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Illegal immigration : a reference handbook / Michael C. LeMay.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LeMay, Michael C., 1941-
- Series:
- Contemporary world issues
- ABC-CLIO's contemporary world issues series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Noncitizens--United States.
- Noncitizens.
- Illegal immigration--United States.
- Illegal immigration.
- United States.
- Noncitizens--Government policy--United States.
- Illegal immigration--Government policy--United States.
- Noncitizens--Government policy.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 341 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2007]
- Contents:
- 1 Background and History 1
- Introduction: The Nature of Unauthorized Immigration 1
- The Roots of the Problem 3
- The Change in Legal Immigration: Setting the Stage for Illegal Immigration 7
- The Crisis of Border Control: Illegal Immigration and the Enactment of IRCA 10
- Border Security and Anti-Terrorism Concerns 20
- Creating the Department of Homeland Security: Dissolving the INS 24
- 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions 31
- Current Domestic-Policy Concerns 32
- Amnesty or Legalization Issues of Current Unauthorized Immigrants 32
- Incorporation of Illegal Immigrants and Their Children 41
- Border Control and Management Issues 47
- The Cost of Illegal Immigration 56
- Guest-Worker Issues 58
- Restructuring the INS 61
- Current Proposals 63
- Other Proposals 66
- State-Initiated Proposals 70
- 3 Worldwide Perspective 83
- Amnesty or "Regularisation" Issues 84
- Control of Illegal Immigration 87
- Global Refugee Issues and Illegal Immigration 92
- Border-Management Issues 95
- Plagues and Illegal Immigration 97
- Illegal Immigration and Economic Development Issues 104
- The Economics of Illegal Immigration 107
- Regional Approaches to Illegal Migration Issues 108
- The European Union 111
- Precursor Legislation: Setting the Stage for Things to Come 117
- The Revolving-Door Era, 1965 to 2000 124
- The Storm-Door Era: 2001-? 131
- Angelo Amador 137
- John Ashcroft 138
- Roy Beck 138
- Robert Beauprez 139
- Robert Bennett 139
- Sandford D. Bishop 140
- Patrick Buchanan 140
- George Walker Bush 141
- Jeanne Butterfield 141
- Chris Cannon 142
- James Earl Carter Jr. 143
- Saxby Chambliss 143
- Linda Chavez 143
- Michael Chertoff 144
- William Jefferson Clinton 145
- John Cornyn 146
- Larry Craig 146
- Tom Delay 147
- Dianne Feinstein 147
- Barney Frank 148
- Antonio O. Garza 148
- Robert Goldsborough 149
- Alberto Gonzales 149
- Bob Goodlatte 150
- Chuck Hagel 150
- J. D. Hayworth 151
- Tamar Jacoby 151
- Lyndon Baines Johnson 152
- Edward Kennedy 152
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy 153
- Peter King 153
- Mark Krikorian 154
- Jon Kyl 154
- Richard Lamm 155
- Joseph I. Lieberman 155
- Susan Forbes Martin 156
- John McCain 157
- Candice Miller 157
- Charles Norwood 158
- Demetrios Papademetriou 158
- Nancy Pelosi 159
- Richard Pombo 159
- Ronald Reagan 160
- Silvestre Reyes 160
- Charles E. Schumer 161
- James Sensenbrenner 161
- Frank Sharry 162
- Christopher H. Smith 162
- Gordon H. Smith 162
- Lamar S. Smith 163
- Arlen Specter 163
- John E. Sununu 164
- Roberto Suro 164
- Tom Tancredo 165
- John H. Tanton 166
- Georges Vernez 166
- Ron Wyden 167
- 6 Data and Documents 169
- Key Legislative Actions, 1965-2006 186
- Act of November 2, 1966, to Adjust the Status of Cuban Refugees 190
- Act of October 20, 1976, to Amend the 1965 Immigration Act 191
- Act of March 17, 1980-The Refugee Act of 1980 192
- Executive Summary Recommendations of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, 1981 195
- INS v. Chadha et al., 1983 197
- Jean et al. v. Nelson, 1985 198
- Act of November 6, 1986-The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 199
- California's Proposition 187-The "Save Our State" Initiative 205
- LULAC et al. v. Pete Wilson, et al. 211
- Welfare Reform Act of 1996 212
- Immigration Provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 212
- Act of September 30, 1996-Illegal Immigration Provisions of the Omnibus Spending Bill 214
- USA Patriot Act of 2001 219
- Homeland Security Act of November 19, 2002 221
- 7 Directory of Organizations and Government Agencies 225
- National Government Agencies and Organizations 225
- International Agencies and Organizations 233
- Domestic Advocacy Agencies and Organizations 237
- Immigration Research Centers and Think Tanks 260
- 8 Selected Print and Nonprint Resources 271
- Leading Scholarly Journals 290
- Reports and Government Documents 301
- Nonprint Resources 304.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1598840398
- 9781598840391
- 1598840401
- 9781598840407
- OCLC:
- 72353763
- Online:
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