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- President Obama's $1 Billion Foreign Aid Request for Central America
- This report discusses the Obama Administration's recent request for over $1 billion in foreign assistance during FY2016 to support a whole-of-government "U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America."
- Fiscal Impacts of the Foreign-Born Population
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- Federal Taxation of Aliens Working in the United States and Selected Legislation
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- Enforcing Immigration Law: The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement
- This report provides information about The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement on Enforcing Immigration Law.
- Deferred Action, Advance Parole, and Adjustment of Status
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- Immigration-Related Document Fraud: Overview of Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Consequences
- This report mainly discusses about the Overview of Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Consequences on Immigration-Related Document Fraud. It also discusses about the primary civil, criminal , and immigration related penalties associated with immigration related document fraud.
- Enforcing Immigration Law: The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement
- This report provides information about The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement on Enforcing Immigration Law.
- Central American Asylum Seekers: Impact of 1996 Immigration Law
- This report has five sections which include an overview of the asylum and cancellation of removal procedures, three sections describing the situations of the Nicaraguans, Salvadorans and Guatemalans, and finally a section discussing legislative issues.
- Immigration-Related Document Fraud: Overview of Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Consequences
- This report mainly discusses about the Overview of Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Consequences on Immigration-Related Document Fraud. It also discusses about the primary civil, criminal , and immigration related penalties associated with immigration related document fraud.
- Executive Discretion as to Immigration: Legal Overview
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- Farm Labor Shortages and Immigration Policy
- This report mainly provides information about the Farm Labor Shortages and Immigration Policy.
- Sanctuary Jurisdictions: Congressional Action and President Trump's Interior Enforcement Executive Order
- This report discusses President Trump's executive order (EO) "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States" issued on January 25, 2017, which seeks, among other things, to penalize "sanctuary jurisdictions." The term refers to states and localities that limit their cooperation with federal agencies on immigration law enforcement.
- Interior Immigration Enforcement: Programs Targeting Criminal Aliens
- This report begins by defining and quantifying the criminal alien population, to the extent possible. The following sections describe current and historical programs designed in whole or in part to target this population, including CAP, Secure Communities, the § 287(g) program, and NFOP. After describing how these programs function and key differences among them, the report reviews their recent appropriations history and enforcement statistics.
- President Obama's $1 Billion Foreign Aid Request for Central America
- This report discusses the Obama Administration's recent request for over $1 billion in foreign assistance in FY2016 to support a whole-of-government "U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America."
- The Dominican Republic: Tensions with Haiti over Citizenship and Migration Issues
- This report discusses the dispute between the Dominican Republic and Haiti regarding the citizenship status of some 200,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent, as well as undocumented migrants in the Dominican Republic, which threatens to exacerbate tensions between the two neighbors.
- Immigration: Legislative Issues on Nonimmigrant Professional Specialty (H-1B) Workers
- This report provides an overview of the legislative issues on nonimmigrant professional specialty workers on immigration.
- Immigration: New Consequences of Illegal Presence
- This report provides an overview of the new consequences of illegal presence on immigration.
- Immigration-Related Worksite Enforcement: Performance Measures
- This report provides an overview of the performance measures of the immigration-related worksite enforcement.
- Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs
- This report provides an overview of the policy considerations related to guest worker programs on immigration.
- Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs
- This report provides the policy considerations related to guest worker programs on immigration.
- Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens
- This report provides a summary of the immigration policy on expedited removal of aliens.
- Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs
- This report provides an overview of the policy considerations related to guest worker programs on immigration.
- Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs
- This report provides the policy considerations related to guest worker programs on immigration.
- Immigration: Registry as Means of Obtaining Lawful Permanent Residence
- This report provides an overview of the registry as means of obtaining lawful permanent residence on immigration.
- Immigration Reform: Brief Synthesis of Issue
- This report synthesizes the major elements of immigration reform in the 110th Congress and provides references to other CRS reports that fully analyze these legislative elements.
- Unauthorized Alien Students, Higher Education, and In-State Tuition Rates: A Legal Analysis
- This report provides a legal overview of cases involving immigrant access to higher education, as well as an analysis of the legality of state laws that make in-state tuition rates available to illegal aliens.
- State and Local "Sanctuary" Policies Limiting Participation in Immigration Enforcement
- This report discusses legal issues related to state and local measures that limit law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The report begins by providing a brief overview of the constitutional principles informing the relationship between federal immigration authorities and state and local jurisdictions, including the federal government's power to preempt state and local activities under the Supremacy Clause, and the Tenth Amendment's proscription against Congress directly "commandeering" the states to administer a federally enacted regulatory scheme.
- Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
- Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 109th Congress, with a focus on security concerns.
- Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
- Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 109th Congress, with a focus on security concerns.
- Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
- Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 109th Congress, with a focus on security concerns.
- Immigration: Foreign Physicians and the J-1 Visa Waiver Program
- Report on the Educational and Cultural Exchange Visitor program and how it has been used for foreign medical graduates to enter the United States.
- Immigration: Legislative Issues on Nonimmigrant Professional Specialty (H-1B) Workers
- Report detailing the upcoming deadline on increases to foreign temporary professional workers, with a description of the issues, economic effects, and more.
- Immigration: Nonimmigrant H-1B Specialty Worker Issues and Legislation
- Report on the issue of specialty worker immigration, with a specific focus on the balancing act between U.S. employer needs and U.S. worker opportunities.
- Immigration of Foreign Nationals with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Degrees
- Report detailing immigration and work visas for persons with STEM degrees, including background, legal pathway, foreign student statistics, and more.
- Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
- Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 109th Congress, with a focus on security concerns.
- Immigration: Legislative Issues on Nonimmigrant Professional Specialty (H-1B) Workers
- Report detailing the upcoming deadline on increases to foreign temporary professional workers, with a description of the issues, economic effects, and more.
- Immigration: Noncitizen Eligibility for Needs-Based Housing Programs
- Report discussing the issue of offering needs-based housing programs to noncitizens, including related progress, previous stances taken by Congress, and more.
- Immigration: S Visas for Criminal and Terrorist Informants
- Report on the visa process for informants reporting on terrorist activities, including historical background, related conditions, legislative history, and more.
- Immigration Reform Issues in the 111th Congress
- Report on the immigration reform issues faced by the 111th Congress, with a focus on the multi-tiered immigration debate.
- Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues
- Report on legislative issues related to detain noncitizens, including policy issues, previous acts, statistics, and more.
- Immigration-Related Welfare Provisions in 105th Congress Legislation
- Report on immigration-related welfare issues, including statistics, restrictions, past acts, and more.
- Immigration Related Border Security Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Report on immigration with a focus on border security and related legislation, considered by the 109th Congress.
- Immigration Litigation Reform
- Report summarizing the effort to reform immigration litigation by streamlining procedures and limiting the kinds of litigation that can be performed.
- Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 110th Congress
- Report detailing issues and legislative concerns regarding immigration during the 110th Congress, with a focus on comprehensive reform.
- Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues
- The attacks of September 11, 2001, have increased interest in the authority under statute to detain noncitizens (aliens) in the United States. Under the law there is broad authority to detain aliens while awaiting a determination of whether the noncitizen should be removed from the United States. The law also mandates that certain categories of aliens are subject to mandatory detention (i.e., the aliens must be detained).
- Immigration: A Guide to Internet Sources
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- Unauthorized Alien Students, Higher Education, and In-State Tuition Rates: A Legal Analysis
- Currently, federal law prohibits states from granting unauthorized aliens certain postsecondary educational benefits on the basis of state residence, unless equal benefits are made available to all U.S. citizens. This prohibition is commonly understood to apply to the granting of "in-state" residency status for tuition purposes. In the 110th Congress, several bills that would amend this federal law have been introduced. Meanwhile, some states have passed laws aimed at making unauthorized state residents eligible for in-state tuition without violating this provision. This report provides a legal overview of cases involving immigrant access to higher education, as well as an analysis of the legality of state laws that make in-state tuition rates available to illegal immigrants.
- Immigration: Legislative Issues on Nonimmigrant Professional Specialty (H-1B) Workers
- Report detailing the upcoming deadline on increases to foreign temporary professional workers, with a description of the issues, economic effects, and more.
- Mexican Workers in the United States: A Comparison with Workers from Social Security Totalization Countries
- On June 29, 2004, the United States and Mexico signed a Social Security totalization agreement, the effects of which depend on the yet to be disclosed language of the agreement. A totalization agreement coordinates the payment of Social Security taxes and benefits for workers who divide their careers between two countries. The agreement has not been transmitted to Congress for review, which is required under law before the agreement can go into effect. This report does not attempt to estimate the potential cost of a totalization agreement with Mexico or reach a conclusion on the effects of such an agreement on U.S. workers and employers. Instead, this report explores one of the issues concerning such an agreement.
- Immigration Reform: Brief Synthesis of Issue
- Report summarizing the issues presented by immigration reform, including the disagreement whether incremental reform is preferably to a complete overhaul of the immigration systems, border security, smuggling, and more.