1. The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, but for most of its history U.S. law has treated newcomers differently according to race.
What does it mean for a policy to be racialized?
If we agree (as we have) that public administration should consider race, why does “racializing” policy problems invoke negative connotations?
In what ways have politicians racialized immigration policy? Provide two examples.
2. In your view, is representative bureaucracy a viable solution toward obliterating white backlash and improving perceptions regarding immigration? No matter your response – explain your answer in detail.
3. While our course has not focused on the use of imagery, images are powerful in evoking emotion about policy implications. This is especially true when the media shows conflicting images of multi-dimensional policy problems like those depicted below.
Carefully review images A and B.
Use three words to describe each image (try not to repeat your descriiptive words).
Which (image) do you think is the most powerful? How might images be useful to policymakers to advance immigration policy reform? Or are they not useful at all?
Links for assigned readings: https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/6/19/17478970/trump-family-separation-immigration-policy-racism
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/03/26/us-immigration-policy-a-classic-unappreciated-example-of-structural-racism/
Please reference and cite the attached article and provide citation for the articles with the provided link.
