Chapter 16

The Federal Courts

What recent court cases have concerned immigration?

Seven Are Arrested in Prostitution Raid
Prince William County police said yesterday that they raided a house of prostitution in Manassas and made seven arrests.
Charged with frequenting a bawdy house were José E. Cubias-Reyes, 26; Eric M. Aguilera, 33; Ariel S. Moya, 22; Israel Díaz-Díaz, 44; and Edson N. Lino-Cardenas, 33. All live in Manassas or Manassas Park. They were released on a summons and are to appear in court June 6.
Yudelka S. Escolbores, 25, was charged with prostitution. She is being held without bond and will be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement after her criminal case is processed, police said. She also is due in court June 6.
A 17-year-old male was arrested for allegedly collecting money at the establishment, in the 7600 block of Chestnut Street, and was charged with pandering.
-Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502684.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041803281.html

What effect have these cases had on immigration policy?

Because most of the cases that immigrants are involved in are concerning with being here illegally, the cases have a negative effect on the case for immigration in the United States.

http://www2.nysun.com/article/40166

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042303757.html

Chapter 15

The Federal Bureaucracy

What bureacracies help immigrants?

Most of the bureacracies are centered around keeping illegal immigrants out, but the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services organization grants green cards to immigrants and also provides services to immigrants once they enter the country in order to help them adjust to life in the U.S., such as ESL classes.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030403070.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/26/AR2008032603281.html

What do the Deparments and Agencies with Responsibility for Border Security on pg. 487 do to hinder illegal immigration?

Each deparment or agency deals with a different aspect of immigration, each of which pretty much makes it more difficult for an immigrant to legally enter this country. For example, the Department of Transportation patrols the border, the Department of State decides how many immigrants will be granted access, and the Department of Justice prevents the entrance of illicit drugs or guns across the border.

The Congress, the President, and the Budget

What money is spent on controlling immigration? How?

This article sums up some of the budget that is allocated to border patrol and such:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/homeland.html

For the 2008 budget, immigration it was proposed that immigration budget be cut down.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/21/AR2008012102168.html

What intereste groups impact this spending?

The most prominent immigration interest groups in Washington are:

American Immigration Control Foundation

Center for Immigration Studies

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)

Immigration Forum

National Immigration Forum

Urban Institute

The Presidency

What are Bush’s views on immigration?

This link is to manuscript straight from the White House of Bush's 2006 approach to immigration:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060515-8.html

Bush seems to be somewhere in the middle concerning immigration, in the following article he states that "our economy depends on" foreign workers and calls on Congress to act now before the problem of illegal immigration "grows worse."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061500843.html

What immigration laws has he supported or vetoed?

During the beginning of his second term, Bush proposed a new illegal immigrant reform.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040107-1.html

Going against his own party, Bush proposed to liberalize immigration.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41340-2005Jan1.html

Recently, Bush has tried to renew immigration efforts.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/04/09/bush_to_renew_immigration_law_efforts/