Author: Clairissa RadykoLebanese Emigration Research Center
SYNOPSIS:
The author analyzes American migration policy toward Lebanon as it changed in tandem with the events that have unfolded in Lebanon since 1975 in order to understand what impact each factor played in shaping actual Lebanese migration to the United States. Certain events endogenous to Lebanon have served as push factors in the course of Lebanese migration to the United States, but American immigration policy has played, as well, a prominent role in determining the levels of actual migration. The result of these mutual...
