On this issue, Sassen considers that the "economic globalization denationalizes national economies; in contrast, immigration is renationalizing politics" (1996, 63). In this sense, she points out the fact that immigration has become a major issue in the internal politics of the countries because it poses particular stress on the working force of the country as well as on the security of the national borders. More precisely, "when it comes to immigration, there is a daily need to process applications, accept, reject, drive to detention centers, drive from detention centers, patrol the borders, catch, fail to catch, rescue from leaking ships in the high seas and in the low seas" (1996, 66). Therefore, it can be said that from this point-of-view, the immigration issue weights heavily on the way in which domestic policy is conducted.
The impact of the immigration flagellum is being felt at the national as well as international level. There is a complex dynamics which is triggered by immigration. In this sense, Sassen argues...
This comes to point out the fact that the main factor which characterizes the system of national states is being placed in doubt. Therefore, the issue of sovereignty is no longer a certified characteristic of international law and regulation; it is rather one that can be overridden, not necessarily through breaking the law, but by letting free the forces of globalization.
Overall, it can be said that globalization poses certain challenges to the new world order which is still governed by the national states. However, the system of the state is attacked by forces which it cannot deny, but which it faces with difficulty. These aspects pointed out it can be concluded that indeed immigration is one such force which challenges the new world order.
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Sassen, Saskia. Losing control? Sovereignty in the age of globalization. Columbia…
