TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abraham, Spencer
AU  - Hamilton, Lee
AU  - Meissner, Doris M
TI  - Immigration and America`s future : a new chapter : report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America`s Future 
SN  - 9780974281933
AV  - JV6465 .I4726 2006
U1  - 325.73 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Migration Policy Institute
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Immigration enforcement
KW  - United States
N1  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0714/2007274895.html
UR  - http://www.migrationpolicy.org/task_force/new_chapter_summary.pdf
ER  -