Immigration

The United States has a long history of immigration laws. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, (INA) with some major, and many minor changes, continues to be the basic immigration law of the country. ... Congress has total and complete authority over immigration. ... The need to stem illegal immigration prompted Congress to enact the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. ... http://www,legal-database.com/immigrationlaw.htm Immigration Law Immigration Law Description: Immigration law is the ...

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Immigration is the act of entering a country with the intention of staying there permanently. ... "The Center for Immigration Studies estimated in 1995 that immigration costs us a net $29 billion a year--more than the combined budgets of the Departments of State, Justice and Interior."... The campaign focus on immigration is a result of growing concern around the country, as more and more Americans become vocal in their opposition to mass immigration. ... Yet while poll after poll shows that the public is anxious to consider a wide array of immigration reforms, legal and illegal immigration co...

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The U.S immigration law is one of the most highly regulated immigration laws in the world. ... Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995 is one of the immigration policies that cut off employment-based and family-based immigration drastically. ... Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995 cuts off immigration and reduces immigrant's benefits. ... Due to such a regulated immigration law, in recent past years, immigration to the U.S has dropped significantly. ... To prevent the nation from having illegal immigration, the U.S immigration law has been made one of the most regula...

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By the year 1965, the US operated on a quota immigration system that was based on national origin. ... These debates finally led to the Immigration Reform Act of 1986. The aim of this act was to curb illegal immigration by providing a better way to enforce immigration policies and in addition giving one more possibilities to get legally into the country. ... Immigration increased by a monumental level, that is the first major pattern. ... In fact, during the World War II, immigration had significantly crushed. ...

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In 1885, Chinese immigrants were brought to Canada to build a national railway and after its completion; the Canadian government prohibited the families of these workers from immigrating to Canada by passing the Chinese Immigration Act (Abu-Laban & Gabriel, 2003, p.294). ... This act was called the Immigration and Refugee Protection act (IRPA). ... Canada's current policy has three classifications of immigration: Family Reunification, Economic Immigrant, and Refugee. Approximately 30% of immigrants come through the Family Reunification program (Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 2009)...

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Pro Immigration Immigration has played an important role in American history, and the United States continues to have the most open immigration policy in the world. ... Too often do families get separated by immigration laws and are destroyed. ... This is due to our current Immigration laws that has separated families rather than unify them. ... Poverty in the US is being driven by immigration policy. If immigration policies were revised, people could earn more and have a better jobs. ...

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By this period Italian immigration had evolved into a stream of humanity. ... Immigration of the Italians was precipitated by various factors. ... The dynamism of Italian immigration may also be attributed by the immigration of women and families. ... Conclusively, immigration into the United States was not easy for the Italians. ... The Italian immigration experience can be explored with regards to the manner in which Italian American immigrants settled in the contexts where they immigrated to. ...

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Illegal Aliens A Problem of Immigration Immigration is not the problem. ... Modifications of immigration laws and new immigration laws were just beginning and so to were the problems. ... Immigration, encouraged with lenient immigration laws, flourished. ... What makes immigration illegal? ... Many laws have been enacted to control immigration, or prevent illegal immigration. ...

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Open Immigration Policies: Good or Bad? There is an ongoing debate in today's world about whether or not immigration is helpful or detrimental to a country. ... Immigration policy be? I believe that the policy on immigration should be mirrored to the way that it was in the beginning of the 20th Century. ... In order for the world to be a better place we must stop being afraid of immigration and live by the saying that we so proudly show to the world on the Statue of Liberty, for immigration is the reason that we are here and to be against immigration is to be against your ancestors...

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According to a study of the Center for Immigration Study in 2010 found that only 30 of the world's 194 countries grant citizenship at birth to the children of undocumented foreign residents, (Feere, Jon). ... The next case will present the legality of birthright citizenship, the legal decisions of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, data provided by census, Congressional hearings, previous research, and the position of the society on the subject of matter. ... But first according to the Handbook of Immigration Law, "The petitioner (the mother) must provide birth certificat...

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