New immigration publications

From: "Mark Krikorian"
New immigration publications

[FYI: New from the Center for Immigration Studies:

1. New Backgrounder on the ineffectual 3/10 year bar for illegal immigrants
2. New Backgrounder listing last year's Ph.D. dissertations on immigration
3. Transcript of CIS panel on immigration and local law enforcement
4. Transcript of joint CIS/Nixon Center panel on matricula consular
5. Congressional testimony by CIS chairman on alien smuggling
6. Congressional testimony by CIS Fellow on matricula card

-- Mark Krikorian]

1.
Bar None: An Evaluation of the 3/10-Year Bar
By Jessica Vaughan, CIS Senior Policy Analyst
Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, July 2003
http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/back1003.html
http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/back1003.pdf
"In 1996, vowing to 'get tough' on illegal immigration, Congress passed the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA). This
law included a number of reforms aimed at deterring and punishing illegal
immigration. One new tool in that package, now Section 212(a)(9)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, for the first time sought to punish anyone
who stayed in the United States illegally by barring them from future
entry. Known as 'the 3/10-year bar,' this provision bars from re-entry
those who have accumulated more than six months of illegal presence.
Illegal aliens with six to 12 months of unlawful presence are barred for
three years; those here for more than a year illegally are barred for 10
years. In addition to penalizing a long period of illegal presence, the law
was meant to provide an incentive for prospective immigrants to play by the
rules and resist the temptation to flout immigration law en route to a
green card. At the time, observers predicted that millions of illegal
aliens would be affected. The numbers, however, tell a different story."

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2.
Immigration-Related Dissertations 2002
compiled by Thomas P. Redding
Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, June 2003
http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/dis2002.html

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3
Panel Discussion Transcript
"The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in Immigration"
June 26, 2003, Rayburn House Office Building
http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/enforcementpanel62603.html

Panelists:
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA)

James R. Edwards, Jr., author of a new Center for Immigration Studies
Backgrounder, "Officers Need Backup: The Role of State and Local Police in
Immigration Law Enforcement"

Haran Lowe, Assistant Attorney General, Alabama Department of Public Safety

Moderator: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies

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4.
Panel Discussion Transcript:
"Mexico's Illegal-Alien ID Card: Should It Be Valid in the United States?"
June 12, 2003, The Nixon Center, Washington, D.C.
co-sponsored by the Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/matriculapanel61203.html

Welcome: Dimitri Simes, President, The Nixon Center

Speakers:
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)

Marti Dinerstein, Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and
president of Immigration Matters, a public-policy analysis firm in New York

Moderator: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies

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5.
"The Deadly Consequences of Illegal Alien Smuggling"
Statement of Peter K. Nunez, Board of Directors Chairman, Center for
Immigration Studies

Testimony prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the
Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, June
24, 2003
http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/nuneztestimony62403.html

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6.
"The Issuance, Acceptance and Reliability of Consular Identification Cards"
Statement of Marti Dinerstein; Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies
and President, Immigration Matters

Testimony prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the
Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, June
19, 2003
http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/martitestimony61903.html

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Mark Krikorian, executive director
Center for Immigration Studies
1522 K Street N.W., Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 466-8185 fax: (202) 466-8076
msk@cis.org http://www.cis.org
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