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Special immigration situations in the United States / Austin Banks, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Immigration in the 21st Century: Political, Social and Economic Issues
- Immigration in the 21st century : Political, Social and Economic Issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Government policy--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrant children--Government policy--United States.
- Immigrant children.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- United States.
- United States. Immigration and Nationality Act.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Special immigrants comprise a category of permanent employment-based admissions under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). While the special immigrant category is unique, it does bear some similarities to other admission categories that are authorized by other sections of the INA, including refugees and Amerasian children. When civil unrest, violence, or natural disasters erupt in spots around the world, concerns arise over the safety of foreign nationals from these troubled places who are in the United States. Provisions exist in the INA to offer temporary protected status (TPS) or reli
- Contents:
- SPECIAL IMMIGRATION SITUATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES; SPECIAL IMMIGRATION SITUATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: IRAQI AND AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAMS; Chapter 2: TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS: CURRENT IMMIGRATION POLICY AND ISSUES; Chapter 3: SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILES: IN BRIEF; Chapter 4: UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN: POTENTIAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO RECENT IMMIGRATION; Chapter 5: REFUGEE ADMISSIONS AND RESETTLEMENT POLICY; Chapter 6: ASYLUM AND "CREDIBLE FEAR" ISSUES IN U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 22, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-63482-678-7
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