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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... census of 1820 include other , more general , information on immigrants . Beginning in 1850 , such questions were added to the census questionnaire . Responsibility for collecting specific data on immigrants has varied over the years ...
... census of 1820 include other , more general , information on immigrants . Beginning in 1850 , such questions were added to the census questionnaire . Responsibility for collecting specific data on immigrants has varied over the years ...
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... census to the 1890 census as the basis for issuing visas meant , for example , that the general quota for Italy declined from 42,000 to 4,000 persons ; for Poland , from 31,000 to 6,000 ; and for Greece from 3,000 to 100.62 It took five ...
... census to the 1890 census as the basis for issuing visas meant , for example , that the general quota for Italy declined from 42,000 to 4,000 persons ; for Poland , from 31,000 to 6,000 ; and for Greece from 3,000 to 100.62 It took five ...
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... Census does not have it . . . . Congressman Pickle : I know nobody knows exactly . We accept that but somebody ought to give us a very good guess or estimate of it . 15 Given its mandate in 1978 , the Select Commission on Immigration ...
... Census does not have it . . . . Congressman Pickle : I know nobody knows exactly . We accept that but somebody ought to give us a very good guess or estimate of it . 15 Given its mandate in 1978 , the Select Commission on Immigration ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Absence of an Appropriate Theoretical | 10 |
The Quest for a Policy on Immigration | 16 |
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