Immigration Policy and the American Labor ForceStudy of the impact of the immigration policy on the labour market in the USA - traces historical trends in immigration since 1787; comments on changes in legislation from 1965-1984; examines policy reform to combat the influx of irregular migrants (Mexicans, West Indians, etc.); considers policies relating to refugees, asylees and commuting frontier workers from Mexico; gives grounds for denial of immigrant status, and estimates of the number of irregular migrants in the USA, 1974-1981. References, statistical tables. |
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Page 38
... admission of temporary workers who might otherwise be excluded by these restrictions if the secretary of labor deemed it to be necessary . This provision for the admission of nonimmigrant workers was used on numerous occasions over the ...
... admission of temporary workers who might otherwise be excluded by these restrictions if the secretary of labor deemed it to be necessary . This provision for the admission of nonimmigrant workers was used on numerous occasions over the ...
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... admission was to be assigned on the basis of the seven - category admission system created in 1965 . Thus , the amendments of 1976 and 1978 eliminated all preferences based on the place of birth of a prospective immigrant . Persons from ...
... admission was to be assigned on the basis of the seven - category admission system created in 1965 . Thus , the amendments of 1976 and 1978 eliminated all preferences based on the place of birth of a prospective immigrant . Persons from ...
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... admission to the United States . But after passage of this legislation , the admission of such refugees was no longer auto- matic . An effort was initiated to apply the new definition of refugee . By mid - 1981 , through its screening ...
... admission to the United States . But after passage of this legislation , the admission of such refugees was no longer auto- matic . An effort was initiated to apply the new definition of refugee . By mid - 1981 , through its screening ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Absence of an Appropriate Theoretical | 10 |
The Quest for a Policy on Immigration | 16 |
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