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Trump, Migration, and Agriculture

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  • Philip L. Martin

    (Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, United States)

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The US is the country of immigration, with almost 20 per cent of the world’s 260 million international migrants. The number two country with international migrants, Germany, has 12 million, a fourth as many as the almost 48 million foreign-born US residents (UN DESA, 2017). The US stands alone among industrial countries in having a quarter of its immigrants, almost 11 million, unauthorised (Passel and Cohn, 2018). President Trump made reducing illegal immigration a priority. Major migration issues today include the fate of programs such as DACA, what to do about Central American families who apply for asylum, and whether to build a wall on the Mexico-US border. In December 2018-January 2019, there was a partial shutdown of the federal government, the third in Trump’s first two years as President, because Congress failed to include $5 billion for the border wall in bills that fund DHS and other federal agencies. Meanwhile, Mexico agreed to issue humanitarian visas to Central Americans who enter the US and apply for asylum, so that Central American asylum seekers may wait in Mexico for US decisions on their cases.

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  • Philip L. Martin, 2019. "Trump, Migration, and Agriculture," Border Crossing, Transnational Press London, UK, vol. 9(1), pages 19-27, January-J.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:bcwpap:v:9:y:2019:i:1:p:19-27
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    1. Philip L. MARTIN, 2019. "President Trump and Migration Policy," Journal of Economy Culture and Society, Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 60(1), pages 1-15, December.

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