Immigration Reading List, 8/10/12

current edition of Immigration Reading ListArchive

Publication page

E-mail Update

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.Immigration Law Advisor
8.
9.

REPORTS, ARTICLES, ETC.


10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.Canada:

BOOKS


25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

JOURNALS


31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.


1.





"Strengthening the Integrity of the Student Visa System by Preventing and Detecting Sham Educational Institutions

Member Statements




Witness Testimony:









Return to Top





2.





"The Aftermath of Fraud by Immigration Attorneys"

Witness Testimony:






















Return to Top





3.






"Beyond Borders: Are the Department of Homeland Security’s International Agreements Ensuring Actionable Intelligence to Combat Threats to the U.S. Homeland?

Witness Testimony:















Return to Top





4.





"English Language Unity Act of 2011"

Witness Testimony:

















Return to Top





5.




"Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security"

Chairman Lamar Smith's Statement:


Witness Testimony:





Return to Top





6.
CRS Report on Criminal Aliens



Return to Top





7.
The Continuing Struggle To Define “Admission” and “Admitted” in the Immigration and Nationality Act




Return to Top





8.
New report from the General Accountability Office

Refugee Resettlement - Greater Consultation with Community Stakeholders Could Strengthen Program




TSA's Process for Ensuring Foreign Flight Students Do Not Pose a Security Risk Has Weaknesses




Criminal Alien Removals Increased, but Technology Planning Improvements Needed




Return to Top





9.
New Americans in Postsecondary Education





Return to Top





10.
New from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University

Drop in ICE Deportation Filings in Immigration Court



Excerpt:Impact on Actual Deportations.

ICE Prosecutorial Discretion as of June 28, 2012



Excerpt:

Return to Top





11.
President Obama's Record of Dismantling Immigration Enforcement



Return to Top





12.
New from the Institute for the Study of Labor

1.Kick It Like Ozil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap




2.Overeducation among Immigrants in Sweden: Incidence, Wage Effects and State-Dependence




3.Impact of Bilingual Education Programs on Limited English Proficient Students and Their Peers: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Texas




4.Immigrants in Risky Occupations




5.Immigration and Structural Change: Evidence from Post-War Germany




Return to Top





13.
New from the Migration Policy Institute

1.Shaping Citizenship Policies to Strengthen Immigrant Integration




2.European Immigrants in the United States



3.Relief from Deportation: Demographic Profile of the DREAMers Potentially Eligible Under the Deferred Action Policy




4.Understanding Mexico’s Economic Underperformance




5.Central American Development: Two Decades of Progress and Challenges for the Future




6.Contested Ground: Immigration in the United States




7.Understanding ‘Canadian Exceptionalism’ in Immigration and Pluralism Policy




8.Asian Labour Migrants and Humanitarian Crises: Lessons from Libya




Return to Top





14.
New from the National Bureau of Economic Research

The Effect of Trade and Migration on Income




Return to Top





15.
New from the Social Science Research Network

1.Getting to Work: Why Nobody Cares About E-Verify (And Why They Should)




2.Immigration, Asylum, and Citizenship: A More Holistic Approach




3.Sexual Minorities, Migration, and the Remaining Boundaries of Canadian Immigration and Refugee Laws




4.Why a Wall?




5.Altruism to Strangers for Our Own Sake: Domestic Effects from Immigration




6.Citizenship Under Fire: The Forging of the New Americans





7.The Institutional Structure of Immigration Law





8.Rethinking the Role of Federalism in United States Patent Law




9.Weighing the Constitutionality of State Immigration Verification Laws in the Wake of Arizona v. United States




10.Abolishment of Human Trafficking: A Distant Dream




Return to Top





16.
New from International Organization for Migration

1.Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Annual Report of Activities 2011



2.Labour Migration and Human Development - 2011 Annual Report



3.Migration Policy Practice



4.HIV and Bangladeshi Women Migrant Workers - An assessment of vulnerabilities and gaps in services




Return to Top





17.
2012 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States




Return to Top





18.
No Americans Need Apply: 100 Want Ads Exclude Americans From US-Based High-Tech Jobs




Return to Top





19.
Reforming Immigration Law to Allow More Foreign Student Entrepreneurs to Launch Job-Creating Ventures in the United States




Return to Top





20.
The Search for Skills: Demand for H-1B Immigrant Workers in U.S. Metropolitan Areas




Return to Top





21.
Geography of H-1B Workers




Return to Top





22.
Report of the Special Committee on Immigration Representation



Return to Top





23.
Who and Where the DREAMers Are




Return to Top





24.
New from Canada’s Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)

Transitioning Temporary Foreign Workers to Permanent Residents: A Case for Better Foreign Credential Recognition




Return to Top





25.
Border Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control












Book Description:

Return to Top





26.
Migration and Insecurity: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era







Book Description:

Migration and Insecurity

Migration and Insecurity

Return to Top





27.
Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India and Israel










Book Description:



Return to Top





28.
Climate Change and Displacement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives










Book Description:Climate Change and Displacement

Return to Top





29.
The Criminal Refugee: the Treatment of Asylum Seekers with a Criminal Background in International and Domestic Law







Book Description:

Return to Top





30.
Migration, Family and the Welfare State: Integrating Migrants and Refugees in Scandinavia







Book Description:Migration, Family and the Welfare State

Return to Top





31.
Citizenship Studies



Selected articles:

Abject citizens: Italian ‘Nomad Emergencies’ and the deportability of Romanian Roma



At the temporary–permanent divide: how Canada produces temporariness and makes citizens through its security, work, and settlement policies



Governing immigrants and citizenship regimes: the case of France, 1950s–1990s



A local welcome? Narrations of citizenship and nation in UK citizenship ceremonies



Return to Top





32.
Ethnic and Racial Studies



Selected articles:

Beyond the playing field: Experiences of sport, social capital, and integration among Somalis in Australia



Memories of ethnic violence in Sri Lanka among immigrant Tamils in the UK



Researching ethnicity, identity, subjectivity: anything but the four-lettered word



Gender and the dynamics of mobility: reflections on African migrant mothers and ‘transit migration’ in Morocco



Trans-Kemalism: the politics of the Turkish state in the diaspora



Health migration from Norway to Spain – ambiguous belonging



From ‘Norwegian citizens’ via ‘citizens plus’ to ‘dual political membership’? Status, aspirations, and challenges ahead



Return to Top





33.
European Journal of Migration and Law



Articles:

Fighting Statelessness and Discriminatory Nationality Laws in Europe



UNHCR's Mandate and Activities to Address Statelessness in Europe



Statelessness in the EU Framework for International Protection



Minorities, Citizenship and Statelessness in Europe



Nationality, Statelessness and ECHR's Article 8: Comments on Genovese v. Malta



The Human Rights of Stateless Persons in Europe - Interview with Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg



Guidelines to Protect Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention: Introduction


Return to Top





34.
International Journal of Refugee Law



Articles:

States’ Obligations under Human Rights Law towards Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: Positive Developments in Positive Obligations



Institutionalizing Statelessness: The Revocation of Residency Rights of Palestinians in East Jerusalem



Uganda’s Invocation of Cessation Regarding its Rwandan Refugee Caseload: Lessons for International Protection



Invisible Refugees and/or Overlapping Refugeedom? Protecting Sahrawis and Palestinians Displaced by the 2011 Libyan Uprising



Return to Top





35.
International Migration



Articles:

When Do Papers Matter? An Institutional Analysis of Undocumented Life in the United States



Migration Intentions among Mexican Adolescents



Analysing US State Legislative Resolutions on Immigrants and Immigration: The Role of Immigration Federalism



Managing Migration, Managing Motherhood: The Moral Economy of Gendered Migration



Social Capital Investment and Immigrant Economic Trajectories: A Case Study of Punjabi American Taxi Drivers in New York City



The Human Capital Characteristics and Household Living Standards of Returning International Migrants in Eastern and Southern Africa


The Causes and Impact of the Brain Drain in Institutions of Higher Learning in Zimbabwe



Micro-Level Determinants of Remittances from Recent Migrants to Canada



Remittances and the Maintenance of Dual Social Worlds: The Transnational Working Lives of Migrants in Greater London



Remittance Activity among Brazilians in the US and Canada



Socioeconomic Implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to Nepal: Evidence from the Nepal Living Standard Survey



Return to Top





36.
International Migration Review



Articles:

How does Conflict in Migrants’ Country of Origin Affect Remittance-Sending? Financial Priorities and Transnational Obligations Among Somalis and Pakistanis in Norway


In and Out of the Ethnic Economy: A Longitudinal Analysis of Ethnic Networks and Pathways to Economic Success across Immigrant Categories



The Dynamics of Repeat Migration: A Markov Chain Analysis



Foreign Workforce in the Arab Gulf States (1930–1950): Migration Patterns and Nationality Clause



Juridical Framings of Immigrants in the United States and France: Courts, Social Movements, and Symbolic Politics



Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: Effects of Post-Tiananmen Immigration Policy



Spurred to Action or Retreat? The Effects of Reception Contexts on Naturalization Decisions in Los Angeles



Negotiating Languages in Immigrant Families



Return to Top





37.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies



Articles:

The Roma in the New EU: Policies, Frames and Everyday Experiences



Reframing the Roma: EU Initiatives and the Politics of Reinterpretation



Between Competing Imaginaries of Statehood: Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) Leadership in Newly Independent Kosovo



Immigrant and Native Romani Women in Spain: Building Alliances and Developing Shared Strategies



From ‘Making a Living’ to ‘Getting Ahead’: Roma Women's Experiences of Migration



‘Going up to England’: Exploring Mobilities among Roma from Eastern Slovakia



Socio-Economic Mobility and Neo-Liberal Governmentality in Post-Socialist Europe: Activation and the Dehumanisation of the Roma



Beyond ‘Choice or Force’: Roma Mobility in Albania and the Mixed Migration Paradigm



From Silent Marginality to Spotlight Scapegoating? A Brief Case Study of France's Policy Towards the Roma



Return to Top





38.
Mobilities



Selected articles:

Gendered Mobility and Morality in a South-Eastern Mexican Community: Impacts of Male Labour Migration on the Women Left Behind



Migration and Innovation at the Bottom End: Understanding the Role of Migrant Managers in Small Hotels in the Global City



Return to Top





39.
Resenha



English language content:

Human Trafficking Scourge Needs More Than Policing



Human trafficking: another name for slave trading



Sex trafficking snares hundreds of thousands of American children



Trafficking: a human rights abuse, not an immigration offence



Modern-day slavery decried



Human and child trafficking on the rise



Return to Top