Power of Non-Governmental Organizations: Path to Private Sponsorship of Refugees in the United States

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2024-2

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Oyan Örsel, Mesude Aslınur

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This thesis examines how advocacy networks and coalitions have influenced the responses of U.S. administrations to mass migration influxes around the world. It investigates the path to the launch of a new resettlement program in the United States, Welcome Corps- Private Sponsorship of Refugees. It provides details on the migration policies of the last three U.S. administrations, starting from Barack Obama's second term, Donald Trump, and Joseph Biden, by comparing these policies to the objectives of the advocacy non-governmental organizations. The study is based on the transnational advocacy networks theory developed by Keck and Sikkink, arguing that they, as non-traditional actors, have the capacity to strategically utilize information so as to form new issues and convince, put pressure and have leverage over governments and more vital authorities. This study explores how non-governmental organizations, as forming units of advocacy networks and coalitions, have impacted the last three U.S. administrations’ immigration and policy processes with their framing and advocacy efforts.

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Private sponsorship of refugees, Resettlement, Non-governmental organizations, Policy impact, Agenda-setting

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/108461

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis