Structural discrimination as a barrier to the socio-economic inclusion of migrants deepening the impact of human rights law

New York.- Since its inauguration, the Trump administration has introduced rapid and significant changes in U.S. migration policy. It has adopted a much broader view of who should be arrested or deported and how the laws governing migration can be interpreted. Joe Biden’s government focused its migration control efforts mainly on people crossing the border.

Structural discrimination as a barrier to the socio-economic inclusion of migrants deepening the impact of human rights law

Most of the barriers migrants face in achieving socio-economic inclusion are the product of lack of adaptation of the institutions in the host community to migrants’ particularities and needs, often reflecting a scenario of structural discrimination. Yet, migrants’ predicament is rarely ever framed as such, and complaints of discrimination against migrants tend to be dismissed under the assumption that non-nationals can be treated differently fr…