Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution (26 page)

as leaving U.S.,
97
–98,
136
,
174
–75

motivation for,
31
,
86
–87,
106
,
115
,
142
,
224

number of,
10

Republican strategies for connecting to Hispanics and,
210
–25

as scapegoats,
122

self-selection of,
86

See also specific topic

Immigration and Nationality Act (1952).
See
McCarran-Walter Act

Immigration and Naturalization Service: creation of,
127

immigration policy

complexity of,
xii
,
13
–14,
70

Constitutional authority for oversight of,
31
–32

as dysfunctional,
73

factors impacting future of,
71
–88

history of debate about,
121
–42

hostility in debate about,
211

human dimension of,
xii
–xiii,
145
–75

importance to Bush of,
ix
–xvii

importance of,
62
,
101
,
105
,
123

McCarran-Walter Act as foundation for present,
131

as overly restrictive,
68

public images of,
3

Republican role in,
201

states’ role in,
31
–40,
109
,
124

traditional premise of,
69
–70

unrepairability of current,
16

See also specific topic

immigration reform

comprehensive,
xxiii
,
xxiv
–xxv,
7
,
12
,
40
,
108
,
112
,
113
,
135
,
138
,
201
,
212
–13,
215

core values as basis of,
4
,
8
,
11
,
40
,
41
,
63
,
113
–14,
117

critics of,
xxi
,
xxiv
–xxv,
138
,
140
–41

education reform and,
179
–96

impasse over,
xxiv
–xxv,
5
–7,
40

importance of,
xxiv
–xxv,
3
,
31
,
62
–63,
74
,
137
,
191
–92

Mexican-U.S. bilateral,
135

need for fundamental,
xv
–xvii,
xxiv
–xxv,
5
,
11
,
12
–16,
71
,
139
,
141
–42,
195
,
215

of 1986,
108

paralysis about,
74

piecemeal,
12

proposal for fundamental,
12
–16

public opinion about,
3
,
8
–10,
36

stalling of,
5

states’ role in,
31
–40

See also specific person or topic

Immigration Reform and Control Act (ICRA) (1986),
133
–34

Immigration Works USA,
112

Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame,
219

International Foundation for Electoral Systems,
155

internment camps, Japanese,
129

investors, visas for,
94
–95

Jacksonville Jaguars,
173

Jacoby, Jeff,
12
,
17

Jacoby, Tamar,
112
,
115
,
116
,
211

Japan

immigration from,
129

immigration policies in,
96

Jefferson, Thomas,
124

Jewish refugees,
129
–30

jobs

disadvantages of immigration and,
106

high-skilled,
80
,
81
,
88
–102

history of immigration policy and,
122
,
126

importance of immigration for,
xv
,
80
,
81
–82

low-skilled,
80
,
81

outsourcing of,
98

public opinion about immigration reform and,
9

and Republicans connecting with Hispanics and immigrants,
210
,
213

See also
high-skilled immigrants

Judiciary Committee, U.S. House,
36
–37

Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate,
116

Justice Department, U.S.,
14

Keegan, Lisa Graham,
150

Kennedy, Edward “Ted,”
137
–38

Khan Academy,
191
–92

Khan, Salman,
191
–92

Khan, Shahid,
172
–74

Khosrowshahi, Cameron,
155

Khosrowshahi, Laura Osio,
152
–56

KIPP Academies,
188

Know-Nothings,
124

Knowledge Universe,
151

Krieble Foundation,
27
–28

Kyl, Jon,
xxiii
,
137
–38

Labor Department, U.S.,
14

labor unions,
6
,
127
,
181
–82,
217

language issues

in Bush family,
x
,
xvii

citizenship and,
58

critics of immigration reform and,
xxi
,
140

dealing with illegal immigration and,
43
,
45

education reform and,
182
,
183

English immersion programs and,
183

future of America and,
xvii

history of immigration policy and,
122
,
123
,
125
,
126

public opinion about immigration reform and,
9

and Republican connections with Hispanics and immigrants,
210

Latino Coalition,
207
,
208

laundries: San Francisco laws about,
128

law enforcement

administration of,
110
–11

backlash against perceived failures of,
108
–10

Bush’s experience with,
xii
–xiv

and congressional authority for naturalization,
110
–11

decline in illegal immigration and,
113
,
114

federal-state relations and,
xiii
–xiv

flaws in,
108

hiring of illegal immigrants and,
108

history of immigration policy and,
125

by local government,
36
,
37
–38,
109
–10

and need for improved legal channels for immigration,
116

Obama administration and,
110
–11

and overly strict laws,
116

public opinion about immigration and,
108
–9

state role in immigration policy and,
36
–40

See also
border security; rule of law

lawyers, immigration and naturalization,
xxi
–xxii,
160
–62,
166

leadership,
xvi
,
4
,
11
,
74
,
112
,
196

Levin, Jack,
84

local communities

border security and,
53

children of illegal immigrants and,
107

importance of immigration to,
83
–84

law enforcement by,
36
,
37
–38,
109
–10

and Republicans connecting with Hispanics and immigrants,
222
–23

social services and,
xxiv
,
107

Loera, Joaquin Guzman,
51

Los Zetas cartel,
51

low-skilled immigrants,
80
,
85
–86

LPC (likely to become a public charge) clause,
125

Mac Donald, Heather,
205

Manzano, Nayeli,
158
–59

Martinez de Vara, Art,
214

Martinez, Erik,
169
–70

Martinez, Mel,
214
,
223

Martinez, Susana,
207

Marty, Max,
67
–68

Massey, Douglas S.,
114

McCain, John,
137
,
212
–13

McCarran, Pat,
131

McCarran-Walter Act (1952),
131
,
133
,
139

Medicaid,
9
,
34
–35,
79

Medicare,
77
,
79
,
80
,
134

Meese, Edwin,
xiii

Mehlman, Ken,
210

Mexico/Mexicans

Arizona’s views about immigration from,
xxii
–xxiv

border security and,
53

bracero
program and,
130
–31

demographics in,
87

economy of,
49
,
87

and Mexican-U.S. bilateral immigration reform,
135

reversal of immigration from,
87
–88

as source of immigrants for U.S.,
86

See also
Hispanics

Miami-Dade County, Florida,
xi
–xiii

Microsoft Corporation,
89
,
90
,
98

military

Bolick’s (Jerry) service in,
xix
–xx

law enforcement duties of,
xiii

service of immigrants in,
47
,
111

Montgomery, Bill,
171

Moretti, Enrico,
91
–92

Mutabdzija, Dario,
67
–68

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,
151

National Assessment of Educational Progress,
60
,
187

National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials,
146

National Guard,
38
,
53

national identity,
69
,
78
–79,
121

national origin quotas,
129
–30,
131
,
133

national parks: security issues and,
52

National Research Council,
80

national security,
54
–57,
62
,
136
–37.
See also
terrorism

National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS),
135
,
136

nativism,
127
–29

naturalization.
See
citizenship/naturalization

Naturalization Service, U.S.,
127

New York Times

Blueseed story in,
67

children of immigrants as returning to native home story in,
97
–98

Newsweek
: BASIS story in,
189

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards,
194

North Star Opinion Research,
9

Obama, Barack

Asian voters support for,
203

command-and-control approach of,
204

deferred action plan of,
45
,
111
–12,
156
,
158
,
159
,
202

deportation of illegal immigrants and,
202

education policy of,
45
–46,
111

health care program of,
34
–35

Hispanic support for,
7
,
138
,
202
,
212
,
213
,
214

law enforcement and,
110
–11

political courage of,
138

promises about immigration reform of,
5
,
6
–7,
12
,
112
,
202

states’ role in immigration policy and,
34
–35

Ogston, Rick,
192

Okoye, Faithful,
162
–67

Okoye, Providence,
163
,
165

Okoye, Suzylene,
163
,
165

Operation Fast and Furious,
51

Operation Wetback,
131

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
180

orphan abduction: in Arizona,
xxiii

Orrenius, Pia M.,
95
–96

outsourcing of jobs,
98

overstaying of visas,
49
–50,
114
,
155

Paige, Rod,
151

Partnership for a New American Economy,
68

Pearce, Russell,
11

permanent residency,
35
,
42
–44,
73
,
79
–80,
87
,
95
–96,
134
.
See also
green cards

Perry, Rick,
201

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life,
219

Pew Hispanic Center,
49
,
88
,
182
–83,
219

Pew Research Center,
38
n,
85
,
86
,
207

Phoenix, Arizona

Erfle family in,
167
–71

naturalization ceremony in,
xxvi

Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA),
170

Phoenix Police Department: Erfle family and,
167
–71

Pioneer Astronautics,
99
,
117

point system: for determining entry priorities,
26
,
137
–38

political asylum,
23
,
95
,
130