Legal immigrants aren't the problem to extent that the illegals are but they are drawing attention to the legal immigrants. The percentage of sheer numbers of citizens being displaced by out sourcing and illegal immigrants far out weights legal immigration
On Jan 29, 2017 3:57 PM, "plainolamerican" <[email protected]> wrote: I think it's the deluge of immigrants, both legal and illegal, pouring into Western Nations. --- The *Immigration Act of 1990* (Pub.L. 101–649 <http://legislink.org/us/pl-101-649>, 104 Stat. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large> 4978 <http://legislink.org/us/stat-104-4978>, enacted November 29, 1990) was signed into law by George H. W. Bush <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush> on November 29, 1990.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-1> It was first introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy> in 1989. It was a national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965>. It increased total, overall immigration to allow 700,000 immigrants to come to the U.S. per year for the fiscal years '92–'94, and 675,000 per year after that.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Fordham_Journal_Highlights-2> It provided family based immigration visa, created five distinct employment based visas, categorized by occupation, as well as the diversity visa program which created a lottery to admit immigrants from "low admittance" countries [3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-US_immigration_legislation-3> or countries where their citizenry was underrepresented in the U.S. Besides these immigrant visas there was also changes in nonimmigrant visas like the H-1B visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa> for highly skilled workers. There were also cutbacks in the allotment of visas available for extended relatives.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Immigration_Act_of_1990_Blue_title-4> The Temporary protected status <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_protected_status> visa was also created where Congress established a procedure by which the Attorney General may provide TPS to immigrants in the United States who are temporarily unable to safely return to their home country because of ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster, or other extraordinary and temporary condition. It specifically benefited citizens of El Salvador <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador>.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Fordham_Journal_Highlights-2> Other aspects of the act include lifting the English testing process for naturalization which was imposed in the Naturalization Act of 1906 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization_Act_of_1906> [5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Boundless-5> and eliminating the exclusion of homosexuals under the medically unsound classification of "sexual deviant" that was present in the passage of the 1965 Act.[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Homosexual_liberation-6> George H. W. Bush is quoted in saying "I am also pleased to note that this Act facilitates immigration not just in numerical terms, but also in terms of basic entry rights of those beyond our borders."[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-G_Bush-7> The administration, therefore, saw the importance of this amendment in extending a welcoming to those previously excluded nations/individuals. Contents [hide] - 1Family reunification <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#Family_reunification> - 2Job-based immigration <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#Job-based_immigration> - 3Diversity Immigrant Visas <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#Diversity_Immigrant_Visas> - 4Comments from the Bush Administration <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#Comments_from_the_Bush_Administration> - 5Non-immigrant visas <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#Non-immigrant_visas> - 6Significance <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#Significance> - 7References <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#References> Family reunification[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Immigration_Act_of_1990&action=edit§ion=1> ] Family reunification remained a priority as it had been in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965>. This act expanded the number of family-based immigration visas allotted per year to 480,000 but to do this it also made the definition of family more exclusive by limiting it to immediate family members.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Immigration_Act_of_1990_Blue_title-4> Job-based immigration[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Immigration_Act_of_1990&action=edit§ion=2> ] Job-based immigration was divided amongst five occupational categories in the 1990 Immigration act (in the 1965 act only two existed.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Fordham_Journal_Highlights-2> The act provided 140,000 visas per year for job based immigration.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Immigration_Act_of_1990_Blue_title-4> These categories were: - EB-1 visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-1_visa> (for an alien of extraordinary ability <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_of_extraordinary_ability>) - EB-2 visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-2_visa> - EB-3 visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-3_visa> - EB-4 visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EB-4_visa&action=edit&redlink=1> - EB-5 visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa> The EB 4 visa is a vague but has to do with religious workers who wish to continue their career in the U.S. The reason for this distinct category is because the other visas require employer contact and labor certification through the U.S. Department of Labor <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor>, while the religious worker visa applicant is not strictly limited to employer-sponsored entry.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Fordham_Journal_Highlights-2> In addition to having to be employer-sponsored, in most cases, the foreigner had to be applying to work in an area of labor shortage in the U.S. and if this was not the case, the employer had to bargain on their behalf and proves that they had exhausted all other domestic recruiting efforts.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Fordham_Journal_Highlights-2> Diversity Immigrant Visas[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Immigration_Act_of_1990&action=edit§ion=3> ] Diversity Immigrant Visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa> was a new, important facet of the amendment that had never been instituted in national immigration policy before. "Starting in 1991, every year the Attorney General <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General>, decides from information gathered over the most recent five year period the regions or country that are considered High Admission or Low Admission States"[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-8> from this analysis citizens of certain nations are deemed eligible or ineligible to apply for a diversity visa. "A High Admission region or country is one that has had 50,000 immigrants or more acquire a permanent residency visa. The High Admission regions are not given visas under this act in order to promote diversity."[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-US_immigration_legislation-3> Starting in fiscal year 1995, the cap of 55,000 visas were allotted as "diversity" visas. Today it is more around 50,000. Changes have been made to the diversity visa requirements almost every other year (if not more) since 1990 to assess which countries qualify (see Diversity Immigrant Visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa>). In 1990 the qualifying countries were as follows: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Czech republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including Guadeloupe and New Caledonia), Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including Bermuda and Gibraltar), Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland and Tunisia.[9] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Stanford-9> There are a number of qualifications to obtaining this visa besides being from one of the qualifying zones. You must: - Have a high school diploma - Have 2 years work experience and 2 years job training In addition, the SOS keeps track of age, occupation, education, etc. of all immigrants obtaining this visa. The selection of qualifying applicants is random. Once you are approved and granted a visa, family unification does extend to these visa holders. Children and spouses are eligible for permanent residency. This policy, notably, positively effected displaced Tibetans from 1991–1994 who were given 1,000 visas per year.[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-US_immigration_legislation-3> Comments from the Bush Administration[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Immigration_Act_of_1990&action=edit§ion=4> ] George Bush: "S. 358 accomplishes what this Administration sought from the outset of the immigration reform process: a complementary blending of our tradition of family reunification with increased immigration of skilled individuals to meet our economic needs." "Today I am pleased to sign S. 358, the 'Immigration Act of 1990'—the most comprehensive reform of our immigration laws in 66 years." "Immigration reform began in 1986 with an effort to close the "back door" on illegal immigration through enactment of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control_Act_of_1986> (IRCA). Now, as we open the "front door" to increased legal immigration, I am pleased that this Act also provides needed enforcement authority." "I am also pleased to note that this Act facilitates immigration not just in numerical terms, but also in terms of basic entry rights of those beyond our borders. S. 358 revises the politically related "exclusion grounds" for the first time since their enactment in 1952."[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-G_Bush-7> Non-immigrant visas[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Immigration_Act_of_1990&action=edit§ion=5> ] Controversy over the immigration act of 1990 stemmed mostly from the expansion of the green cards available for foreign laborers while limiting the access to temporary visas such as the H-1B visa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa> for visiting scholars. A bulletin released by the Stanford University News Service in Sept. 1991 claims that "Stanford, and other universities, will have to do more paperwork to hire short-term visiting professors and researchers under the H-1 visa program." [9] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Stanford-9> The bill also introduced a cap of 65,000 per year to H-1B and excluded nurses, entertainers, athletes, and artists from qualifying.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Fordham_Journal_Highlights-2> Another short term visa is "D" category nonimmigrants who work "aboard sea or air carriers or as longshore workers" there were more constraints added to their ability to obtain visas as well.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Fordham_Journal_Highlights-2> However, it also created new categories of nonimmigrant visas. The O and P categories were for extraordinarily skilled foreigners in the realm of entertainment, athletics, science, etc. Their admittance depended upon "consultation with the appropriate unions," usually who are asking them to the U.S. and their time allowed here depended on how long the event/activity they were participating in lasted.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Fordham_Journal_Highlights-2> Significance[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Immigration_Act_of_1990&action=edit§ion=6> ] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chart_of_foreign_born_in_the_US_labor_force_1900_to_2007.png> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chart_of_foreign_born_in_the_US_labor_force_1900_to_2007.png> Foreign-born in US labor force 1900-2015 After it became law, the United States would admit 700,000 new immigrants annually, up from 500,000 before the bill's passage. The new system continued to favor people with family members that already worked in the United States, but added 50,000 "diversity visas" for countries from which few were emigrating, as well as 40,000 permanent job-related workers and 65,000 temporary worker visas.[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-10> Additional provisions strengthened the U.S. Border Patrol <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Border_Patrol> and altered language regarding disease restrictions in a way that permitted the Secretary of Health and Human Services <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services> to remove AIDS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS> from the list of illnesses making a prospective immigrant ineligible to enter the country.[11] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Aids_restriction_lifted-11> Following the passage of this act, there were more immigrants admitted to the U.S. in this decade than any prior decade in U.S. history with 10–11 million documented entries.[5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Boundless-5> This act also led to the creation of the *Jordan Commission or the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform*. The Commission released 4 reports covering every aspect of U.S. Immigration policy and evaluated its quality and effectiveness, making recommendations based on their findings.[12] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Jordan_Commish-12> The report concluded with the following statement of principles: "Properly-regulated immigration and immigrant policy serves the national interest by ensuring the entry of those who will contribute most to our society and helping lawful newcomers adjust to life in the United States. It must give due consideration to shifting economic realities. A well-regulated system sets priorities for admission; facilitates nuclear family reunification; gives employers access to a global labor market while protecting U.S. workers; helps to generate jobs and economic growth; and fulfills our commitment to resettle refugees as one of several elements of humanitarian protection of the persecuted."[12] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990#cite_note-Jordan_Commish-12> 1948 The Displaced Persons Act allows up to 200,000 refugees displaced by World War II to enter the U.S. 1950 Internal Security Act allows the deportation of any immigrants who were ever members of the Communist Party. 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (the McCarran-Walter Act) consolidates earlier immigration legislation into one law and eliminates race as a basis of exclusion. However, race continues to be a factor because the quota system remains in place, except for immigrants from the western hemisphere. Immigration from any country is capped at 1/6th of 1% of the population of that nationality based on the 1920 census. 1965 The Immigration Act of 1965 gets rid of the nationality quotas, but limits annual immigration from the eastern hemisphere to 170,000, with a limit of 20,000 immigrants per country, and for the first time caps annual immigration from the western hemisphere at 120,000, without the country limit. In addition, a preference system is established for family members of U.S. citizens. 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act allows Cubans to apply for permanent resident status after residing in the U.S. for two years. 1975 At the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. passes the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 that resettles about 200,000 Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees in the U.S. and gives them a special parole status. The program was extended to Laotians in 1976. 1978 The immigration caps outlined in the 1965 Immigration Act are replaced with an overall annual limit of 290,000. 1980 The Refugee Act defines refugees as a person who flees his or her country “on account of race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.” Refugees are considered a different category than immigrants. The president and Congress are granted the authority to establish an annual ceiling on the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. The act also lowers the annual limit of immigrants to 270,000, from 290,000. 1986 The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) allows immigrants who had entered the U.S. before Jan. 1, 1982, to apply for legal status but required them to pay fines, fees, and back taxes. It also gives the same rights to immigrants who worked in agricultural jobs for 90 days before May 1982. About 3 million immigrants gained legal status through the law. The act also requires employers to verify work status of all new hires and fine those who hire undocumented workers. 1990 The Immigration Act of 1990 sets an annual ceiling of 700,000 immigrants for three years, and 675,000 thereafter. 1996 The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act broadens the definition of “aggravated felony” and increases the number of crimes classified as such so immigrants could be deported for a wider range of crimes. The law is applied retroactively. The act also increased the number of Border Patrol agents and established an “expedited removal” procedure to deport immigrants without a formal hearing. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act sharply cuts legal permanent residents’ eligibility for many public-assistance benefits, including food stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Medicaid. 2005 The REAL ID Act of 2005 requires states to verify a person’s immigration status or citizenship before issuing licenses, expands restrictions on refugees requesting asylum, and limits the habeas corpus rights of immigrants. 2006 The REAL ID Act of 2005 requires states to verify a person’s immigration status or citizenship before issuing licenses, expands restrictions on refugees requesting asylum, and limits the habeas corpus rights of immigrants. 2014 On Nov. 20, 2014, President Barack Obama announced he was taking executive action to delay the deportation of some 5 million illegal immigrants. Under the new policy people who are parents of U.S. citizens or legal residents will receive deportation deferrals and authorization to work legally if they have been in the U.S. for more than five years and pass background checks. On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 11:41:10 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > I think it's the deluge of immigrants, both legal and illegal, pouring > into Western Nations. > > I've often said of late: we, as a Nation could survive the onslaught of > massive (Legal & Illegal) immigration, maybe for another decade. We, as a > Nation could most likely survive our massive debt for probably another > decade. We can't survive both the debt and the massive influx, and survive > for another decade. > > Something had to come to a head, and our "Cultures", both here and in > Western Europa, were due for a "Culture Change" and both Americans and even > their European socialist counterparts knew it. > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Kamakazee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A few things; first and foremost, the internet. Organizing the >> protesting has never been more efficient or easy. >> >> Secondly, and related, most of us feel the need to take care of our "own" >> first. >> >> Lastly, "things" (socially, politically, economically) have gone to far >> to an extreme. >> >> On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 9:57:52 AM UTC-6, gtheist957 wrote: >> >>> What does everyone think is the onus for the populist/ anti globalist >>> movements and why now? >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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