Beside the golden door : U.S. immigration reform in a new era of globalization / Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orrenius, Pia M., author.

Zavodny, Madeline, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--United States.

Globalization.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : AEI Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beside the Golden Door: U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization proposes a radical overhaul of current immigration policy designed to strengthen economic competitiveness and long-run growth. Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny outline a plan that favors employment-based immigration over family reunification, making work-based visas the rule, not the exception. They argue that immigration policy should favor high-skilled workers while retaining avenues for low-skilled immigration; family reunification should be limited to spouses and minor children; provisional visas should be th

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Challenge: Picking up the Pieces; U.S. Immigration Policy: A Checkered Past; The Current Policy Morass; What to Keep: The Best Aspects of Current Policy; What to Reform: The Worst Aspects of Current Policy; Conclusion; 2. The Goal: Pro-Growth Immigration Policy; A New Era of Globalization; Economic Effects of Immigration; Immigration Policies: A Global Perspective; Goal 1: Prioritize Employment-Based Migration; Goal 2: Set Flexible Caps that Increase with Economic Growth

Goal 3: Encourage Short-Term MigrationGoal 4: Mitigate Negative Labor Market Impacts; Goal 5: Limit Adverse Fiscal Impacts; Goal 6: End Illegal Immigration; Conclusion; 3. The Way: Market-Based Immigration Reform; Provisional Immigration Based on Work; Employers and Permits; Workers and Visas; The Government's Role; Permit Auctions; Family-Based Immigration; The Current Queue; Illegal Immigration; High-Immigrant Communities; Conclusion; 4. What the plan does not include and Why; Why not use a Point System?; Why not allow Open Immigration?; Why not have a Guest-Worker Program?

Why not deport all Unauthorized Immigrants?Why not end Birthright Citizenship?; Conclusion; Conclusion: Beyond the Golden Door; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed December 11, 2023).

ISBN:

9786613928870

9781283616423

1283616424

9780844743523

0844743526