Immigration and America's future
Subtitle: a new chapter : report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future
By: Spencer Abraham and Lee H. Hamilton, co-chairs ; Doris Meissner [... et al.].
Contributors: Abraham, Spencer.; Hamilton, Lee.; Meissner, Doris M.; Migration Policy Institute.; Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Publisher: Migration Policy Institute
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780974281933
Subjects: Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Notes: "September 2006."

"Convened by the Migration Policy Institute in partnership with Manhattan Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars."--Task Force web site.

Includes bibliographical references.

Executive summary and prefatory materials available on Task Force web site.
Table of contents: value: I. Introduction; value: II. Why is immigration important?; value: The economy and demography of the 21st century; value: Immigration and the identity of the country; value: Foreign policy and national security; value: III. What is wrong with US immigration policy and practice?; value: Illegal immigration; value: Temporary immigration; value: The legal immigration selection system; value: Filling a vacuum : state and local roles; value: IV. An immigration policy and system for the 21st century; value: The current debate; value: New assumptions; value: V. Attracting the immigrants the United States wants and needs; value: Numbers and categories of immigration; value: Flexibility in the immigration system : the Standing Commission on Immigration and Labor Markets; value: VI. Enforcing the rules; value: Employer verification; value: Enforcement at US borders; value: Immigration enforcement and national security; value: Protecting workers; value: Other enforcement; value: VII. Immigrant integration; value: Integration policy challenges; value: The unauthorized population; value: VIII. Strengthening institutional capacity; value: Policy processes and interagency coordination; value: Policy information; value: Implementing new mandates; value: IX. The regional context of immigration; value: Economic development; value: Migration management.