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Peer reviewedDay, Richard W. – International Migration Review, 1989
Discusses the issues faced by Congress concerning the Immigration Reform and Control Act. Considers Alan Simpson's and Edward Kennedy's positions on restructuring the immigration policy to include more independent immigrants. Discusses the backlogs caused by the family preference system, particularly the preference for brothers and sisters of U.S.…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Immigrants, Legislation, Migration Patterns
Porter, Pearl – 1969
The economic and social background of migrant farm workers in America; the environments in which they live, work, and are educated; and their general relationship to laws relevant to them form the first part of this book. Part II examines the education of migrant children, the results of poverty and deprivation, the characteristics of the migrant…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Health, Housing, Legislation
Taylor, J. Edward – 1985
Proposed United States immigration reforms are founded on the assumption that illegal immigration can be significantly curbed by reducing economic incentives to migrate. Effects of these reforms, however, are not the same for all undocumented workers. Data from 61 rural Mexican households in Michoacan were used to explore which undocumented…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Economics, Foreign Nationals, Foreign Workers
Download full textPopulation Crisis Committee, Washington, DC. – 1989
This report discusses population trends abroad and their relation to immigration pressures and policies in the United States. The following sections are included: (1) "Two Major Waves of Immigration"; (2) "The U.S.--A Major Host Nation for Permanent Immigrants"; (3) "Changing Sources of Immigrants to the United…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Immigrants
Vega, Jaime I., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Compiled for use by agencies working with migrant and seasonal farmworkers, this directory lists programs and services available to these farmworkers during their stay in Ohio and Wisconsin. Data were obtained from Federal, State, and local agencies in each State. Special emphasis was placed on information and data current as of summer 1973.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Directories, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
SHOTWELL, LOUISA R. – 1961
THIS BOOK DESCRIBING THE MIGRANT WORLD WAS WRITTEN TO (1) PORTRAY THE COMPLEX SETTING IN WHICH MIGRANT FAMILIES OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS LIVE AND WORK, (2) IDENTIFY THE ISSUES THEIR MIGRANCY RAISES FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND STATES THAT RECRUIT THEIR LABOR, AND FOR THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, AND (3) ATTEMPT A PREDICTION OF WHAT LIES…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Blacks, Crew Leaders, Culture
