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Title: A Profile of Immigrants from Travel Ban-Affected Countries in the United States
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: On September 24, 2017, the Trump administration released a Presidential Proclamation enacting a travel ban that excludes certain individuals from eight countries – Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.1 Individuals from these countries who wish to enter the United States on either an immigrant (permanent admission) or nonimmigrant (temporary) basis are subject to restrictions. This Proclamation was the third attempt at a travel ban by the administration; the previous two had been partially blocked by the courts.2 The September 24, 2017 Proclamation was also initially blocked, but on December 4, 2017 the Supreme Court reinstated the full version of the travel ban.3 As a result, thousands of people have been impacted by the ban. In January 2018, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on the legality of the Presidential Proclamation.4 On April 11, 2018, the president removed Chad from the list of countries on the travel ban, citing improvements in the country’s “identity-management and information sharing practices.”Although it is difficult to estimate the exact number of individuals who may be impacted, we can examine data from the U.S. Census Bureau about immigrants from these countries already living in the United States to get a sense of the economic contribution immigrants from the affected countries are making. The data showimmigrants from the affected countries are typically employed, highly educated, have high incomes, are homeowners, and make economic contributions to the United States. The social and economic contributions made by these immigrants did not occur overnight. With time these immigrants overcame challenges to make significant contributions to the United States. All of this suggests that barring future nationals from these countries could have a negative economic and social impact on the United States.
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Authors: Nooraddini, Mohammad Ismail
Publisher: George Mason University, Institute for Immigrantion Research
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration
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