United States immigration policy on permanent and temporary admissions /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Nova Science,
[2013]
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| Series: | America political, economic, and security issues
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Table of Contents:
- UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION POLICY ON PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY ADMISSIONS ; UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION POLICY ON PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY ADMISSIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY ON PERMANENT ADMISSIONS*; SUMMARY ; OVERVIEW ; CURRENT LAW AND POLICY ; Worldwide Immigration Levels ; Per-Country Ceilings ; Other Permanent Immigration Categories ; ADMISSIONS TRENDS ; Immigration Patterns, 1900-2010 ; FY2010 Admissions ; BACKLOGS AND WAITING TIMES ; Visa Processing Dates ; Family-Based Visa Priority Dates ; Employment-Based Visa Retrogression
- Petition Processing Backlogs ISSUES AND OPTIONS IN THE 112TH CONGRESS30 ; Family-Based Preferences ; Effects of Current Economic Conditions on Legal Immigration ; Lifting Per-Country Ceilings ; Permanent Partners ; Point System47; Immigration Commission ; Interaction with Legalization Options ; APPENDIX A. TOP 50 SENDING COUNTRIES IN FY2010, BY CATEGORY OF LPR ; APPENDIX B. PROCESSING DATES FOR IMMIGRANT PETITIONS ; APPENDIX C. FY2001-FY2010 IMMIGRANTS, BY PREFERENCE CATEGORY ; APPENDIX D. RECENT LEGISLATIVE HISTORY ; Issues in the 108th Congress ; Legislation Passed in the 109th Congress
- Recaptured Visa Numbers for Nurses Recaptured Employment-Based Visa Numbers ; Major Issues in the 109th Congress ; President Bush's Immigration Reform Proposal ; Securing America's Borders Act (S. 2454)/Chairman's Mark; Comprehensive Immigration Reform (S. 2611) ; Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act (S. 1033/H.R. 2330); Comprehensive Enforcement and Immigration Reform Act of 2005 ; Immigration Accountability Act of 2005 ; Enforcement First Immigration Reform Act of 2005; Reducing Immigration to a Genuinely Healthy Total (RIGHT) Act of 2005
- Additional Immigration Reduction Legislation Permanent Partners ; Major Legislation in the 110th Congress ; S. 1639, Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007; SKIL (S. 1038/H.R. 1930) ; STRIVE (H.R. 1645) ; Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act ; Nuclear Family Priority Act ; End Notes ; Chapter 2 U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY ON TEMPORARY ADMISSIONS* ; SUMMARY; OVERVIEW ; Introduction ; Congressional Activity ; Policy Tensions; Arguments that Temporary Migration is Profitable ; Arguments that Temporary Migration is Costly
- Arguments that Temporary Migration Strengthens the United States Arguments that Temporary Migration Presents Vulnerabilities ; Broad Categories of Nonimmigrants ; Diplomats and Other International Representatives ; Visitors as Business Travelers and Tourists ; Visa Waiver Program ; Border Crossing Card or "Laser Visa" ; Multinational Corporate Executives and International Investors ; Temporary Workers ; Cultural Exchange; Foreign Students ; Family-Related Visas; Law Enforcement-Related Visas ; Aliens in Transit and Crew Members ; Exclusion and Removal ; Inadmissibility