1965-Present Flashcards
(21 cards)
money sent back home by the migrants
remittances
droit du sol, granted by
birthright citizenship
14th am, 1868
proportion of foreign-born and illegal immigrants among US population
324M US residents
43,6M foreign-born (13% of the pop)
11,1M undocumented
ways to obtain the green card
familiy reunification (47%) family sponsorship employment-based preferences diversity program refugees and asylees
top 10 source countries
Mexico, China, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Vietnam, Haiti, Colombia, South Korea
ceiling imposed by the Hart-Celler Act
120 000/country/year
number Dreamers
1 or 2M
Amnesty program
1986 Immigrant Reform and Responsibility Act
3M people
+ sanctions on employers
+ became a crime to be undocumented
California Proposition
Proposition 187
1994
deny access to public services to undocumented migrants
overturned by the Supreme Court in 1996
Clinton law 1 IIRIRA
1996
Illegal Immigrants Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act: reduced the basic rights of immigrants and increased the possibilities for deportation
Clinton law 2 AEDPA
Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
automatic detention and one-year prison for any immigrant who had committed a crime or minor offenses i.e. jumping a traffic light. It also contains a retro-activity principle.
Clinton law 3 PRWOA
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (or Welfare Reform)
denied public services to all immigrants, legal and illegal (then legal were authorized)
Patriot Act
2001
shared data base about migrants
2002
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform
Dream Act
DREAM Act- Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors
but blocked by Congress: resorted to the executive
Dream executive action
2012
DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
2-year protection from deportation and employment authorization (temporary work permit) provided there was evidence they had been to high school and resided in the US for over 5 years
dream extension to parents
2014, challenged in countries such as Texas
program to help dreamers
E4FC – Educators for Fair Consideration
“empowering undocumented students to achieve educational and career goals”
states where undocumented students are banned
Alabama, South Carolina
states providing undocumented students with funds (7)
California, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington state, Texas
number of DACA application approved
roughly 741 500
