Law That Changed the Face of America - The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Informationen zum Autor Margaret "Peggy" Sands Orchowski has covered immigration reform on the Hill as a Congressional journalist since 2005, as the Bill Analysis Editor for CQ, and as a Congressional Correspondent and now Washington Bureau Chief of the Hispanic Outlook magazine. She is author of Immigration and the American Dream: Battling the Political Hype and Hysteria. Klappentext 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1965--a landmark decision that made the United State the diverse nation it is today. This is the never before told story of how immigration laws have moved in constant flux and revision throughout our nation's history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction: Why This Book? Chapter One : Why Immigration Laws? Chapter Two: From States to Feds: America's Evolving Immigration Laws Chapter Three: Making The Law That Changed the Face of America Chapter Four: Impacts and Unintended Consequences Chapter Five: Reforming the INA in the XXIst Century Chapter Six: Lessons Learned

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• Authors: Margaret Sands Orchowski
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781442251366
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5136-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Citizenship and nationality law, Citizenship & nationality law, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, immigration reform