The Bureaucratic and Political Work of Immigration Classifications

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LAW 342 Immigration Rationalization

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permitted to work in Canada only for short durations, with limitations placed on who they can work for, where they can live, and what services they have available to support them

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classification theory

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classifications also support political work, "valoriz[ing] some point of view and silenc[ing] another…"

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Many activists and academics have problematized the TFWP for its role in making migrant workers vulnerable to abuse

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thinking criti- cally about how technologies—including classification schemes—are imbued with bias

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classification schemes—which may have the appearance of neutrality or objectivity—are actually political entities privileging and, in turn, normalizing some values and perspectives to the exclusion of others

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Sorting Things Out: Classifications and their Consequences

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classifications are both shaped by and are active in reinforcing larger social, cultural, and economic values.

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They are simultaneously doing the political work of defining and reinforcing a neoliberal, market-centric immigration system

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important economic role, filling labor shortages with a steady stream of flexible, on demand labor

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needed migrant labor in order to "remain competitive with producers in countries using such schemes"

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Many of the positions filled by migrant workers have been and remain the Bdirty, dangerous, and difficult jobs^ that the domestic workforce rejects

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While the TFWP’s stated aim is to fill short-term labor market shortages, in many instances, there is evidence that the labor market shortages persist far beyond the short term

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After 10 years of participating in the program, only 2% of workers under the SAWP had achieved permanent status

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Until 1967, Canada designated the accept- able or preferred countries of origin for newcomers (Vineberg 2012). These restrictions privileged white, European immigrants above racialized immigrants from the global south

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perceived ability to integrate, which is assessed by considering their age, educational attainment, language ability, employment prospects, and their adaptability

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According to the Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, access to permanent residency for workers under the SAWP must be restricted in order to ensure that migrant workers remain working in the agricultural industry.

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the Bideal^ immigrant is increasingly defined in terms of their ability to enter the labor market with minimal state- funded supports

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Immigration classifications allow determinations of access to settle- ment supports to be reframed from a question of need to a bureaucratic question of process.

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