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Author LeMay, Michael C., 1941-

Title Illegal immigration : a reference handbook / Michael C. LeMay
Published Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©2007
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 341 pages)
Series Contemporary world issues.
Contents List of tables and figures -- Preface -- 1. Background and history -- Introduction : the nature of unauthorized immigration -- The roots of the problem -- The change in legal immigration : setting the stage for illegal immigration -- The crisis of border control : illegal immigration and the enactment of IRCA -- Border security and anti-terrorism concerns -- Creating the Department of Homeland Security : Dissolving the INS -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Introduction -- Current domestic-policy concerns -- Amnesty of legalization issues of current unauthorized immigrants -- Incorporation of illegal immigrants and their children -- Border control and management issues -- The cost of illegal immigration -- Guest-worker issues -- Restructuring the INS -- Current proposals -- Other proposals -- State-initiated proposals -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. Worldwide perspective -- Introduction -- Amnesty or "regularisation: issues -- Control of illegal immigration -- Global refugee issues and illegal immigration -- Border-management issues -- Plagues and illegal immigration -- Illegal immigration and economic development issues -- The economics of illegal immigration -- Regional approaches to illegal migration issues -- The European Union -- Conclusion -- References
4. Chronology -- Precursor legislation : setting the stage for things to come -- The revolving-door era, 1965 to 2000 -- The storm-door era : 2001-? -- References -- 5. Biographical sketches -- Angelo Amador -- John Ashcroft -- Roy Beck -- Robert Beauprez -- Robert Bennett -- Stanford D. Bishop -- Patrick Buchanan -- George Walker Bush -- Jeanne Butterfield -- Chris Cannon -- James Earl Carter Jr. -- Saxby Chambliss -- Linda Chavez -- Michael Chertoff -- William Jefferson Clinton -- John Cornyn -- Larry Craig -- Tom Delay-- Dianne Feinstein -- Barney Frank -- Antonio O. Garza -- Robert Goldsborough -- Alberto Gonzales -- Bob Goodlatte -- Chuck Hagel -- J.D. Hayworth -- Tamar Jacoby -- Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Edward Kennedy -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy -- Peter King -- Mark Krikorian -- Jon Kyl -- Richard Lamm -- Joseph I. Lieberman -- Susan Forbes Martin -- John McCain -- Candice Miller -- Charles Norwood -- Demetrios Papademetriou -- Nancy Pelosi -- Richard Pombo -- Ronald Reagan -- Silvestre Reyes -- Charles E. Schumer -- James Sensenbrenner -- Frank Sharry -- Christopher H. Smith -- Gordon H. Smith -- Lamar S. Smith -- Arlen Specter -- John E. Sununu -- Roberto Suro -- Tom Tancredo -- John H. Tanton -- Georges Vernez -- Ron Wyden -- References
6. Data and documents -- Introduction -- Tables and figures -- Key legislative actions, 1965-2006 -- Summary of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 -- Act of November 2, 1996, to adjust the status of Cuban refugees -- Act of October 20, 1976, to amend the 1965 Immigration Act -- Act of March 17, 1980 -- The Refugee Act of 1980 -- Executive Summary Recommendations of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, 1981 -- INS v. Chadha et al., 1983 -- Jean et al. v. Nelson, 1985 -- Act of November 6, 1986 -- The Immigration Reform and Control ACt of 1986 -- California's Proposition 187 -- The "Save Our State" Initiative -- LULAC et al. v. Pete Wilson, et al. -- Welfare Reform Act of 1996 -- Immigration Provisions of the Welfare Reform Act -- Act of September 30, 1996 -- Illegal Immigration Provisions of the Omnibus Spending Bill -- USA Patriot Act of 2001 -- Homeland Security Act of November 19, 2002 -- References
7. Directory of organizations and government agencies -- National government agencies and organizations -- International agencies and organizations -- Domestic advocacy agencies and organizations -- Immigration research centers and think tanks -- 8. Selected print and nonprint resources -- Books -- Leading scholarly journals -- Reports and government documents -- Nonprint resources -- Glossary -- Index -- About the author
Summary Provides an overview of illegal immigration in America from 1965 to the present by discussing its history, controversies, laws, key legislative action, organizations involved, and proposed solutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT USA Government gnd
USA / Regierung. swd
Subject Noncitizens -- United States.
Noncitizens -- Government policy -- United States
Illegal immigration -- United States
Illegal immigration -- Government policy -- United States
Noncitizens.
Undocumented Immigrants
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Illegal aliens -- Government policy -- United States.
Illegal aliens -- United States.
Illegal immigration
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Noncitizens
Noncitizens -- Government policy
Einwanderungspolitik
Illegaler Einwanderer
Customs law.
Illegal immigrants.
National security.
Public policy.
United States of America.
Noncitizens.
SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Subject United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
United States
Genre/Form Reference works
Reference works.
Ouvrages de référence.
Form Electronic book
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