NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT- Significantly reduced price- Overstock List price Consists of a compendium of tables organized by subject matter. Presents data obtained primarily from workload and case tracking administrative systems of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This publication enables research about the historical immigrant classifications and statistical information that pertain to immigrants born outside the United States who have migrated to America with hopes to become citizens. Related products: Immigration resources collection can be found here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/citizenship-politics/immigration 8CFR Aliens & Nationality, 2016 edition can be found here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/869-084-00024-7 Educational resources about U.S. Citizenship produced by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Department of Homeland Securitycan be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/531 Other resources products by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Department of Homeland Security can be found here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/371 Other resources produced by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/372

In the debate over U. S. immigration, all sides now support policy and practice that expand the parameters of enforcement. Philip Kretsedemas examines this development from several different perspectives, exploring recent trends in U.S. immigration policy, the rise in extralegal state power over the course of the twentieth century, and discourses on race, nation, and cultural difference that have influenced politics and academia. He also analyzes the recent expansion of local immigration law and explains how forms of extralegal discretionary authority have become more prevalent in federal immigration policy, making the dispersion of local immigration laws possible. While connecting such extralegal state powers to a free flow position on immigration, Kretsedemas also observes how these same discretionary powers have been used historically to control racial minority populations, particularly African Americans under Jim Crow. This kind of discretionary authority often appeals to "states rights" arguments, recently revived by immigration control advocates. Using these and other examples, Kretsedemas explains how both sides of the immigration debate have converged on the issue of enforcement and how, despite differing interests, each faction has shaped the commonsense assumptions defining the debate.

Statistical data on immigration have been published annually by the U.S. government since the 1860s. Over the years, the federal agencies responsible for reporting on immigration have changed, as have the content, format, and title of the annual publication. Currently, immigration data are published in the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics by the Office of Immigration Statistics in the Policy Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security.The 2014 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics consists of a compendium of tables organized by subjectmatter, including:Lawful Permanent Residents (Tables 1 to 12)Lawful permanent residents (LPRs) are persons who have been granted lawful permanent residence in the United States. They are also known as "green card" recipients.Refugees and Asylees (Tables 13 to 19)Refugees and asylees are persons who sought residence in the United States in order to avoid persecution in their country of origin. Persons granted refugee status applied for admission while outside the United States. Persons granted asylum applied either at a port of entry or at some point after their entry into the United States.Naturalizations (Tables 20 to 24)Naturalizations refer to persons aged 18 and over who become citizens of the United States. Most lawful permanent residents are eligible to apply for naturalization within five years after obtaining LPR status.Nonimmigrant Admissions (Tables 25 to 32)Nonimmigrant admissions refer to arrivals of persons who are authorized to stay in the United States for a limited period of time. Most nonimmigrants enter the United States as tourists or business travelers, but some come to work, study, or engage in cultural exchange programs.Enforcement Actions (Tables 33 to 41)Enforcement actions include foreign nationals who are determined inadmissible, apprehended, removed or returned for violating the Immigration and Nationality Act. These actions occur at the borders of the United States, in the interior of the country, and at designated sites outside the United States

The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. Over the years the composition of immigrants has significantly changed. From receiving immigrants from primarily Europe, the United States is now home to people from countries around the globe. One of the common challenges encountered by immigrant and refugee families and youth is to successfully resettle and integrate into the host country that is culturally different from their country of origin. Depending on the context of migration, families and youth oftentimes face additional challenges ranging from potential trauma prior to immigration, language, employment, education, healthcare accessibility, integration, discrimination, etc. This book focuses on different issues experienced by immigrant and refugee families and youth as well as programs implemented to serve these populations. These issues pertain to the individual at a personal level (attachment, trauma, bi-cultural self-efficacy, behavioral problems, and mental health), family (parenting, work-family conflict, problems such as domestic violence), community (risk factors such as racial discrimination and protective factors such as social capital) and policy (immigration policy and enforcement). Part I of the book focuses on immigrant and refugee families and Part II focuses on immigrant and refugee youth. By increasing our awareness of issues pertinent to immigrant and refugee families and youth, we can better provide culturally respectful and sensitive services and policy to this population at a time when they are navigating between their host culture and home culture in addition to dealing with challenges encountered in resettlement. The book is a significant new contribution to migration studies and social justice, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of social work, public policy, law and sociology. The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Ethic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work.