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May 1, 2003
This updated timeline of key developments since September 11 tracks the latest connections between immigration and national security.
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May 1, 2003
Steve Farkas, Senior Vice President of the research group Public Agenda, reveals some of the findings of a new survey on the attitudes of immigrants in America.
Articles
May 1, 2003
Justice Department Allows Indefinite Detention of Undocumented Immigrants...
Homeland Security Department to Replace NSEERS...
Special Registration Deadline Passes for Fourth Group of Foreign Visitors...
Immigrants Killed While in U.S. Military Earn Posthumous Citizenship...
Student Adjustment Act Reintroduced to Congress...
Immigration Bureaus of DHS Receive Additional Funding...
Articles
May 1, 2003
MPI’s Ramah McKay examines the family reunification program, which accounts for approximately two-thirds of permanent immigration to the U.S. each year.
Articles
May 1, 2003
Justice Department Allows Indefinite Detention of Undocumented Immigrants...
Homeland Security Department to Replace NSEERS...
Special Registration Deadline Passes for Fourth Group of Foreign Visitors...
Immigrants Killed While in U.S. Military Earn Posthumous Citizenship...
Student Adjustment Act Reintroduced to Congress...
Immigration Bureaus of DHS Receive Additional Funding...
Articles
April 1, 2003
FBI, BICE Conduct 'Voluntary Interviews' of Iraqi-Born Immigrants...
DHS Plans Operation to Detain Asylum Seekers from Certain Countries...
Attorney General Announces Changes to Visa Waiver Program...
Tighter Entry Rules Affect Nationals of over 50 Countries...
Mexican Consulates Crowded with Applicants for Dual Citizenship...
Angolans Lose Temporary Protected Status...
Articles
April 1, 2003
With the war in Iraq intensifying, the media has focused on the Iraqi foreign born in the United States. To ensure the accuracy of public debate, MPI Data Manager Elizabeth Grieco uses U.S. Census Bureau statistics to describe the size of the Iraqi immigrant population.
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April 1, 2003
The Sept. 11 attacks prompted greater government scrutiny of undocumented immigrants in the United States. MPI Research Assistant Kevin O'Neil takes a look at how many Mexicans living in the U.S. without authorization have turned to a Mexican government ID called the "matrícula consular" to better establish their identity.