TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bush,Jeb
AU  - McLarty,Thomas F.
AU  - Alden,Edward H.
ED  - Council on Foreign Relations.
TI  - U.S. immigration policy
T2  - Independent task force report
SN  - 9780876094211
AV  - KF 4819 I33 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Council on Foreign Relations
KW  - Emigration and immigration law
KW  - United States
KW  - National security
KW  - Emigracion e inmigración
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Nacional de seguridad
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Government policy
N1  - Title from PDF title page (viewed on February 18, 2010); Includes bibliographical references (p.119-127); Introduction -- Immigration and U.S. national interests -- The need for comprehensive immigration reform -- Recommendations -- Conclusion : maintaining the focus
N2  - Few issues on the American political agenda are more complex or divisive than immigration. There is no shortage of problems with current policies and practices, from the difficulties and delays that confront many legal immigrants to the large number of illegal immigrants living in the country. Moreover, few issues touch as many areas of U.S. domestic life and foreign policy. Immigration is a matter of homeland security and international competitiveness, as well as a deeply human issue central to the lives of millions of individuals and families. It cuts to the heart of questions of citizenship and American identity and plays a large role in shaping both America's reality and its image in the world. Immigration's emergence as a foreign policy issue coincides with the increasing reach of globalization. Not only must countries today compete to attract and retain talented people from around the world, but the view of the United States as a place of unparalleled openness and opportunity is also crucial to the maintenance of American leadership. There is a consensus that current policy is not serving the United States well on any of these fronts. Yet agreement on reform has proved elusive. The goal of the Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy was to examine this complex issue and craft a nuanced strategy for reforming immigration policies and practices
UR  - http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Immigration_TFR63.pdf
ER  -