The incoming Trump Administration will focus on immigration as a high priority target of change in policy and practice.  It intends to turn immigration policy from the relatively inclusive approach of the Obama and Biden administrations to a more restrictive approach, perhaps the most restrictive since liberalization during the Johnson administration.   

This online course will address the major elements of how immigration has performed and how it may change. It will take place just weeks after the start of the new administration, and its initial actions on immigration will be the first things we will discuss. Other elements include the size and direction for current and future immigration; addressing the 12 million unauthorized persons in the United States; our role in the global response to refugees; and the administration of a very complex body of law.

We will address the economic and cultural impact of past, current, and future immigration. Immigration policy affects our society, not just for today, but for multiple generations. How our laws change in a major way will influence what our society will look like in 2050. Thus, what may happen in Washington in 2025 will impact the country for 25 years.