U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest. Appendix D to the Staff Report of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy: Papers on Legal Immigration to the United States

摘要

Contents: Immigrants: How many; Family reunification; Rationale and goals of the independent category; Selecting independent immigrants--A point system; Alternative mechanisms for protecting the U.S. work force: Advantages and disadvantages; The Silva case; Estimating the emigration rates of legal immigrants using administrative and survey data: The 1971 cohort of immigrants; The economic implications of immigration: labor shortages, income distribution, productivity and economic growth; The really important effects of immigration upon natives' incomes; The environmental impact of immigration; Migration: A positive effect on resources; An analysis of the economic progress and impact of immigrants; What immigrants take from, and give to, the public coffers; The schooling and health of children of immigrants; The household structure of immigrants and natives; Patterns of fertility variation among Mexican immigrants to the United States; Integration of Mexican immigrants into the United States political system; Bilingual education in the U.S.: The 'either/or' mistake.