Provide a current policy example, use the theories of politics (such as elite, group, or rational choice) to help explain the policy. Explain how the assumptions associated with these theories help explain the outcome.

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The United States has an immigration policy, commonly referred to as the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The policy directs all governmental operations regarding the admission and expulsion of immigrants into the United States. Rational choice theory and elite theory are two of the prominent political theories. The central tenet in the theory revolves around the notion that politics is a game of interests (Wittek, 2013). Most politicians undertake a particular course of action…