U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Families.

Noncitizens.

Passports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (38 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Outlines brief history of U.S. family-based immigration admissions policies, discusses current law governing admissions, and summarizes recommendations made by previous congressionally mandated committees charged with evaluating immigration policy. Presents descriptive figures on legal immigrants entering the U.S. during the past decade, and reviews sizable backlog of approved immigrant petitioners waiting for an immigrant visa. Discusses selected policy issues.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy

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