immigration judges of nearly all the discretion they once had. More and more of these lawyers are going to federal court and challenging the laws as unconstitutional (Beebe, 2000)
Hunt did say that "A deportable alien's detention cannot be excessive" and that the time Sengchanh has been in custody "passes any such threshold." However, the INS refused, saying that its preliminary decision is to keep Sengchanh in custody because he "failed to demonstrate with clear and convincing evidence that you are not a danger to the community if released" (Bixler, 2000, p
4% of households were headed by an immigrant and received 13.1% of all cash benefits (Borjas, 1995, pp
As Bratsberg writes, Empirical studies of population growth conclude that the net population increase due to illegal immigration ranged from 100,000 to 300,000 per annum between 1980 and 1986. And despite the intent of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, there is no indication that the yearly flow of illegal immigrants has decreased since the passage of the act (Bratsberg, 1995)
This is another concern raised by some as a threat to both the economy and the social order. One of the concerns raised by Brimelow is clearly part of the fear many people seem to have about immigration, that allowing too many people from another part of the world into this country endangers our idea of a nation, or nation-state, "a sovereign structure that is the political expression of a specific ethno-cultural group" (Brimelow, 1998, p
The push for welfare reform in the late 1990s was directed in part at limiting access for the immigrant population, legal and illegal, and even then, an estimated 34% of households headed by legal Mexican immigrants and 25% headed by illegal Mexican immigrants used at least one major welfare program, in contrast to 15% of native households. Mexican immigrants who have lived in the United States for more than 20 years, almost all of whom are legal residents, still have double the welfare use rate of natives (Camarota, 2001, para
The term "aggravated felon" once referred to rapists, murderers, and drug traffickers, but the new law includes drunken drivers, shoplifters, and check bouncers. There is also no time limit so that many detainees are held for offenses dating back more than a decade (Ackerman, 1998, p
He knew he would never be approved as a legal immigrant and so crossed the border illegally. He works two or three times a week and barely makes enough to live on, but that is still more than he could make in Mexico (Ashabranner, 1996, pp
immigration judges of nearly all the discretion they once had. More and more of these lawyers are going to federal court and challenging the laws as unconstitutional (Beebe, 2000)
Hunt did say that "A deportable alien's detention cannot be excessive" and that the time Sengchanh has been in custody "passes any such threshold." However, the INS refused, saying that its preliminary decision is to keep Sengchanh in custody because he "failed to demonstrate with clear and convincing evidence that you are not a danger to the community if released" (Bixler, 2000, p
4% of households were headed by an immigrant and received 13.1% of all cash benefits (Borjas, 1995, pp
As Bratsberg writes, Empirical studies of population growth conclude that the net population increase due to illegal immigration ranged from 100,000 to 300,000 per annum between 1980 and 1986. And despite the intent of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, there is no indication that the yearly flow of illegal immigrants has decreased since the passage of the act (Bratsberg, 1995)
This is another concern raised by some as a threat to both the economy and the social order. One of the concerns raised by Brimelow is clearly part of the fear many people seem to have about immigration, that allowing too many people from another part of the world into this country endangers our idea of a nation, or nation-state, "a sovereign structure that is the political expression of a specific ethno-cultural group" (Brimelow, 1998, p
The push for welfare reform in the late 1990s was directed in part at limiting access for the immigrant population, legal and illegal, and even then, an estimated 34% of households headed by legal Mexican immigrants and 25% headed by illegal Mexican immigrants used at least one major welfare program, in contrast to 15% of native households. Mexican immigrants who have lived in the United States for more than 20 years, almost all of whom are legal residents, still have double the welfare use rate of natives (Camarota, 2001, para
The way the issue is playing out in Florida shows what may be taking place in other areas across the country: South Florida's police departments generally prohibit officers from asking people they stop about their immigration status. However, local police have been offering backup help in targeted immigration arrests, and they summon immigration authorities if they discover during a traffic stop that the person's driver's license is listed in a federal computer database that local police routinely check (Chardy, 2006, para
One result has been efforts like California's Proposition 187, based on the belief that the welfare magnet was the primary motivating factor attracting most immigrants. According to former INS director and Proposition 187 supporter Alan Nelson, the aim was to cut off social services in order to "demagnetize the draw for illegal aliens" (Chavez, 2001, p
Citizens of nations with little immigration for the past five years are allocated 40,000 immigrant visas each year. The spouses and children of illegal immigrants granted amnesty under the 1986 law are also entitled to become residents, and special consideration is given to Irish people, Hong Kong residents, certain groups from Lebanon, Tibetan nationals, and Filipino World War II veterans The refugee policy was expanded to include people fleeing war or natural disasters, such as earthquakes (DeMoss, 1991, 35-36)
The public's impression about unauthorized migration is frequently formed from scenes of Cubans and Haitians intercepted on the high seas or from pictures of clandestine migrants crossing the Mexico-United States border. As a consequence, the public perception about the nature and consequences of illegal immigration may differ substantially from what the research literature suggests (Espenshade, 1995, p
Informal estimates suggest that between one half and two thirds of the number of illegal aliens in the United States were included in the 1980 census, implying that the total number of undocumented persons resident in the country in 1980 stood in the range from 2.5 to 3.5 million (Fix & Passel, 1994)
Informal estimates suggest that between one half and two thirds of the number of illegal aliens in the United States were included in the 1980 census, implying that the total number of undocumented persons resident in the country in 1980 stood in the range from 2.5 to 3.5 million (Fix & Passel, 1994)