Immigration Reform

Michael C. LeMay, PhD, is professor emeritus of political science at California State University-San Bernardino with 35 years experience teaching at the university level.

Immigration Reform is a good place to start for readers and researchers new to the topic, and it provides the necessary resources to look deeper into immigration issues.

• Preface,1 Background and History,Introduction,Forerunners to Current U.S. Legal Immigration Law,The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965,The 1980 Refugee Act,The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986,IMMACT, 1990,The Terrorist Attacks of 9/11 and the American Response,The USA Patriot Act,Creating the Department of Homeland Security and Dissolving the INS,Reform Actions Taken by the Obama Administration,Deferred Action,Immigration Reform,Border Control,Reform Actions of the Trump Administration,The Travel Ban,DACA Annulment,Conclusion,References,2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions,Introduction,Groupthink in the Aftermath of 9/11,Management Problems of Immigration Policy Implementation,Civil Liberties and Privacy versus Immigration Control,Comprehensive Immigration Reform,Gerrymandering and the Immigration Reform Deadlock,Changes in Immigration Policy from the Obama to Trump Administrations,The Travel Ban Controversy,Business Needs versus Security Concerns in Visa Application Processing,Adverse Economic Impact of Visa-Tightening Procedures,The Impact of Federal, State, and Local Government Relations,The Brain Drain Problem,Immigration Concerns and Their Impact on Social Security,Conclusion,References,3 Perspectives,Introduction,Immigration Reform Legislation of 1987: Lessons from the Past,Berkley Bedell, with Kenneth BedellComprehensive Immigration Reform from the Conservative Perspective,Chuck LarsonRefugee Resettlement as Seen through the Eyes of a Volunteer ESL Teacher,Marty LiddyTrue to Our Origins: The Democratic Party and Comprehensive Immigration Reform,Ryan MacoubrieImmigration Reform Dysfunction: Why Reform Does Not Happen,Tim MagrathHow Communities Can Meet the Immigration Challenge,Ali NooraniAll Souls Unitarian/Universalist Church: Why We Became a Sanctuary Church,Rev. Nori Rost4 Profiles,Introduction,Organizations,Al Qaeda,American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),American Conservative Union (ACU),American Immigration Control Foundation (AICF),American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF),American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA),Americans for Prosperity,Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in the Military (APAAM),Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI),Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),Business Roundtable,Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC),Center for American Progress (CAP),Center for Immigration Studies (CIS),Center for Migration Studies (CMS),Center for Privacy and Technology Policy (CPTP),Center for the Study of Hate Crimes and Extremism,Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP),Congressional Research Service (CRS),Council of Graduate Schools (CGS),Department of Homeland Security (DHS),Department of Justice (DOJ),Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR),Free Congress Foundation (now American Opportunity Foundation),Freedom Works,Government Accountability Office (GAO),Heritage Foundation,Human Rights First,,National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL),National Immigration Forum (NIF),National Immigration Law Center,National Rifle Association (NRA),Office of Management and Budget (OMB),Pew Hispanic Center (PHC),Rand Corporation,United States Customs and Border Protection (USCBP),United We Dream,Voto Latino,People,Bush, George W. (1946– ),Carter, James (Jimmy) Earl, Jr. (1924),Chertoff, Michael (1953– ),Clinton, William Jefferson (1946– ),Conyers, John (1929– ),Durbin, Richard "Dick" (1944– ),Ferguson, Bob (1965– ),Gonzales, Alberto (1955– ),Goodlatte, Bob (1952– ),Graham, Lindsey (1955– ),Guitierrez, Luis (1953– ),Hanen, Andrew (1953– ),Hatch, Orrin (1934– ),Herman, Susan N. (na– ),Hetfield, Mark (1967– ),Jackson-Lee, Sheila (na– ),Jean-Pierre, Karine (1977– ),Jimenez, Cristina (na– ),Johnson, Jeh (1957– ),Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908–1973),Kelly, John F. (1950– ),Kennedy, Edward (1932–2009),Kerwin, Don (na– ),Koch, Charles (1935– ),Koch, David (1940– ),Krikorian, Mark (1961– ),Kumar, Maria Teresa (1974– ),Levin, Brian (na– ),Lieberman, Joseph (1942– ),McCain, John (1936–2018),McConnell, Mitch (1942– ),Napolitano, Janet (1957– ),Nielsen, Kirstjen (1972– ),Obama, Barack (1961– ),Reagan, Ronald (1911–2004),Ridge, Tom (1945– ),Schumer, Charles E. (1950– ),Sensenbrenner, James (1943– ),Sessions, Jeff (1946– ),Suro, Roberto (na– ),Tanden, Neera (na– ),Trautman, Laurie (na– ),Trump, Donald J. (1946– ),Watson, Derrick (1966– ),Yates, Sally (1960– ),5 Data and Documents,Introduction,Data,Table 5.1: Legal Immigration to the United States, 1964–2016,Table 5.2: Total Illegal Apprehensions by Fiscal Year, 2000–2017, Compared to the Total Number of Border Patrol Agents,Table 5.3: Customs and Border Protection Enforcement Actions, 2016–2017,Table 5.4: Foreign-Born Population by Region of Birth, U.S. Census, 2010,Table 5.5: Pew Research Center Immigration-Related Public Opinion Polling Data, 2018,Figure 5.1: Total Southwest Border Apprehensions, 2000–2017,Figure 5.2: Total Ice Removals, 2015–2017,Figure 5.3: Unaccompanied Children Apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol at the Southwest Border, FY 2014,Figure 5.4: Refugee Admissions, 1991–2016, and the Top States with Highest Percentage of Initial Resettlement,Documents,The Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986),The Immigrant Visa Process (2018),The Homeland Security Act (2002),The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Mobilization Act (2013),Report on ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (2017),Executive Order 13780: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (March 6, 2017),Syllabus of Trump v. Hawaii (2018),6 Resources,Introduction,Books,Leading Scholarly Journals,Films,Videos,7 Chronology,Glossary,Index,About the Author,