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Immigration Fundamentals

Description: Report explaining the fundamentals of immigration in the United States including key terms, statistics, limits, and more.
Date: September 15, 1999
Creator: Vialet, Joyce
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration: International Child Adoption

Description: This report examines the process by which American citizens adopt children from other countries, including the procedure for securing a visa so that the newly adopted child can immigrate to the United States.
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: Siskin, Alison
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Immigration Issues and Legislation in the 98th Congress

Description: This report discusses Immigration reform, which continues to be of concern in the '96th Congress, and legislation has been moving quickly. Specific issues include illegal immigration, temporary workers, legalization, asylum adjudications, and legal immigration. The legislation under consideration is the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983, popularly referred to as the Simpson-Mazzoli bill, introduced in the House and Senate on Feb, 17, 1983 as H.R. 1510 and S. 529.
Date: December 2, 1983
Creator: Vialet, Joyce
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements

Description: This report provides background and analysis on the complex nexus of immigration and trade. This report opens with an overview of the specific elements of immigration law and policy that are germane to trade-related immigration and follows with a summary of the recent FTAs that include changes to U.S. immigration law. An analysis of research on the interaction between trade and migration is discussed, with caveats on the limitations of such analysis. The report concludes with a set of immigrati… more
Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements

Description: The connections between trade and migration areas longstanding as the historic movements of goods and people. The desire for commerce may often be the principal motivation, but they need to send people to facilitate the transactions soon follows. Recognition of this phenomenon is incorporated into the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which includes provisions for aliens who are entering the The United States solely as “treaty traders” and “treaty investors.” Although the United States has… more
Date: July 11, 2005
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 105th Congress

Description: Immigration legislation enacted and considered in the 105th Congress can be divided into three categories: (1) legislation prompted by the major immigration and welfare legislation enacted in the 104th Congress; (2) legislation in response to the expiration dates of existing provisions; and (3) legislation which addressed emerging new issues -- issues that the 104th Congress did not address, or issues that arose since then.
Date: February 12, 1999
Creator: Vialet, Joyce; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Krouse, William J. & Eig, Larry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 106th Congress

Description: In the months approaching China's resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, policy analysts are trying to assess how the territory will fare under Chinese rule. The answer is important to U.S. interests because of the enormous U.S. economic presence in Hong Kong; because any adverse developments in Hong Kong are likely to affect U.S.-China relations; and because China's promise to give Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy under the "one-China, two-systems" policy has major implic… more
Date: October 18, 2000
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Bruno, Andorra; Krouse, William J. & Eig, Larry M.
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 106th Congress

Description: This report briefs the Immigration legislation and issues in the 106th Congress.
Date: December 5, 2000
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Bruno, Andorra; Krouse, William J. & Eig, Larry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 107th Congress

Description: This report briefs the Immigration legislation and issues in the 107th Congress.
Date: May 28, 2002
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Seghetti, Lisa M.; Siskin, Alison & Ester, Karma
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 107th Congress

Description: This report briefs the Immigration legislation and issues in the 107th Congress.
Date: June 10, 2002
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Seghetti, Lisa M.; Siskin, Alison & Ester, Karma
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 107th Congress

Description: This report briefs the Immigration legislation and issues in the 107th Congress.
Date: July 10, 2002
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Seghetti, Lisa M.; Siskin, Alison & Ester, Karma
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 107th Congress

Description: This report briefs the Immigration legislation and issues in the 107th Congress.
Date: August 1, 2002
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Seghetti, Lisa M.; Siskin, Alison & Ester, Karma
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: June 22, 2004
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Ester, Karma; Lee, Margaret Mikyung & Viña, Stephen R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: October 6, 2004
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Ester, Karma; Lee, Margaret Mikyung; Viña, Stephen R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress

Description: Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 109th Congress, with a focus on security concerns.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Nuñez-Neto, Blas; Garcia, Michael John; Viña, Stephen R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress

Description: Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 109th Congress, with a focus on security concerns.
Date: November 7, 2006
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Nuez-Neto, Blas; Garcia, Michael John; Via, Stephen R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress

Description: Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 109th Congress, with a focus on security concerns.
Date: December 7, 2006
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Nuez-Neto, Blas; Garcia, Michael John; Via, Stephen R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress

Description: Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 109th Congress, with a focus on security concerns.
Date: September 21, 2006
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Nuez-Neto, Blas; Garcia, Michael John; Via, Stephen R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress

Description: Security concerns are figuring prominently in the development of and debate on immigration legislation in the 109th Congress. The REAL ID Act, passed in May 2005, contains a number of immigration and identification document-related provisions intended to improve homeland security. Among these are provisions to make changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) with respect to asylum and other forms of relief from removal; to expand the terrorism-related grounds for alien inadmissibility … more
Date: June 9, 2006
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Nuñez-Neto, Blas; Garcia, Michael John; Vina, Stephen R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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