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Border Policies Effect on Immigrant Communities and Populations

A master’s thesis

Submitted to the Faculty

of

American Public University System

by

XXXXXXXXXX

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirements for the Degree

of

Master of Arts in Homeland Security

XXXXX 2024

Capstone Professor:

Dr. Lorrie Flores

ABSTRACT

Border Policies Effect on Immigrant Communities and Populations

by XXXXX

Master of Arts in Homeland Security

American Public University System

Dr. Lorrie Flores, Capstone Professor

The thesis paper assesses the social and cultural impact of immigrant communities living within the border region. The policies are diverse as they cover essential requirements such as offering visas, issuing citizenship, deportation, and managing refugees. A proper analysis is based on the U.S. stringent immigration policies at the US-Mexico border. The policies have restricted the entry and treatment of immigrants across the USA and more so in Texas. Implementing the border policies, especially in the Rio Grande Valley region, profoundly affects the communities within the jurisdiction. It is because the law enforcement officer has resorted to being stricter to the extent of violating the rights of the immigrants according to international protocols such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The thesis seeks to assess the impact of immigrant policies on the social and cultural aspects of the communities within the border regions. The assessment of the immigration policies is set to make the regulations more compassionate to the border communities, which is because border policies in the U.S. have been linked to several negative outcomes for immigrant groups

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 Instructions for final

After  reviewing your instructor’s feedback on the week 14 submission and  making ALL the required changes, submit your final thesis. Ensure that  your submission is in condition to be reviewed by the program director.

Again, the thesis should contain the following:

Introduction.  Identifies your specific research question and sets the general context for the study.

Statement  of the problem or general research question and context leading to a  clear statement of the specific research question. Background and  contextual material justifying why we should study this case or topic.  Purpose statement.

Literature Review.  Reviews  the literature on a specific research question. The literature review  focuses on discussing how other researchers have addressed the same of  similar research questions. It introduces the study and places in larger  context that includes a discussion of why it is important to study this  case). It provides current state of our accumulated knowledge as it  relates to your specific research question. It should include a short  conclusion and transition to the Theoretical Framework section.

Theoretical Framework.  The  theoretical framework section develops the theories or models to be  used in the study and shows how you have developed testable research  hypotheses. This section includes a discussion of the gaps in the  literature and how your thesis will address those gaps. It will include a  justification and explanation of the theory or model that is used in  the thesis.

Research Design.  Describes  how you will test the hypothesis and carry out your analysis. It  describes the data you will use to test your hypothesis, how you will  operationalize and collect data on your variables, and the analytic  methods that you will use, noting potential biases and limitations to  your research approach. 

Findings/Results/Discussion. This section describes the results of the study. 

Reference List.  Reference the works that you have cited (direct quotes or paraphrases) in the text. This must be in APA format. 

If  APUS Institutional Review Board (IRB) is required, evidence of IRB  approval should be submitted as a separate document within this  assignment folder. 

Keep in mind that appropriate stylistic formatting and documentation are the student's responsibility. Student papers that do not follow the prescribed style rules will not be accepted