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Unauthorized aliens in the United States : selected analyses and issues /

Introduction; Estimates of the Unauthorized Resident Population ; Current Law on Obtaining Legal Immigration Status ; Nonimmigrant Admissions; Permanent Admissions; Family-Based Immigration; Employment-Based Immigration; Adjustment of Status; Admissibility; Other Avenues to Legal Immigration Status;...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lawrence, Kaylynn C. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Immigration in the 21st century: political, social and economic issues.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES: SELECTED ANALYSES AND ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Unauthorized Aliens Residing in the United States: Estimates Since 1986; Summary; Background; Trends in Estimates Since 1986; Updated Estimates Based Upon 2010 Census; Analysis from the March Current Population Survey ; Analysis from the American Community Survey; Analysis of the Monthly Current Population Survey ; Contributing Factors; End Notes; Chapter 2: Unauthorized Aliens: Policy Options for Providing Targeted Immigration Relief.
  • Subgroups of the Unauthorized Alien Population Beneficiaries of Family- or Employment-Based Immigrant; Visa Petitions; Battered Alien Spouses and Children; Asylum Seekers; Aliens with Temporary Protected Status or Other Temporary Relief from Removal; Aliens with Other Pending Applications for Legal Status; Aliens without Other Status or Avenues for Affirmative Relief; Potential Targeted Policy Options; Unauthorized Aliens with Approved Immigrant Visa Petitions; Unauthorized Aliens Who Arrived as Children; Unauthorized Aliens with Needed Employment Skills.
  • Long-Term Holders of Temporary Humanitarian ReliefConclusion; End Notes; Chapter 3: Unauthorized Aliens' Access to Federal Benefits: Policy and Issues; Summary; Introduction; Unauthorized Population in the United States; Estimates of Unauthorized Resident Aliens; Mixed-Immigration Status Families; "Quasi-Legal" Migrants; Special Immigrant Juveniles; Benefit Eligibility Rules; Pre-1996 Policies; Program Rules; PRUCOL; Current Federal Law; State Benefits; Determining Status and Eligibility; Immigrant Verification; Citizenship Verification; Receipt of Benefits; Selected Issues.
  • Treatment of Mixed Status FamiliesExpansion of Documentary Requirements; Scope of "Federal Public Benefits" Clause for Tax Refunds; Competing Priorities for Emergency Relief; Re-emergence of PRUCOL with "Quasi-legal" Migrants; Refinement or Revisions of the Rules; End Notes; Chapter 4: Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation ; Summary; Introduction; Higher Education Benefits and Immigration Status ; 1996 Provision; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ; Estimates of Potential DREAM Act Beneficiaries; Estimates of Potential DACA Beneficiaries.