Immigration Officials Research Articles

Deserving the Right to Work? Immigration Officials and the Work Permit in Germany

This article investigates the role of deservingness conceptions in the implementation of labour market access policies for migrants with precarious legal status. It explores how immigration officials frame the deservingness of work permit applicants, considering also the political, legal and societal context in which they work. The analysis takes account of the Control, Attitude, Reciprocity, Identity and Need (CARIN) criteria, and uses primary data of semi-structured interviews with senior officials in German municipal immigration offices. It finds that officials frequently employ deservingness frames inbuilt into the relevant parts of the law, but also behavioural norms that go beyond legal requirements. The article makes two main contributions. Providing empirical insight into the migration bureaucracy’s part in the implementation of labour market policy, it seeks to help advance understanding of the complex processes of differential in- and exclusion in countries of immigration. Furthermore, the research design allows putting the CARIN criteria to an empirical test.

APPLICATION ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR REPORTING IMMIGRATION PERMITS FOR PORT TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT AT THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLASS II TPI BELAWAN

At this time the earth is being hit by the Corona Virus pandemic which has resulted in a lack of direct interaction in services and in the field of immigration, especially in reporting services for immigration permits for transportation equipment / ships. This situation has the potential to be exploited by unscrupulous individuals to carry out unscrupulous acts such as extortion and other things. Then the immigration office made an innovation, namely the application of the Port Transport Equipment Immigration Permit Reporting Information System, which was abbreviated as Sili Laba. The aim of the researcher was to determine the profile of the Sili Laba application, and the effect of the Sili Laba Innovation Strategy on the performance of the Class II TPI Belawan immigration office. In this study using quantitative methods. And the results of the research based on the regression test show that Y = 37.549 + 0.331X which states that for every additional 1 value of the innovation strategy, the performance value will increase by 0.331. Based on the results obtained from the above equation, the calculated t value is greater than the t table value, which is 6.064 > 2.021. So, from the results of the above equation it can be concluded that there is an influence given by the innovation strategy variable (X) on the performance variable (Y).

Intercultural Communication, the Influence of Trauma, and the Pursuit of Asylum in the United States

This project analyzes the roles of communication and culture in credible fear interviews and asylum hearings in the United States to elucidate how autobiographical testimonies enable and restrain asylum seekers in their efforts to establish themselves as deserving of protection. This work shows how trauma influences one’s ability to narrate their past and argues that culturally-bound storytelling norms negatively and unevenly threaten the outcomes of some asylum cases. I support this claim with evidence from oral history interviews with asylum seekers, immigration officers, judges, and attorneys.

Six Types of Waiting in Berlin, 2017

In Six Types of Waiting in Berlin, Christine Sun Kim’s drawings provide a fascinating constellation of cultural and sensorial experiences with time. Originally from the United States, the artist shares her account of how time (and waiting) is measured differently according to the cities in which she has lived, with each place having its own advantages and drawbacks. While each environment in which one must tediously wait—an immigration office, the health insurance office, the doctor’s office, the bank, an art supplies shop, and the grocery store—is familiar, the subtext of the drawings is how the artist’s relationship with time is also measured by her style of communication. Kim uses American Sign Language and asks questions in a written form using an iPhone on a daily basis as she goes about her chores. “Crip time” is thus also punctuated by the pauses in writing/scrawling questions, in reading, and the creativity involved in ad-lib responding between deaf and non-deaf sensorial modalities.

Electronic Governance and Employees’ Performance in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government in Kenya

Electronic governance is a strategic intervention that government agencies implement streamline operations and improve service delivery. Although e-governance is linked to performance, the effect of e-governance on employees’ performance has not been exhausted empirically. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the influence of e-governance on employees’ performance in the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design which was cross sectional in nature. The target population for the study was 516 comprising employees of the immigration department from three selected locations in Nairobi City County, Kenya. A sample size of 103 respondents was selected using stratified proportionate random sampling. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and regressional analysis. The results revealed that e-governance practices have been adopted at a moderate level despite considerable influence on employees’ performance. Further the findings showed that electronic governance as indicated by e-visa processing has a statistically significant influence on the employees’ performance. The study recommends that the immigration office should provide an effective online feedback system for e-visa processing that would provide real-time service delivery. Keywords: Electronic governance, e-governance, employees’ performance, e-visa processing, immigration services DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-8-12 Publication date: April 30 th 2021

Pelaksanaan Pengawasan Pekerja Warga Negara Asing di Diprovinsi Bali

The large number of foreign workers working in Bali invites attention from the government to conduct measurable and directed supervision. In order to create administrative order, a regulation is made in the form of Permit to Hire Foreign Workers (IMTA). The purpose of this paper is to find out how the legal provisions and factors that occur in the implementation of supervision of foreign workers. From the facts that occur can be formulated the problem as follows: first, how is the implementation of TKA supervision by the Department of Labor of the Province of Bali? Second, what are the inhibiting factors? The method used in this paper is empirical, namely by conducting direct observations and interviews with sources in this case the related by Department of labor workers. Based on the results of research and discussion on the process of implementing labor inspections carried out by the Bali Provincial Manpower Office for companies that use foreign labor through granting permission to employ Foreign Workers (IMTA) in the Bali Provincial labor Office. The inhibiting factors include: TKA users neglect to intentionally not extend the IMTA, lack of coordination between the immigration office that issued a residence permit with the Bali Provincial Manpower Office or the Ministry of Manpower as the agency issuing permits to hire Foreign Workers, weak supervision and control by the local Provincial Manpower Office. Socialization caused by the unavailability of a budget from the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration.

TINJAUAN PENANGANAN PENYALAHGUNAAN IZIN TINGGAL KUNJUNGAN WARGA NEGARA ASING OLEH KANTOR IMIGRASI KELAS III NON TPP IMIGRASI BAUBAU TAHUN 2019 DALAM PERSPEKTIF KEAMANAN NASIONAL

This study aims to identify and explain the forms of abuse of visit residence permits committed by foreign nationals in the working area of the Class III Non-Immigration Checkpoints Baubau; as well as describing the handling of abuse of residence permits visiting foreign nationals by the Immigration Office Class III Non-Immigration Checkpoints Baubau. Using qualitative research methods with an analysis of the national security approach. The results of the study show that throughout 2019 there were three forms of abuse of visit residence permits in the work area of the Baubau Immigration Office, namely overstaying, working in Indonesian territory without using a work visa, and marrying Indonesian citizens outside the applicable regulations in Indonesia. In dealing with the abuse of stay permits for visiting foreign nationals, the Baubau Immigration Office provides administrative sanctions in the form of deportation from the Indonesian Territory under Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration Article 75 Paragraph (2) letter f.

The Human Factor: Algorithms, Dissenters, and Detention in Immigration Enforcement

ObjectiveThis article measures Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers’ punitive biases in immigration enforcement, comparing rates of dissent with low‐ and high‐risk classification scores. It provides evidence that contextual political factors alter dissent with risk classification assessment (RCA) scores and describes how such dissent informs more punitive versions of ICE's RCA scoring rules.MethodsWe implement a statistical decomposition technique that compares the gap between low‐ and high‐risk dissent rates in risk assessments. Historical and qualitative evidence describes the effect of punitive biases in algorithmic editing.ResultsResults of this investigation show that larger gaps in dissent rates between low‐ and high‐risk classifications result in more punitive scoring updates in later versions of the RCA algorithm.ConclusionOur article provides evidence that risk assessment tools implemented to reduce biases in immigration enforcement were updated to accommodate the punitive bias of ICE officers and supervisors.

Pengawasan Orang Asing terhadap Pemberlakuan Bebas Visa Kunjungan pada Kantor Imigrasi Kelas 1 Khusus Ngurah Rai

Free visit visa is a visa granted to foreigners upon arrival in Indonesia without paying a visa for a period of 30 days and cannot be extended. Visit visa free can be given at several Immigration Examination Sites (TPI) spread throughout Indonesia. The Ngurah Rai Special Class I Immigration Office personally supervises an Immigration Checkpoint, namely I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport. Regarding the implementation of a visit visa-free policy, the efforts made by the immigration ranks include: increasing the number of personnel, increasing supervision of landings and entry permits for foreigners, monitoring the use of residence permits by foreigners in various places, especially in the tourism sector and in various entertainment venues, there is cooperation between agencies in preventing prevention of visa-free use to minimize potential abuse of rules. The purpose of this study was to determine the application of visa-free policies at the Ngurah Rai Special Class I Immigration Office and to find out the legal consequences of the visa-free policy at the Ngurah Rai Special Class I Immigration Office. The research method uses empirical descriptive. The results of the study indicate that the application of a visa-free policy at the Ngurah Rai Special Class I Immigration Office is in accordance with the latest regulations, namely the Republic of Indonesia Presidential Regulation Number 21 of 2016 concerning Visit Visa Free. There are 169 countries around the world whose citizens can visit Indonesia without using a visa. It aims to improve bilateral relations, especially in terms of the tourism economy where the number of foreign tourists to Indonesia is targeted by the government of 20 million tourists by 2019. Legal Consequences Caused From Visa-Free Policies At the Ngurah Rai Special Class I Immigration Office, where according to one of the immigration functions is to select every intention of arriving foreigners, there are several cases of violations of law which can be easier to enter Indonesia such as foreign workers who work without complete permission in Indonesia.

Complementary Protection in Japan: To What Extent Does Japan Offer Effective International Protection for Those Who Fall Outside the 1951 Refugee Convention?

This study focuses on what Japan’s Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (ICRRA) calls ‘Special Permission to Stay’ (zairyū tokubetsu kyoka) on humanitarian grounds (SPS), and evaluates the extent to which SPS provides effective international protection for those who are not recognized as refugees in Japan. The evaluation uses the European Union’s Qualification Directive (QD) as a yardstick. This paper explains the legal framework through which Japan offers complementary protection and explores the application of the law in practice. By investigating cases of SPS granted in Japan over a five-year period, the authors infer the prevailing legal interpretations on critical elements of complementary protection policy not clearly defined in the ICRRA. Case law is not widely available in Japan, but the authors have analysed all of the available case summaries provided by the Ministry of Justice only in Japanese. This work represents the first research conducted in English into these summaries. Further, several elite interviews were conducted with key senior immigration officials to gain insight into the inner workings of the Japanese system of SPS. Based upon the empirical evidence collected, the research demonstrates that the ICRRA often lacks clarity and is too discretionary, but that it also provides flexibility that allows a more inclusive application of the law.

Chinese Elites and U.S. Gatekeeping: Racial Discrimination and Class Privilege in Boston's 1905 King Incident

In 1905, Boston immigration officials detained four Chinese students of the King family, inciting protest from Euro-American elites and sparking an international controversy that gave momentum to the American Boycott movement in Shanghai. A prominent family, the Kings successfully rallied business leaders to take their cause to President Theodore Roosevelt and effectively used the press to articulate Chinese grievances. Bringing to a head the tension between race-based and class-based interpretations of exclusion that troubled the legislation from its inception, the case prompted key reforms in the administration of Chinese exclusion and helped promote a pivot away from the movement for a wholesale “Chinese ban.” An examination of this incident and its role in struggles over immigration law illuminates the conflicted position of Chinese elites—disempowered by race yet empowered by class status—under exclusion. It also provides insights into the agency of Chinese elites in mobilizing resources to combat immigration abuses.

HIGH SENSITIVITY IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST FOR DETECTION OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN ORAL FLUID: A FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS OF ABUSE

Purpose: Illicit drug use poses a great threat to the integrity of our society and can lead to major problems such as traffic and workplace accidents, homicides, theft, terrorism mongering and suicide to name a few. Among the variety of commonly used drugs-of-abuse, cannabis, cocaine, opiates, amphetamine and its derivatives have been the most reported. Oral fluid drug testing has been gaining interest as an accurate screening method for the detection of illicit drugs in suspects under influence. In this study, the accuracy of NARCOTEC oral fluid drug-detection system was evaluated in comparison with the cut-off values. Methods: A handheld device (NARCOTEC version 01.02, Morpho Biotec Limited, London, UK), NARCOTEC test, was used to interpret a total of seven illegal drugs (benzodiazepines, benzodiazepines, opiates, methamphetamine / MDMA, amphetamine, ∆9-THC and cocaine) test results. For the positive control tests, the cassettes were opened and 80 µL of each positive control solution was pipetted onto the appropriate sample pad lane and allowed 3-5 mins to migrate to the end of the nitrocellulose membrane before the cassettes were read by the handheld device. For the negative control tests, the negative control solutions were pipetted at 80 µL to each of the three lanes without any distinction and allowed 3-5 mins to flow before the cassettes were read by the handheld device (Figure 2). 40 positive and 40 negative control tests were performed and read by the handheld device. Finally the accuracy of the analysis for each analyte was determined. Results and conclusion: Positive and negative control samples were each assayed in 40 different replicates. Among the 80 tests, only BZD yielded one false-negative result within the positive control samples. In this study, NARCOTEC drug detection system was able to detect seven illicit drugs (benzodiazepines, opiates, methamphetamine/MDMA, amphetamine, ∆9-THC and cocaine) with a 99% accuracy and within as little as 5 min. This indicates that NARCOTEC can be safely used for point-of-care drug tests including roadside tests, forensics screening, workplaces, immigration offices, air controllers, pilots and travel ports.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OF IMMIGRATION POLYTECHNIC CADETS ON FIRE DISASTER VICTIMS IN THE WORK AREA OF IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLASS II BORDER CONTROL TANJUNG BALAI

Community dedication activities are routine activities carried out while undergoing LATJAPURA (Latihan Kerja Bhumi Pura) to bring Immigration Polytechnic Cadets closer to all levels of society, one of which is by giving support and assistance to community members who are affected by disasters. In this case, 5 Immigration Polytechnic cadets distributed aid directly to the victims of the fire disaster in the working area of the Class II TPI Immigration Office of Tanjung Balai. This activity aims as a sense of sensitivity and concern for the community and creates a positive impression to the Immigration Polytechnic.

COORDINATION MEETING AND JOINT OPERATIONS OF THE FOREIGNER SUPERVISION TEAM (TIMPORA) IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLASS I BORDER CONTROL MALANG

the purpose of the implementation of this activity is to carry out supervision in order to enforce immigration law in the area of the Immigration Office Class I TPI Malang. coordination between government agencies and owners/managers/inn providers and companies in the context of supervising the presence and activities of foreign nationals in the area of the Immigration Office Class I TPI Malang. This Foreigner Supervision activity is part of the effort to realize the improvement of security order and stability in the region in order to anticipate the negative influence of the presence and activities of foreigners, exchange of information and a comprehensive inventory of problems related to the presence and activities of foreigners in the Immigration Office area of class 1 TPI Malang.

KENDARI IMMIGRATION PODCAST (IKEPO) AS A MEANS OF INTRODUCING IMMIGRATION POLYTECHNICS TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHEAST SULAWESI

This socialization aims to introduce the Immigration Polytechnic to the people of Southeast Sulawesi through a Podcast held in collaboration with the Immigration Office Class I TPI Kendari under the name of the IKEPO program (Imigrasi Kendari Podcast). This podcast is broadcast live on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube and is part of a series of Immigration Polytechnic Latjapura 2021. Hopefully, the information provided by Immigration Polytechnic Students can increase public awareness about Immigration, especially Immigration Polytechnic and attract students in Southeast Sulawesi to continue their education at Immigration Polytechnic.

THE ROLE OF IMMIGRATION POLYTECHNIC CADETS IN PREVENTING NON-PROCEDURAL PMI (INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKER) SOCIALIZATION WITH IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLASS II OF NON-BORDER CONTROL MADIUN IN MAGETAN REGENCY

Nowadays, in order to meet the increasing economic needs, one of the attractive jobs for Indonesians because of their promising income is working abroad as Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI). However, due to the lack of understanding and knowledge of the community as well as several other limitations, many of the people who are interested in becoming PMI use channels that are not in accordance with the applicable administration. The presence of Non-Procedural PMI can actually endanger the safety of the person and give a bad image to other countries. Therefore, taking advantage of the Latjapura moment in 2021, the Immigration Polytechnic Cadets took the initiative to take part in socializing the prevention of Non-Procedural PMI together with the Madiun Immigration Office in Magetan Regency. With this socialization method, this activity went smoothly and resulted in an understanding to the public of the dangers of becoming a Non-Procedural PMI and the ease of making passports for PMIs through proper administration.

SOCIALIZATION OF ONLINE PASSPORT QUEUE REGISTRATION (APAPO) AND EAZY PASSPORT APPLICATIONS BY TARUNA AND EMPLOYEES OF IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLASS I BORDER CONTROL LAMPUNG

Immigration polytechnic cadets have the obligation to carry out community service, this is in accordance with the Tri Dharma of Higher Education in the third point. As a form of this service, the Immigration Polytechnic cadets together with immigration officers carry out outreach activities to the public regarding Eazy Passport and the Online Passport Queue Registration (APAPO) application. and efficient.

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES ESPECIALLY PASSPORT ISSUANCE THROUGH EAZY PASSPORT ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA IMMIGRATION OFFICE CLASS I BORDER CONTROLI BALIKPAPAN

Improving the quality of public services, especially in the process of issuing passports, requires innovation and policies that support easy access by every community. One of the policies that have been implemented nationally is the collective passport issuance pick-up service known as the Eazy Passport. This service is an innovation that expects the willingness of people who want to have a passport but do not want to come to the Immigration Office alone. The Eazy Passport service can be submitted by agencies, government offices, or communities who wish to submit a collective passport application. Data collection and other necessary things that are usually done at the Immigration Office can be done easily at a mutually agreed location. Eazy Passport activities that have been submitted to the Immigration Office will be carried out on the specified date by bringing the necessary equipment and supplies. This activity was carried out at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes in East Kalimantan, Ministry of Finance. This activity was welcomed by employees and their families and relatives who registered with the Immigration Office regarding the issuance of their passports. These passport applicants no longer need to carry the necessary files and equipment when carrying out biometric data collection activities so that the implementation runs effectively and efficiently and speeds up the passport issuance process

Banal bordering: Everyday encounters between migrants and security officers

Abstract The encounter between a migrant and the state is almost always fraught. The power of the state to approve or deny immigration status produces a power imbalance whereby the migrant is subject to the whim of the state. This research extracts encounters between migrants, police, immigration officers, and interpreters in the UK to conceptualise how the minutia of these encounters, and the standardised practices they involve, might impact the ability of migrants to express themselves and exercise their own voice in interactions. Adopting a reflexive ethnographic methodology, and using data gathered with police workers as a pilot case, I consider how the varied objectives of agencies and actors in the migration sector intersect with migrant experiences in practice. Ultimately, implications for migrant security lie in the recognition that migrant voice can be obscured as a result of mundane and everyday procedures. Banal bordering processes can go unnoticed and unaddressed by policy makers, but are often loaded with meaning for migrants subject to them. The vulnerability of migrants and the unbalanced nature of encounters between migrants and the state highlights how state power manifests at an everyday level, suggesting that insecurity is not unique to migrants without documents, but is present in all encounters between migrants and the state. Nevertheless, the professionals who are interacting with migrants are often in a position whereby they have the experiential expertise to offer workable, though limited, solutions, although they do not always have access to the channels or the resources necessary to implement them.

Protecting the American Dream: a Pediatric Imperative.

* Abbreviations: AAP — : American Academy of Pediatrics VVN — : Vital Village Network The American dream is a fundamental ethos of the nation passed from generation to generation. In 1931, James Truslow Adams coined the term as “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone.” Most Americans across all incomes still believe their children and grandchildren will achieve the American dream.1 Yet, in reality, it is out of most children’s reach. The American dream is intrinsically tied to the capacity for upward mobility, whereby children can grow up to surpass their parent’s income level. The groundbreaking work of Harvard Professor of Public Economics Dr Raj Chetty reveals that there is less upward mobility in the United States today than at any other time, likely because of lower overall economic growth and greater inequality in its distribution. Specifically, Chetty et al2 found that, since 1940, the fraction of children who earn more than their parents has fallen from >90% to ∼50%. However, the decline in the American dream is not equally distributed across the United States. Chetty et al3 has revealed great variation in upward mobility, with significant differences even among neighborhoods within the same city. Higher–upward-mobility areas are associated with less residential segregation and income inequality and greater … Address correspondence to Arvin Garg, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655. E-mail: Arvin.Garg{at}umassmemorial.org