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Download full textUS Government Accountability Office, 2011
U.S. compacts with the freely associated states (FAS)--the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Marshall Islands, and Palau--permit FAS citizens to migrate to the United States and its territories (U.S. areas) without regard to visa and labor certification requirements. Thousands of FAS citizens have migrated to U.S. areas (compact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migration, Immigrants, Costs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On January 11, 1972, the subcommittee heard further testimony on land ownership, use, and distribution in rural America. Witnesses gave testimony on: (1) Land ownership in California and the Nation; (2) the difficulties encountered in finding out who owns the land; (3) the implications of the continuing trend toward ever-higher concentration of…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Trends, Economic Factors
Current Population Reports, 1987
This report presents estimates of the population for 1980 to 1986 for Puerto Rico, the American Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Census counts for 1980 are also shown for each of the areas. Except for Puerto Rico, all of the areas are growing at a rate well above that of the United States (6.4 percent). Of…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Death, Demography, Geographic Regions
Peer reviewedCardenas, Jose A.; Cortez, Albert – Journal of Law and Education, 1986
In 1975 Texas revised the state's school admission and funding statute by excluding undocumented children from free attendance in public schools. The impact of litigation and court decisions involving the rights of undocumented children to attend public schools is outlined. The Supreme Court upheld a series of decisions in favor of the plaintiffs.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Peer reviewedOlivas, Michael A. – Journal of Law and Education, 1986
Discusses the laws involving duration and domicile laws defining noncitizen's status in relation to residency requirements in education. Considers the extension of the "Plyler vs. Doe" decision to higher education. Reviews some state statutes for "Plyler-like" situations and finds many state practices to be unconstitutional.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Attendance, Court Litigation, Due Process
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1982
In this paper, the Commission on Civil Rights asks government leaders in the Reagan administration to reaffirm the elimination of segregation in elementary and secondary schools as established by the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Past actions by the executive and legislative branches are reviewed and the position…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Busing, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1987
Procedural burden-of-proof issues led Federal Circuit Courts to affirm changes in pupil assignment systems in Norfolk, Virginia, but reject changes in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Supreme Court's decision not to review the Virginia case leaves school boards and federal courts without guidance on questions raised by resegregation. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Busing, Court Litigation, Declining Enrollment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1985
Testimony and proceedings of a hearing on the School District Consolidation Amendments of 1985 are presented in this document. The proposed bill would restrict the ability of Federal district courts to order remedies involving the consolidation of school districts in school desegregation cases. The following are included: (1) a statement in…
Descriptors: Busing, Community Control, Consolidated Schools, Court Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Population. – 1978
This report of the congressional hearings regarding the future United States population focuses on the need for various levels of government (Federal, State and local) to anticipate population change and to develop appropriate policy responses. Specific areas covered by the hearings include the impact population changes will have on the needs of…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1981
This document is a transcript of a hearing on provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that govern the entry and the stay of certain classes of nonimmigrants, including temporary or H-2 workers and foreign students. The hearing also reviewed the proposal to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act so that visas could be waived for…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Employment Projections, Farm Labor
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Population. – 1978
This report of congressional hearings on population movement and its implications for future planning focuses on the relative growth and decline in population within different geographic areas (both urban and rural) of the United States. Specific issues addressed include the effects these trends will have on school enrollments, family life,…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Demography, Economic Climate, Family (Sociological Unit)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Key issues affecting Hispanic participation in higher education are evaluated, with attention to access, retention, and transfer. Societal factors influencing access are also covered: migration, technology, employment and income levels, and secondary schooling. In addition, postsecondary education in Puerto Rico is addressed. Hispanics constitute…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Attendance, College Preparation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Population. – 1978
The report, prepared by the Select Committee on Population of the United States House of Representatives, discusses the consequences of the changing age composition and geographical distribution of the population. The committee recommends that the government needs to anticipate these changes in order to develop a policy in response to the problems…
Descriptors: Agencies, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Data Analysis
