Jan 19, 2022 · Comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), a policy concept that first gained currency in 2001 in the U.S. political world, would marry increased border enforcement with …

THE ISSUE: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) was an important milestone in the immigration history of the United States, repre-senting the first and most comprehensive …

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) was an important milestone in U.S. immigration history, representing the first and most comprehensive legislation to take on the …

The wide-ranging reforms that followed the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States significantly strengthened the national security capabilities of immigration agencies. The U.S. …

Immigrant-origin individuals have been the driving force behind U.S. demographic growth in the United States over the past two decades. Changing immigration policy could significantly …

Maine’s immigrant population, though relatively small, is a notably diverse mix of long-settled residents and newcomers from many parts of the world. At a time when the U.S.-born …

The Biden administration took significantly more executive actions on immigration than its predecessors, including during Donald Trump's first term, although it has been unable to …

The Trump administration set an unprecedented pace for executive action on immigration, reshaping many aspects of the U.S. immigration system through changes large and small. …

The sections that follow sketch the broad contours of some of the most needed reforms in the legal im-migration system, with a particular focus on adjust-ments to employment-based and …

The reform that was eventually passed was the product of four sets of political compromises. Those compromises were: A link between stronger enforcement of immigration law, both at …