Immigration Reform Policies

Definition

These are changes or attempts made by governments to change existing immigration policies, often with the aim of managing immigration flows and addressing issues related to illegal immigration.

Analogy

Think of a country as a big party. Immigration reform policies are like the rules about who can come in, how they should behave, and what they need to do to stay.

Related terms

DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals): A U.S. immigration policy that allows some individuals brought to the country as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit.

Border Security: Measures taken by a country or a bloc of countries to monitor or regulate its borders.

Naturalization: The legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country.