In Defense of the Alien. Volume IV. U.S. Immigration Today. Proceedings of the Annual National Legal Conference (Washington, D.C., March 26-27, 1981) [microform] / Lydio F. Tomasi, Ed.
This volume presents viewpoints of government representatives, legal experts, economists, and private sector representatives on recommendations for reforms in U.S. immigration policy and legislation submitted to the President and to Congress by the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy...
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| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This volume presents viewpoints of government representatives, legal experts, economists, and private sector representatives on recommendations for reforms in U.S. immigration policy and legislation submitted to the President and to Congress by the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Included are: (1) a report of issues considered in formulating the Commission's recommendations; (2) how the Commission dealt with deportation and exclusion policy; (3) a personal view of the Commission's operations and shortcomings; (4) criticism of the Commission report as lacking data-based analysis and understanding of the determinants of migration to the United States; (5) critiques of recommended immigration selection and restriction procedures; and (6) analyses of the implications of the proposed changes for Federal agencies, civil liberties exponents, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, organized labor, local government, the private sector, and others. Authors include Lawrence H. Fuchs, Sam Bernsen, Peter A. Schey, Rose Matsui Ochi, John E. Nahan, Cornelius D. Scully, III, Karen M. Deasy, Austin T. Fragomen, Jr., Roger L. Conner, Lindsay Grant, David Carliner, Antonia Hernandez, Julian L. Simon, Jay Mazur, Carol Bellamy, and Grace Montanez Davis. (MJL) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Note: Not available in paper copy due to institution's restrictions. For related documents, see UD 022 547-549. ERIC Document Number: ED222595. |
| Physical Description: | 125 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780913256596 0913256595 |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |