The Promise of a Subject-Centered Approach to Understanding Immigration Noncompliance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13089755 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily Ryo (0000-0003-0448-7197, University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 285-296 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal on Migration and Human Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2330-2488 • E-ISSN: 2331-5024 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.14240/jmhs.v5i2.85 |
| OpenAlex | W3124822794 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Unauthorized immigrants and immigration enforcement are once again at the center of heated public debates and reform agendas. This paper examines the importance of applying a subject-centered approach to understanding immigration noncompliance and to developing effective, ethical, and equitable immigration policies. In general, a subject-centered approach focuses on the beliefs, values, and perceptions of individuals whose behavior the law seeks to regulate. This approach has been widely used in non-immigration law contexts to produce a richer and more nuanced understanding of legal noncompliance. By contrast, the subject-centered approach has been an overlooked and underappreciated tool in the study of immigration noncompliance. This paper argues that a subject-centered understanding of why people obey or disobey the law has the potential to generate new insights that can advance public knowledge and inform public policy on immigration in a number of important ways. Specifically, the paper considers how the use of this approach might help us: (1) recognize the basic humanity and moral agency of unauthorized immigrants, (2) appreciate not only direct and immediate costs of immigration enforcement policies, but also their indirect and long-term costs, and (3) develop new and innovative strategies for achieving desired policy goals
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |