
This study will impact the legal field in such a way that the common perception about immigrants that is based on the notion that they threaten the economic and social stability of the state would be alleviated. The complexity of the immigration law requires closer scrutiny and control (Capps et al. 2011). Therefore, this study emphasizes the importance of establishing a more comprehensive understanding of the law and how it impacts the people. Closely scrutinizing the past and present laws would enable law practitioners to make strong justification of immigration cases, which will change the way the legal sector, perform their functions in the matters of migration.
What you hope to learn through conducting the study, both personally and professionally?
Conducting the study would allow me personally to see the issue of immigration from a different perspective. Immigrants are perceived as illegal aliens, but conducting this study would allow me to see the legality of a person’s migration through a comprehensive study of the law.
References
Capps, R., Rosenblum, M. R., Rodriguez, C., & Chishti, M. (2011). Deligation and convergence: A study of 287 (g) state and local immigration enforcement. Migration policy institute.
Lagrand, T. E. (2010). Immigration law and policy: The EU acquis and its impact on the Turkish legal order. Rotterdam, Holland: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.
Lowell, L. B., Gelatt, J., & Batalova, J. (n.d.). Immigrants and Labor Force Trends: The Future, Past, and Present. Migration policy institute, 17(0).
Pécoud, A., & De Guchteneire, P. (2006). International Migration, Border Controls and Human Rights: Assessing the Relevance of a Right to Mobility. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 21(1).
