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| contentious national debate | Immigration Problem Identification: Immigration policy has been the subject of a ________________ for well over a century. |
| historical and cultural, short and long-term economic | Immigration Problem Identification: Pro-immigration Perspective: Emphasizes the ___________________ value of immigration, as well as the __________________________ benefits. |
| economic and cultural strengths, failings and costs of both legal and illegal immigration | Immigration Problem Identification: Pro-immigration Perspective: Immigration is said to add to the ____________________________ of the nation and that the ________________________________ are exaggerated. |
| substantial socioeconomic, social and budgetary, potential threats to national security | Immigration Problem Identification: Anti-immigration Perspective: Perceives a _________________________ problem, highlights the increasing _____________________ costs, and especially the _______________________________ of both legal and illegal immigration. |
| manage their population, control access to their borders, shape their national identities | Immigration Problem Identification: In general, the basis for immigration policy reflects a common desire among all nation-states to _____________________, __________________________, as well as to ____________________________. |
| what type of nation the state will be, who should be invited into the state | Immigration Problem Identification: Immigration policy is as much about defining _____________________________, as it is about ______________________________. |
| foreign nationals, what is lawful immigrant status, | Immigration Problem Identification: Determining which ____________________, and how many, should be permitted to immigrate, as well as defining ___________________________, is central to the debate. |
| entered the U.S. without inspection or with fraudulent documentation, entered legally, the terms of their visa status, remained in the U.S. without authority | Immigration Problem Identification: Illegal Alien: Foreign born national who __________________________________; or a foreign national who _________________, violated ______________________, and _______________________________. |
| a lawful permanent resident, privilege of living permanently in the U.S. | Immigration Problem Identification: Legal Immigrant: An alien admitted into the U.S. as _____________________________, accorded the . |
| control access and entry | Immigration Problem Identification: The underlying goal of all immigration policy is to ______________________, whether legal or illegal, into the United States. |
| Social | Economic | Moral | Cultural | National and Economic | Security | Immigration Problem Identification: Although control remains the central theme to all immigration policy it is possible to identify five more goals--what are they? |
| 1820 and 2007 | Immigration Problem Identification: According to the USCIS immigration to the U.S. between _____________________ was 73,118,778. |
| relatively steady, the amnesty program of 1986 | Immigration Problem Identification: Between 1970 and 2007, legal immigration remained __________________, except for the spike following _______________________, totaling 23,329,466. |
| played a central role in the growth of this nation's character | Immigration Problem Identification: What is clear is that immigration has _____________________________, unlike any other in the world. |
| extremely difficult to estimate, 13 million | Immigration Problem Identification: The number of illegal immigrants is ______________________. As of 2007 approximately ___________________ illegal aliens reside in the U.S. |
| state-to-state responsibility, regulation of immigration is a federal | Immigration Policy Agenda setting: Immigration policy was a __________________________ until the Supreme Court declared, in 1875, that the ___________________________ responsibility. |
| underlying character of xenophobia, economic and national security | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: U.S. immigration policy has had a recurrent _______________________________ (an intense fear or dislike of foreign people, their customs and culture, or foreign things) and a concern for ____________________________. |
| restrict immigration of certain groups through qualitative standards, prevent individuals of specific ethnic backgrounds, certain classes of workers, | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: Roughly from 1882 to 1921, the primary goal of immigration policy was to ______________________________. The goal of the federal government during this period was to _____________________________, as well as ________________________, from immigrating or remaining with the U.S. |
| Quantitative restrictions to immigration, Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924, quota system, national, ethnic, and cultural makeup | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: ______________________________ were established under the ___________________________. The goal of the _____________________ was to sustain a specific ____________________________________, based on the total number of the group within the U.S. |
| the context of WWII, threat posed by certain foreign nationals | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: During the 1940s, immigration policy was redefined within ___________________ and the perceived _______________________ to U.S. national security. |
| receive refugees and displaced persons, communist states | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: Following WWII the U.S. became more willing to _____________________________ particularly those from ________________________. |
| Immigration and Nationality Act, national origins quota system, seven-category preference system, reunite immigrant families | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: The 1965 ______________________________ repealed the ________________________________ that had been in place since 1920. INA-65 established a ____________________________ to attract a variety of skilled workers and ________________________. |
| penalize employers for hiring illegal aliens, knowingly hiring undocumented workers | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: In 1972, as a result of increased illegal immigration that followed the adoption of INA-65 the House of Representatives "made its first attempt to __________________________, imposing mild civil and criminal penalties for ________________________________." |
| Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), amnesty program, mandated oversight of the workplace and sanctioning | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: In 1986 the _______________________________ was passed establishing an _______________________ for illegal aliens and it sought to deter future illegal immigration through the first ______________________________ of employers. |
| Illegal Immigration Reform and Individual Responsibility Act (IIRIR), limiting access to social services, | Immigration Policy Agenda Setting: In 1996 the ________________________________ was passed and it focused on ____________________________ for the legal and illegal immigrant population. |
| employers | labor unions | communities that feel strapped by the demands that immigrants put on their services and infrastructure | those who are angered by the presence of millions of illegal immigrants and the fact that those millions are already present in this country | Immigration Policy formulation: Examples of the various constituencies involved in the immigration issue. |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Center for Comparative Immigration Studies | Center for Immigration Studies | Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) | Migration Dialogue | Migration Policy Institute | National Immigration Law Center | ACLU | Minuteman Project | National Governors Association | International Cities Managers Association | National Association of Mayors | Immigration policy interest groups and institutions. |
| most of the costs and risks of control, employers and consumers | Immigration Policy Adoption: The absence of consensus on alternatives locks in the current policy mix, under which unauthorized immigrants bear ______________________________ while benefits flow impressively to ____________________." |
| define the kind of nation America is and will be | Immigration Policy Evaluation: The area of immigration policy represents a continuing struggle by the public and its decision-makers to _______________________________. |
| the stage of policy implementation | Immigration Policy Evaluation: In part, the problems with immigration policy reside with ________________________________. |
| bad policy, ineffective implementation, evaluation of the implementation | Immigration Policy Evaluation: It could be argued that the failures of immigration policy stem not from _______________ but from ________________________ and limited ________________________. |
| a misunderstanding of the policy problem | perceptions of certain groups | a failure to provide sufficient resources to critical agencies | a disregarding of past failures | a poor understanding of implementation | Immigration Policy Evaluation: When driven by certain political interests, policy makers develop dramatic policy actions that fail to consider how _______________________________________________________________________ lead to poor policy design and execution. |
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