Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Public Policy and Administration
Advisor
Jacqueline Thomas
Abstract
AbstractImmigration policy has been a growing concern for the United States, but it was unknown what differences had been experienced between President Trump and President Obama’s implemented immigration policies. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative descriptive study was to determine if any statistically significant differences existed between the number of “criminal aliens” arrested for removal versus non-criminal aliens arrested with victimless crimes during the Obama and Trump administration. This cross-sectional study was guided by punctuated equilibrium theory and data were gathered by available public, archival data. The total number of documented/undocumented non-criminal alien arrests during the Obama Administration from January 2015 through December 2016 was higher than the Trump administration, identifying a 190% difference between criminal and non-criminal alien arrests. The Obama Administration’s immigration policies led to more arrests, as fewer arrests were made during the 2017-2018 Trump Administration. These results can impact positive social change by informing the American public and Congress of the critical need to bring attention to Congressional established national immigration policy.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Levino Lorenzo, "Abstract Immigration Policies of the Obama and Trump Administrations Focused on Alien Arrests" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 13472.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/13472
