House Republicans Prefer Slices to Whole Pie on Immigration Reform

This chapter analyzes immigration reform and the knowledge worker recruitment aspects of the Hart–Celler Act of 1965 to track the intensifying convergence of educational exchange programs, economic nationalism, and immigration reform. During the Cold War, the State Department expanded cultural diplomacy programs so that the numbers of international students burgeoned, particularly in the fields of science. Although the programs were initially conceived as a way of instilling influence over the future leaders of developing nations, international students, particularly from Taiwan, India, and South Korea, took advantage of minor changes in immigration laws and bureaucratic procedures that allowed students, skilled workers, and technical trainees to gain legal employment and eventually permanent residency and thereby remain in the United States.

Immigration Reform: Is Restructuring the Answer?

10.21236/ada343557 ◽

1998 ◽

Author(s):

Elo-Kai Ojamaa

Keyword(s):

Immigration Reform

Who Will Enter the United States? Immigration Reform and the Policy Process

10.21236/ada440463 ◽

1990 ◽

Author(s):

Laurie Johnston

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Policy Process ◽

The United States ◽

Immigration Reform ◽

United States Immigration ◽

States Immigration

Immigration Reform: Policies and Implementation

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2896992 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Caitlin Buck ◽

Paul Fagin ◽

Angela Finney ◽

Bjorne Skarboe ◽

Jason Wagner

Keyword(s):

Immigration Reform

Immigration Reform Is Key in the Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3698758 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Christopher J. Coyne ◽

Yuliya Yatsyshina

Keyword(s):

Immigration Reform

Immigration Reform: Strategies for Legislative Action

The Forum ◽

10.2202/1540-8884.1324 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Benjamin Marquez ◽

John F Witte

Keyword(s):

Immigration Reform ◽

Legislative Action ◽

Reform Strategies

Book Review: The Congressional Politics of Immigration Reform

International Migration Review ◽

10.1177/019791830003400212 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 569-570

Author(s):

Susan Forbes Martin

Keyword(s):

Immigration Reform

THE EXCLUSION OF ILLEGAL HISPANICS IN AGENDA-SETTING: THE IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT OF 1986

Review of Policy Research ◽

10.1111/j.1541-1338.1989.tb01128.x ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 327-338

Author(s):

William Arp

Keyword(s):

Agenda Setting ◽

Immigration Reform ◽

And Control

U.S. Immigration Policy in the Early 21st Century

World Economy and International Relations ◽

10.20542/0131-2227-2012-5-93-102 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 93-102

Author(s):

G. Nikol'skaya

Keyword(s):

Immigration Policy ◽

American History ◽

State Level ◽

The United States ◽

Immigration Reform ◽

President Obama ◽

Early 21St Century ◽

New Immigrants ◽

Significant Movement ◽

The Subject

U.S. immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached 40 millions in 2010, the highest number in American history. Nearly 14 millions of new immigrants settled in the country from 2000 to 2010, making it the highest decade of immigration in American history. For the United States, the immigration has always been both crucial to the economic growth and a source of serious conflicts. There has been no significant movement toward federal immigration reform since bipartisan project blocked in 2007. But it has been the subject of fever legislation at a state level, and President Obama made a decision to return to this question in the coming presidential campaign.