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( 2005 年12) 聯北羅 福路 email:yftseng@.tw 流離2004 年六論見 兩匿見 NSC93-2412-H-002-010 1 論立理 利 利不不 立 識識見 不 了更 流來 留/來 力論 來 了力 降勵 論 立 凌牢不量 理陸陸 陸力來 留力流 2 Who can be Us? Class Selection in Immigration Policy Abstract There has been an increasing significance of class selection in immigration policy prevalent in many countries, a trend part of what has been called a global ‘convergence’ of immigration policies. In this article, I begin with a thesis to synthesize the logic behind such ‘convergence’. When policy makers are more concerned with economic return of potential immigrants to host countries, they are more likely to heavily rely on class background as immigration selection criterion. The question remains: what makes contemporary immigration policy move to value class background of immigrants more than other social characteristics such as race, ethnicity, and nationality? I argue that nation state’s policies responding to two globalization processes trigger such change. First, to resolve the contradiction of two circulation regimes, namely the free flow of trade and capital, and the restricted mobility of people, nation state tends to adopts immigration policies that differentiate entry and residing status among foreigners with different