News tagged with immigration laws

Female terrorists' bios belie stereotypes, study finds

Much like their male counterparts, female terrorists are likely to be educated, employed and native residents of the country where they commit a terrorist act, according to new research published by the American Psychological ...

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created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Buddhists and Hindus are on the rise nationally, study finds

Hindu and Buddhist groups have grown steadily in the United States since changes in immigration laws in 1965 and 1992, with particularly high concentrations in Texas, California, the New York Metropolitan Area, Illinois and ...

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New report finds Houston metropolitan area is more diverse, less segregated

Dramatic growth over the past 20 years has made Houston the most ethnically diverse large metropolitan area in the country and reduced its segregation, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for ...

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Putting a face -- and a fingerprint -- to a name

Bill Conner runs a defense company whose customers are threatened by new forms of global attack every day.

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created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rising labor costs could trigger changes in produce industry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Immigration reform and stricter enforcement of current immigration laws could significantly boost labor costs for California’s $20 billion fresh fruit, nut and vegetable crops, according ...

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created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mass illegal immigration violations reveals flaws in the law

Anyone who cares about the rule of law has to acknowledge that illegal immigration has serious social costs that cannot be casually dismissed, says immigration law expert Stephen Legomsky, JD, DPhil, the John S. Lehmann University ...

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created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

New research analyzes issues in immigration law

University of Miami Law Professor Rebecca A. Sharpless has recently authored a research paper titled, "Toward a True Elements Test: Taylor and the Categorical Analysis of Crimes in Immigration Law."

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Post-9/11 immigration enforcement lowered demand for undocumented workers

A recent study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management shows that as a result of a variety of interior enforcement initiatives implemented in 2002-2005, such as the ramping up of the Social Security no-match progra ...

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0