This book provides an in-depth and timely analysis of the member states' compliance patterns with the key European Union Anti-Discrimination Directives. It examines the various structural, administrative, and individual aspects which significantly affect the degree and the nature of compliance patterns in select European Union member states.

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U.S. agencies have sought to address causes of unaccompanied alien child (UAC) migration through recent programs, such as information campaigns to deter migration, developed in response to the migration increase and other long-standing efforts. The recent migration increase was likely triggered, according to U.S. officials, by several emergent factors such as the increased presence and sophistication of human smugglers (known as coyotes) and confusion over U.S. immigration policy. Officials also noted that certain persistent conditions such as violence and poverty have worsened in certain countries. In addition to long-standing efforts, such as U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) antipoverty programs, agencies have taken new actions. For example, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-led investigative units have increasingly sought to disrupt human smuggling operations. This book reviews U.S. assistance in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras addressing agency-identified causes of UAC migration; how agencies have determined where to locate these assistance efforts; and the extent to which agencies have developed processes to assess the effectiveness of programs seeking to address UAC migration.

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While the power to prescribe rules as to which aliens may enter the United States and which aliens may be removed resides solely with the federal government, the impact of alien migration -- whether lawful or unlawful -- is arguably felt most directly in the communities where aliens settle. State and local responses to unlawfully present aliens within their jurisdictions have varied considerably, particularly as to the role that state and local police should play in enforcing federal immigration law. Some states, cities, and other municipalities have sought to play an active role in immigration enforcement efforts. However, others have been unwilling to assist the federal government in enforcing measures that distinguish between residents with legal immigration status and those who lack authorisation under federal law to be present in the United States. In some circumstances, these jurisdictions have actively opposed federal immigration authorities' efforts to identify and remove certain unlawfully present aliens within their jurisdictions. This book discusses legal issues related to state and local measures that limit law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities. It provides a brief overview of the constitutional principles informing the relationship between federal immigration authorities and state and local jurisdictions, including the federal government's power to preempt state and local activities under the Supremacy Clause, and the Tenth Amendment's proscription against Congress directly "commandeering" the states to administer a federally enacted regulatory scheme. It also discusses various types of measures adopted or considered by states and localities to limit their participation in federal immigration enforcement efforts; discusses the authority of state and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law through the investigation and arrest of persons believed to have violated such laws; and describes federal statutes.

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"Sin imaginarlo otra vida comenzaba para nosotros como para otros miles o millones de cubanos comenzaba la diaspora a esparcirse por el mundo buscando lo mas elemental para vivir, un trabajo, un pan, un alero. Igual que cuando salimos de Cuba no tenia idea de lo que estaba pasando cumplia con mis responsabilidades sacaba los grados de la escuela vivia como cualquiera otra hija de vecina, algunas veces iba al cine hoy Teatro Trial o con las companeras de la escuela al Orange Bowl para algun juego. Un dia me montaron en un avion destino: Caracas, la sucursal del cielo. Venezuela. Hoy cuando he jurado respetar la constitucion y leyes de esta republica de alguna manera me pregunto porque el destino me jugo esta partida de ser y no ser, de tener y no tener, de ser de aqui pero ser de alla un poco como no ser de ninguna parte de un libreto que me toco vivir gracias a Dios por todo esto, a mi hermano, su esposa, mis hijos, los hijos del Sr Smith, a mis dos sobrinos a mis amigos que me ayudaron a correr este camino largo y dificil de la mejor manera. Tambien al Sr Smith mi companero inseparable de tantos anos, algunas veces alumno otras maestro siempre con su espiritu de manana sera mejor que hoy tambien hizo posible este fin de etapa.""

Undocumented immigrant postsecondary students face myriad challenges while pursuing a college education. Garcia focuses on the experiences of nine students attending a public comprehensive postsecondary institution in California to assess how different types of social capital help students pursue a college education. She demonstrates how students were wholly or partly reliant on various types of social capital accessed before and during matriculation. Three of the major findings are: institutional agents were instrumental in developing students' social capital, family- and peer-based social capital was important to students' matriculation, and perceptions about immigration status affected students' matriculation and social capital development.

This book provides a new and powerful account of the demands of justice on immigration law and policy. Drawing principally on the work of Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, and John Rawls, it argues that justice requires states to give priority of admission to the most disadvantaged migrants, and to grant some form of citizenship or non-oppressive status to those migrants who become integrated. It also argues that states must avoid policies of admission and exclusion that can only be implemented through unjust means. It therefore refutes the common misconception that justice places no limits on the discretion of states to control immigration.

Immigration reform in the United States is imminent. If the proposals on the table haven't impacted your business yet, they will when law is passed. Forewarned is forearmed: "To be prepared is half the victory." The Gringos Guide to Immigration Reform for Employers was written to do just that-prepare employers for new requirements in compliance, documentation and employer-employee relations. This book will teach you how to counteract undue union pressure, revise or create company policies and procedures, comply with new Form I-9 changes, manage healthcare benefits under ObamaCare, and more, including essential bonus material helpful for others who need to be preparing for changes now Authors Jacob M. Monty and Sarah D. Monty-Arnoni bring many years of experience as legal counsel to both employers and foreign nationals to the pages of this book.

"Sin imaginarlo otra vida comenzaba para nosotros como para otros miles o millones de cubanos comenzaba la diaspora a esparcirse por el mundo buscando lo mas elemental para vivir, un trabajo, un pan, un alero. Igual que cuando salimos de Cuba no tenia idea de lo que estaba pasando cumplia con mis responsabilidades sacaba los grados de la escuela vivia como cualquiera otra hija de vecina, algunas veces iba al cine hoy Teatro Trial o con las companeras de la escuela al Orange Bowl para algun juego. Un dia me montaron en un avion destino: Caracas, la sucursal del cielo. Venezuela. Hoy cuando he jurado respetar la constitucion y leyes de esta republica de alguna manera me pregunto porque el destino me jugo esta partida de ser y no ser, de tener y no tener, de ser de aqui pero ser de alla un poco como no ser de ninguna parte de un libreto que me toco vivir gracias a Dios por todo esto, a mi hermano, su esposa, mis hijos, los hijos del Sr Smith, a mis dos sobrinos a mis amigos que me ayudaron a correr este camino largo y dificil de la mejor manera. Tambien al Sr Smith mi companero inseparable de tantos anos, algunas veces alumno otras maestro siempre con su espiritu de manana sera mejor que hoy tambien hizo posible este fin de etapa.""

This work is dedicated to problems brought about by the presence of Muslims in Switzerland. Even though the precise data for these problems differs slightly from one country to another, these problems are practically identical in Western countries where between fifteen and twenty million Muslims live. After a description of the Muslim view of minorities, this work presents Muslims' demands to find out to which level these demands can be taken in account: recognition, freedom of religion and worship, school, family law, food prohibitions and cemeteries. If the Muslim community continues at its present growth rate without adopting a more tolerant system of values, this community will represent a serious risk to the future of the democratic and legal system of Western countries, and will be able to endanger their territorial unity, as in former Yugoslavia. This work is written on a critical topic in this period of extreme global ten-sions. It is exceedingly beneficial for the Muslim community as well as the West. Both groups must learn to co-exist if we are to survive. To analyse problems is the first step in their solution. The Author Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh. Christian of Palestinian origin. Swiss citizen. Doctor in law. Habilitated to direct researches. Professor of universities (CNU-France). Responsible for Arab and Islamic Law at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (1980-2009). Visiting professor in different French, Italian and Swiss universities. Director of the Centre of Arab and Islamic Law. Author of many books, including a French, English and Italian translation of the Koran.

Immigration, has given the European nations the serious problem of solving the acceptance and the integration of the newcomers into their nations. How to balance the necessary opening of the borders with the interests of their own citizens who might feel threatened in their primary needs (for example they think about the lack of work places). It is with this in mind, and in general to ask the question WHY DO THEY HATE US ? In these pages, every non EU member can find -synthesized and simplified - the principle laws necessary to live in these countries taking Italy as an example people are worried about foreigners stealing their places of work, and the insurgency of different crimes that comes with immigrant due to lack of ingnorance of their Host country laws. A kind of which one can refer in order to know immediately the correct way to behave; what to do or what not to do, what to expect from the public authorities and who to turn to; what his rights and his obligations, are what constitutes a crime in Italy, what procedure to take in order to legalize his status, and so on. I hope i have produced something useful for both the foreigners who often violate the laws due to ignorance and lack of understanding, and for the Italians and the Institutions who will be able to live alongside, in an atmosphere of mutual respect, with foreigners who know and follow the laws of the country where they found themselves.Coming to somebodys country without prior knowledge of what might come your way can be more frustrating than you ever imagined, in this one fees not wanted or hated by the Host country.The answer is simple just know few things before setting out on the journey. Foreigners rights and duties In Italy, every non European foreigner that is someone from a country outside the EU has the same fundamental human rights provided for by internal and international law (for example, a foreigner can freely defend his rights in a court the same way as any Italian citizen).

This book provides an overview of key legal issues raised by state laws regarding the denial or issuance of driver's licenses and other forms of ID to unlawfully present aliens. It addresses the legal issues raised by local governments issuing ID cards to unlawfully present aliens, as well as by state and local approaches to recognising foreign-issued ID documents. This book also discusses key legal issues pertaining to unlawfully present alien students' access to higher education, in-state tuition, and financial aid.

Two years ago, in announcements made in August and October of 2009, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) committed to transform the U.S. immigration detention system by shifting it away from its longtime reliance on jails and jail-like facilities, to facilities with conditions more appropriate for the detention of civil immigration law detainees. In this report, Human Rights First reveals that despite these commitments, the United States continues to hold the overwhelming majority of detained asylum seekers and other civil immigration law detainees - nearly 400,000 each year - in jails and jail-like facilities across the country. The facilities are expected to cost American taxpayers more than $2 billion in 2012. In the course of its assessment, Human Rights First visited 17 ICE-authorized detention facilities that together held more than 10,000 of the 33,400 total ICE beds, interviewed government officials, legal service providers, and former immigration detainees, as well as a range of former prison wardens, corrections officials, and other experts on correctional systems. The report also notes that former prison officials and other corrections experts have found that less penal conditions in detention can actually help improve safety inside a facility, a finding echoed in multiple studies. It outlines steps that the administration should take to end its reliance on facilities with conditions that are inappropriate for asylum seekers and other civil immigration law detainees, and to bring U.S. detention practices into compliance with international human rights standards.

The extent to which residents of the United States who are not U.S. citizens should be eligible for federally funded public aid has been a contentious issue for more than a decade. This issue meets at the intersection of two major policy areas: immigration policy and welfare policy. The eligibility of noncitizens for public assistance programs is based on a complex set of rules that are determined largely by the type of noncitizen in question and the nature of services being offered. Over the past 16 years, Congress has enacted significant changes in U.S. immigration policy and welfare policy. Congress has exercised oversight of revisions made by the 1996 welfare reform law (the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, P.L. 104-193)-including the rules governing noncitizen eligibility for public assistance that it established-and legislation covering programs with major restrictions on noncitizens' eligibility (e.g., food stamps/SNAP, Medicaid). This report deals with the four major federal means-tested benefit programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps), the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant programs, and Medicaid. Laws in place for the past 15 years restrict the eligibility of legal permanent residents (LPRs), refugees, asylees, and other noncitizens for most means-tested public aid. Noncitizens' eligibility for major federal means-tested benefits largely depends on their immigration status; whether they arrived (or were on a program's rolls) before August 22, 1996, the enactment date of P.L. 104-193; and how long they have lived and worked in the United States. LPRs with a substantial work history or military connection are eligible for the full range of programs, as are asylees, refugees, and other humanitarian cases (for at least five to seven years after entry). Other LPRs must meet additional eligibility requirements. For SNAP, they generally must have been legally resident for five years or be under age 18. Under TANF and SSI, they generally are ineligible for five years after entry and then eligible at state option. States have the option of providing Medicaid to pregnant LPRs and children within the five-year bar. Unauthorized aliens (often referred to as illegal aliens) are not eligible for most federal benefits, regardless of whether they are means tested, with notable exceptions for emergency services, (e.g., Medicaid emergency medical care or Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster services). TANF, SSI, food stamp, and Medicaid recipiency among noncitizens decreased over the 1995-2005 period, but has inched upwards in 2011. While the 10-year decrease was affected by the statutory changes, the poverty rate of noncitizens had also diminished over the 1995-2005 decade. The poverty rate for noncitizens residing in the United States fell from 27.8% in 1995 to 20.4% in 2005. It has risen to 24.3% in 2011. Noncitizens are disproportionately poorer than native-born residents of the United States.

Every year, thousands of people seek asylum in the United States because they have been persecuted in other countries due to their race, religion, nationality, social group, or political opinion. In seeking refuge and protection, these immigrants must rely on the American court system to help them achieve safety from the great harm they have suffered.

In her unique and compelling judicial memoir, Susan Yarbrough, a former US immigration judge, highlights five significant asylum cases that she heard and decided during almost eighteen years on the benchcases that profoundly changed her not only as a judge, but also as a person.

Yarbrough recounts heartrending testimony described against the background of the countries in which the persecution took place, following each account with personal reflections on how she was emotionally and spiritually transformed by each person who testified. From Josue Maldonado, persecuted in El Salvador because of his religion, to Daniel Quetzal, an Indian from Guatemala who was tied naked to a pole and tortured because of his political opinion, the cases that the author shares provide an unforgettable glimpse into the lives of courageous people who risked everything for peace and freedom in the United States.

Bench-Pressed is the story of five asylum seekers and the judge who was irrevocably changed by the intersection of her life with theirs.

The 109th and 110th Congresses considered, but did not enact, comprehensive immigration reform legislation that included large-scale legalization programs for unauthorized aliens. In the aftermath of these unsuccessful efforts, some interested parties have urged the President and Congress to pursue more limited legislation to address the status of unauthorized alien students. Such legislation is commonly referred to as the "DREAM Act." Unauthorized aliens in the United States are able to receive free public education through high school. They may experience difficulty obtaining higher education, however, for several reasons. Among these reasons is a provision enacted in 1996 that prohibits states from granting unauthorized aliens certain postsecondary educational benefits on the basis of state residence, unless equal benefits are made available to all U.S. citizens. This prohibition is commonly understood to apply to the granting of "in-state" residency status for tuition purposes. Unauthorized alien students also are not eligible for federal student financial aid. More broadly, as unauthorized aliens, they are not legally allowed to work and are subject to being removed from the country. Multiple DREAM Act bills have been introduced in recent Congresses to address the unauthorized student population. Most have proposed a two-prong approach of repealing the 1996 provision and enabling some unauthorized alien students to become U.S. legal permanent residents (LPRs) through an immigration procedure known as cancellation of removal. While there are other options for dealing with this population, this report deals exclusively with the DREAM Act approach in light of the considerable congressional interest in it. In the 111th Congress, the House approved DREAM Act language as part of an unrelated bill, the Removal Clarification Act of 2010. However, the Senate failed, on a 55-41 vote, to invoke cloture on a motion to agree to the House-passed DREAM Act amendment and the bill died at the end of the Congress. The House-approved language differed in key respects from earlier versions of the DREAM Act. Bills to legalize the status of unauthorized alien students (S. 952, H.R. 1842, H.R. 3823) have again been introduced in the 112th Congress. It is unclear, however, whether any of these measures will be considered. On June 15, 2012, the Obama Administration announced that certain individuals who were brought to the United States as children and meet other criteria would be considered for relief from removal. Under a memorandum issued by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on that date, these individuals would be eligible for deferred action for two years, subject to renewal, and could apply for employment authorization.

Adequate and fair asylum procedures are a precondition for the effective exercise of rights granted to asylum applicants, in particular the prohibition of refoulement. In 1999 the EU Member States decided to work towards a Common European Asylum System. In this context the Procedures Directive was adopted in 2005 and recast in 2013. This directive provides for important procedural guarantees for asylum applicants, but also leaves much discretion to the EU Member States to design their own asylum procedures. This book examines the meaning of the EU right to an effective remedy in terms of the legality and interpretation of the Procedures Directive in regard to several key aspects of asylum procedure: the right to remain on the territory of the Member State, the right to be heard, the standard and burden of proof and evidentiary assessment, judicial review and the use of secret evidence.