CSDD Research Fellows Present: "Beyond Enforcement: How Presidential Administration Shapes Employment-Based Legal Immigration in the United States" - with Boyoon Lee

Date

Monday February 10, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Location

The Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity Research Fellows Present:

Boyoon Lee - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies | Queen's 카지노게임사이트

"Beyond Enforcement: How presidential administration shapes employment-based legal immigration in the United States

Monday, February 10, 2025 

1:30-3:00 PM

Robert Sutherland Hall | Room 448

The Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity (CSDD) is happy to announce that Dr. Boyoon Lee, Assistant Professor of Political Studies at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트, will give a talk titled 카지노 게임 컬렉션Beyond enforcement: How presidential administration shapes employment-based legal immigration in the United States카지노 게임 컬렉션 on Monday 10 February 2025 from 1:30카지노 게임 컬렉션3:00 in Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 448, as part of the CSDD카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노 게임 컬렉션Research Fellows Present카지노 게임 컬렉션 series.

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Abstract 
"Beyond enforcement: How presidential administration shapes employment-based legal immigration in the United States" (with Jongwoo Jeong at Georgia State 카지노게임사이트) 


While recent studies have provided valuable insights into the enforcement of illegal immigration, less is known about legal immigration and institutional responses to it. This paper addresses this gap by investigating the role of presidential leadership in shaping legal immigration acceptance. Specifically, we assess whether and how presidential advocacy for restrictive immigration policies influences legal immigration decisions in the United States. Using a comprehensive dataset from the Department of Labor's Program Electronic Review Management (PERM), which records "permanent labor certification" applications, we analyze the impact of the Trump presidency on employment-based legal immigration. Our findings offer a nuanced understanding of American immigration policy and institutional behavior, highlighting how political contexts influence the adjudication of legal immigration cases. 


Biography 
Dr. Boyoon Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's 카지노게임사이트. Her research agenda addresses the politics of immigration, with a particular focus on public opinion and the political economy of migration. She studies the determinants of migration-related preferences and attitudattitudes as well as how socio-economic inequality is intertwined with migration decisions and behaviors, with a regional focus on Asia and the Americas. Her work has been published in outlets such as Journal of Politics and 
Environmental Research Letters.