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The RAISE (Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment) Act is a bill first introduced in the United States Senate in 2017. Co-sponsored by Republican senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue , the bill sought to reduce levels of legal immigration to the United States by 50% by halving the number of green cards issued.
Freeman, 92 U.S. 275 (1875) – The power to set rules around immigration and foreign relations rests with the federal government rather than with state governments. Hauenstein v. Lynham , 100 U.S. 483 (1879)
Established the rules for naturalized citizenship, as per Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, but placed no restrictions on immigration. Citizenship was limited to white persons, with no other restriction on non-whites. Note: this is a restriction on naturalization (voting and office-holding), not on immigration. Pub. L. 1–3: 1795
The ruling was issued in a “sham marriage” case after an American citizen applied with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to obtain a visa for her noncitizen Palestinian ...
PolitiFact fact-checks immigration claims Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., made from her kitchen table in the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.
In fiscal 2023, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency charged with enforcing our immigration laws in the interior of the country, was only able to remove 142,580 (11 percent) of the ...
In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that immigrants cannot be held indefinitely if no country will accept them for deportation in Zadvydas v. Davis. [17] Enforcement of immigration law was reformed following the September 11 attacks, shifting focus to national security.
The Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT) modified and expanded the 1965 act; it significantly increased the total immigration limit to 700,000 and increased visas by 40 percent. Family reunification was retained as the main immigration criterion, with significant increases in employment-related immigration.