immigration policy
Newcomer entry laws
Immigration policy is a government's official approach to controlling who may enter, remain in, or become a citizen of a country.
Such policies address visas, asylum, border enforcement, deportation, and pathways to legal residency.
Immigration policy is perennially contentious, balancing economic needs, humanitarian obligations, and security concerns: The candidates clashed over immigration policy during the debate.
- work permitsDocuments authorizing legal employment
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- visa applicationRequest for travel authorization
- labor migrationRelocating for employment opportunities
- passport controlBorder document verification point
border treaties · citizenship law · deportation · catch and release · detention centers · green cards · travel bans · biometric screening · asylum applications · sanctuary cities · chain migration · economic migrants · undocumented workers · illegal aliens · labor laws · dreamers · student visas · residency requirements
- SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Uppsala, Scania
- Government Policysocial welfare, gun control, social programs, poverty reduction, border protection
- North American RelationsNAFTA, USMCA, border, ambassador, embassy
- China PolicyGreat Firewall, social credit, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward, collectivization
- France-Maghrebcolonial legacy, diplomatic tensions, Charles de Gaulle, Algiers, Casablanca
- Japan Policydiplomatic ties, peace treaties, bilateral ties, diplomatic missions, security alliances
immigration policyopen borders
Unregulated international passage
free movement · closed borders · no borders · border wall · immigration ban
immigration policyfree movement
Unrestricted ability to travel
open borders · no borders · global citizenship · freedom of movement