Immigration and America`s future a new chapter : report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America`s Future
Abraham, Spencer Hamilton, Lee Meissner, Doris M
Immigration and America`s future a new chapter : report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America`s Future - Washington Migration Policy Institute 2006 - xxii,153p. ill. 26 cm.
"September 2006." "Convened by the Migration Policy Institute in partnership with Manhattan Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars."--Task Force web site.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. Introduction -- II. Why is immigration important? -- The economy and demography of the 21st century -- Immigration and the identity of the country -- Foreign policy and national security -- III. What is wrong with US immigration policy and practice? -- Illegal immigration -- Temporary immigration -- The legal immigration selection system -- Filling a vacuum : state and local roles -- IV. An immigration policy and system for the 21st century -- The current debate -- New assumptions -- V. Attracting the immigrants the United States wants and needs -- Numbers and categories of immigration -- Flexibility in the immigration system : the Standing Commission on Immigration and Labor Markets -- VI. Enforcing the rules -- Employer verification -- Enforcement at US borders -- Immigration enforcement and national security -- Protecting workers -- Other enforcement -- VII. Immigrant integration -- Integration policy challenges -- The unauthorized population -- VIII. Strengthening institutional capacity -- Policy processes and interagency coordination -- Policy information -- Implementing new mandates -- IX. The regional context of immigration -- Economic development -- Migration management.
Executive summary and prefatory materials available on Task Force web site.
9780974281933
2007274895
Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
Immigration enforcement--United States.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
JV6465 / .I4726 2006
325.73 / ME-I
Immigration and America`s future a new chapter : report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America`s Future - Washington Migration Policy Institute 2006 - xxii,153p. ill. 26 cm.
"September 2006." "Convened by the Migration Policy Institute in partnership with Manhattan Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars."--Task Force web site.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. Introduction -- II. Why is immigration important? -- The economy and demography of the 21st century -- Immigration and the identity of the country -- Foreign policy and national security -- III. What is wrong with US immigration policy and practice? -- Illegal immigration -- Temporary immigration -- The legal immigration selection system -- Filling a vacuum : state and local roles -- IV. An immigration policy and system for the 21st century -- The current debate -- New assumptions -- V. Attracting the immigrants the United States wants and needs -- Numbers and categories of immigration -- Flexibility in the immigration system : the Standing Commission on Immigration and Labor Markets -- VI. Enforcing the rules -- Employer verification -- Enforcement at US borders -- Immigration enforcement and national security -- Protecting workers -- Other enforcement -- VII. Immigrant integration -- Integration policy challenges -- The unauthorized population -- VIII. Strengthening institutional capacity -- Policy processes and interagency coordination -- Policy information -- Implementing new mandates -- IX. The regional context of immigration -- Economic development -- Migration management.
Executive summary and prefatory materials available on Task Force web site.
9780974281933
2007274895
Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
Immigration enforcement--United States.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
JV6465 / .I4726 2006
325.73 / ME-I