Becoming an American: Immigration and Immigrant Policy. A Report to Congress.1997 Executive Summary

摘要

The process of becoming an American is most simply called 'Americanization',which must always be a two-way street. All Americans, not just immigrants, should understand the importance of our shared civic culture to our national community. This final report of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform makes recommendations to further the goals of Americanization by setting out immigrant policies to help orient immigrants and their new communities, to improve education programs that help immigrants and their children learn English and civics, and to reinforce the integrity of the naturalization process through which immigrants become U.S. citizens. This report also makes recommendations regarding immigration policy. It reiterates the conclusions the authors reached in three interim reports--on unlawful migration, legal immigration, and refugee and asylum policy--and makes additional recommendations for reforming immigration policies. Further, in this report, the Commission recommends ways to improve the structure and management of the federal agencies responsible for achieving the goal of immigration policy.