POLI 100H Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Arizona Sb 1070, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Immigration Reform
4 Jun 2020
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Limiting social services to us citizens- ca, az, ak, ga, co, ok. Operation gatekeeper in sdl the nation"s busiest border. Undocumented immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act of 1996. Limits immigrants access to social service programs. Top priority for bush administration in 2000. On january 7 2004 bush proposed the guestworker plan. Would give undocumented workers temporary worker cards that are renewable every three years. Make unlawful entry in the us a felony. Applies to those assisting unauthorized immigrants as well. Borjas(1999): the us should admit an immigrant as long as the contribution made by the immigrant exceeds the costs imposed by the immigrant. Argues in favor of skilled workers over family reunification. Immigration policy needs to be considered: 1. We should assign relative weights to each of these groups in creating an immigration policy. In the last decade we have seen laws passed in escondido, ca and hazleton, pa. Known as the support our law and safe neighborhoods act.
