[PDF] Immigration Need To Reassess Us Policy Report To Congress eBook

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Release : 1976
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Report on and evaluation of migration policy in the USA - comments on the need for improved legislation and policy.

Author : United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 24,22 MB
Release : 2018-06-21
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ISBN : 9781721671458

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Immigration: Need to Reassess U.S. Policy

Author : Congressional Research Service: The Libr
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 29,57 MB
Release : 2013-10
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ISBN : 9781293024928

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Four major principles underlie current U.S. policy on permanent immigration: the reunification of families, the admission of immigrants with needed skills, the protection of refugees, and the diversity of admissions by country of origin. These principles are embodied in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The INA specifies a complex set of numerical limits and preference categories that give priorities for permanent immigration reflecting these principles. Legal permanent residents (LPRs) refer to foreign nationals who live permanently in the United States. During FY2008, a total of 1.1 million aliens became LPRs in the United States. Of this total, 64.7% entered on the basis of family ties. Other major categories in FY2008 were employment-based LPRs (including spouses and children) at 15.0%, and refugees/asylees adjusting to LPR status at 15.0%. Over 17% of all LPRs come from Mexico, which sent 189,989 LPRs in FY2008. Substantial efforts to reform legal immigration have failed in the recent past, prompting some to characterize the issue as a "zero-sum game" or a "third rail." The challenge inherent in reforming legal immigration is balancing employers' hopes to increase the supply of legally present foreign workers, families' longing to re-unite and live together, and a widely shared wish ...

Author : Roberto Suro
Publisher : Twentieth Century Foundation
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 30,45 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
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Immigration to the United States, legal and illegal, has increased dramatically during the last two decades, prompting a flurry of proposals and initiatives from across the political spectrum that would begin to close America's doors. Driven by the politics of deficit reduction, fear of foreigners, and a shrinking economic pie for American citizens, an intense and divisive debate has developed over how many immigrants the U.S. should accept, how it should pick them, what government benefits they should receive, and how far the nation should go to exclude the unwanted. In this book, Roberto Suro presents the facts about America's most recent wave of immigrants, examines current immigration policy, sorts through the conflicting agenda for reform, and offers recommendations that are both feasible and in the long-term public interest.