THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IMMIGRATION POLICY: THE TRANSITION FROM DONALD TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATIONS TO JOE BIDEN’S ADMINISTRATION IN U.S.-MEXICO BORDER

Abstract

The issues of undocumented immigrants and immigration and border policy in the U.S. – Mexico border is always a concerning topic for many people, especially people in the United States. The people of the United States, especially the border region community, feel the sense of fear of overcrowding the city or even the fear of losing job opportunities, and the influx of undocumented immigrants is surging. This thesis will deeply analyze the United States of America immigration policy and its implementation in the U.S. – Mexico border under the Joe Biden administration (2021 - 2023). The research adopts document study as the data collection method by studying documents from electronic books, journal articles, government official websites, and electronic news to obtain data that relate to the United States foreign policy, immigration policy, and its implementation in the U.S. - Mexico border under Biden’s administration. This thesis will be focused on the analysis of three main immigration policies that were adopted by Biden's administration, which are the reversal of Trump's administration immigration policy, the reunification of family policy, and the parole sponsorship program. Therefore, to understand Biden's administration's immigration policy implementation to solve the undocumented immigrants issue in the U.S.-Mexico border, this research will utilize Lee's push and pull factor of migration to analyze the influx movement of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.-Mexico border, and Bojang's classification of policy into Ends, Ways, Means to analyze the implementation of Biden's administration's immigration policy in the U.S. - Mexico border and its role in resolving the undocumented immigrant issues. Using the methods above, this research found that the reasons for the rise in the influx of undocumented immigrants are happened because of socio-economic disparities, natural disasters, and security conditions that take place in the immigrant home country. This research also found that the Biden administration's immigration policies played an important role in an attempt to resolve the issue of undocumented immigrants by reuniting families that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border and opening a new legal pathway for immigrants to come to the United States.