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Immigration

Immigration. History Current System Backlash Other Issues/Proposals. The modern Period. 1965 Immigration Act Not based on race or ethnicity priority given to family reunification The new boom--3rd world immigration air travel, chain sponsorship

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Immigration

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  1. Immigration History Current System Backlash Other Issues/Proposals

  2. The modern Period • 1965 Immigration Act • Not based on race or ethnicity • priority given to family reunification • The new boom--3rd world immigration • air travel, chain sponsorship • 1986 IRCA granted amnesty for 3 million here illegally • Today an estimated 12 million in the country illegally

  3. Current System • Types of legal immigration: • Family sponsored (for Green Card only spouse or child) • Student or Employment based • Refugee/Asylee—“reasonable fear of persecution for ethnic, cultural, religious reasons” • Other—“Diversity Lottery”, etc.

  4. Post 9/11

  5. Is immigration (still) good for the country? • costs: schools, medical, courts, police, etc. • benefits: provide labor, pay many taxes, reinvigorate cities • objection: new immigrants not assimilating like old--a permanent foreign underclass, especially given “new economy” • defense: are assimilating

  6. Backlash • English as Official Language • Since 1980s 16 states and several municipalities passed Official Language laws, ban bilingual ed and services • 1994 Prop 187 • denying illegal immigrants state-funded education and non-emergency medical care • thrown out by the courts

  7. Other issues • Drivers licenses • permitted in four states • Matricular IDs • granted by foreign countries’ consulates • accepted as valid in a dozen states, some cities • Voting • a history of non-citizen voting • NY and LA allow it for school boards

  8. Proposals before Congress • House version: • Criminalize as a felony illegal immigration • Penalties for assisting, or hiring • Expand border patrol and build 700 mile wall • No path to legal status from within US • Senate version: • Illegal immigrants (and new immigrants) would be eligible for a new temporary guest worker program if they: • Pass a criminal background check • Pay $1000 fine for illegal entry • After 6 years of steady employment, can apply for a green card

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