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Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2006 - Authorizes a border relief grant program for a tribal, state, or local law enforcement agency in a county: (1) no more than 100 miles (160 km) from a U.S. border with Canada or Mexico; or (2) more than 100 miles (160 km) from any such border but which is a high impact area.
The act was limited to enforcement and focused on both the border and the interior. In the Senate, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (CIRA) was sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and passed in May 2006. CIRA would have given a path to eventual citizenship to a majority of undocumented immigrants already in the country as well ...
H.R. 4437 was seen by many as the catalyst for the 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests. [70] The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 previously gave "amnesty" to 2.7 million undocumented immigrants. Proponents of the measure, including then-President Reagan, said the measure, paired with stricter employer rules and a better path for ...
In 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005, and in 2006 the U.S. Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006. Neither bill became law because their differences could not be reconciled in conference committee. [14]
Around 14.6 million people migrated to the UK between 1964 and 2010, compared with just under 2.5 million in 2022 and 2023. Fact check: Immigration was six times higher in 1964-2010 than past two ...
Immigration to the United States over time by region. In 2022 there was 46,118,600 immigrant residents in the United States or 13.8% of the US population according to the American Immigration Council. The number of undocumented or illegal immigrants stood at 9,940,700 in 2022 making up 21.6% of all immigrants or 3% of the total US population. [1]
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: legislating a new America (Cambridge University Press, 2015). LeMay, Michael C. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: A Reference Guide (ABC-CLIO, 2020). Orchowski, Margaret Sands. The law that changed the face of America: the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).
Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act ("McCain-Kennedy Bill," S. 1033) was an immigration reform bill introduced in the United States Senate on May 12, 2005 by Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy. It was the first of its kind since the early 2000s in incorporating legalization, guest worker programs, and border enforcement components.