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Authors: Jeb Bush,Clint Bolick

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See also
refugees

political courage,
xxv
,
5
–6,
74
,
138
,
196

politicians

as candidates for office,
10
–12,
207
–8,
214
,
222

divisiveness about immigration reform among,
3
,
5
–6

Hispanics as,
207
–8,
214
,
222

need for change in thinking of,
xvi

political courage of,
xxv
,
5
–6,
74
,
138
,
196

and political expediency,
62

See also
bipartisanship; elections of 2012;
specific person

Poppleton, Annette,
160
–62

presidents: powers of,
123

privacy issues,
55
–56

private schools,
128
–29,
185
,
188
,
189
,
217

process, immigration

consular visa system and,
127

duration of,
15
,
25
,
96
–97

high-skilled immigration and,
92
–93,
96
–97

human dimension of immigration policy and,
160
–67

traditional,
24

proposals

about border security,
47
–57

about dealing with current illegal immigrants,
40
–47

about demand as driving immigration system,
16
–31

about fundamental immigration reform,
12
–16

about general categories of immigration,
18
–24

about role of states in immigration policy,
31
–40

about teaching civics and founding values,
57
–62

public opinion,
3
,
8
–10,
36
,
108
–9,
122

quotas

demand as driving immigration system and,
17

for high-skilled immigrants,
92
,
93
–94

history of immigration policy and,
126
–27,
129
–30,
134

national origin,
129
–30,
131
,
133

reduction of illegal immigration and,
116

reading education,
186
–87

Reagan, Ronald,
206

Real Arizona Coalition,
171

“red-card” program,
27
–28

Rees, Nina Shokraii,
147
–52

refugees,
19
,
23
,
129
–30,
132

religion,
200
,
203
,
209
,
219
–21,
224

Reno, Janet,
xii

Republican National Convention (2012),
214

Republicans

in Arizona,
xxiii
–xxiv

classic profile of,
203

as conservatives,
206

core constituency of,
200

core values/ideals of,
206
–9,
215
,
224
–25

Hispanics and,
201
,
203
–9,
210
–25

as needing Hispanic support,
138
–39

prescription for,
199
–225

and strategies for connecting with Hispanic and immigrant voters,
210
–25

restaurant owners,
83

Ridge, Tom,
54

Romney, Mitt,
166
,
199
–200,
201
–3,
213
,
214

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
130

Rubio, Marco,
146
–47,
207
,
214

rule of law

complexity of immigration policy and,
70

as core principle for immigration policy,
8
,
11
,
25
,
113
–14,
117

dealing with current illegal immigrants and,
40
,
41
,
43
,
44

and decline or progress of U.S.,
74

as failure in immigration policy,
107

importance of immigration reform and,
25
,
62
,
63

public opinion about importance of,
10

See also
law enforcement

SABIS International Schools,
188

Samuelson, Robert J.,
145

San Francisco, California: laundry legislation in,
128

Sandoval, Brian,
207

Scalia, Antonin,
109

Schundler, Bret,
150

seasonal workers,
32
,
86
,
87
,
115
,
134
.
See also
guest-worker program

Secure Communities Program (ICE),
55

September 11, 2001,
xiv
,
57
,
92
,
106
,
135
,
137

service industry,
92

Silicon Valley,
67
–68,
91

Sinaloa drug organization,
50
–51

Sixth Street Prep (Los Angeles charter school),
183

Slaughter, Matthew J.,
93

small businesses,
82
,
83
,
92
,
216
–17,
224

Smith, Brad,
89
–90

Social Security,
xv
,
77
,
79
,
80
,
107
,
134

Social Security Administration,
xv
,
77
,
79
,
107
,
134

Social Security Disability Insurance,
77

social services

children of illegal immigrants and,
34
,
35
,
107

cost of,
xxiv
,
34
,
36
,
107
,
109

criticisms of immigration policy and,
xxi
,
140

demand as driving immigration system and,
17
,
21

demographics and,
74
–75,
88
,
141

dependency ratio and,
77

disadvantages of immigration and,
106

durational requirements for,
35

economy and,
33
–34

future immigration policy and,
74
–75

history of immigration policy and,
125
,
134

illegal immigrants and,
xxiv
,
9
,
34
,
35
,
107
,
109
,
211

impasse on immigration reform and,
7

importance of immigration reform and,
62
,
79
,
80
,
141

Kyl-Kennedy proposal and,
138

permanent residency and,
79
–80

public opinion about immigration reform and,
9

and Republicans connecting with Hispanics and immigrants,
211

states’ role in immigration policy and,
32
–36,
39
,
107
,
109

user fees for,
35

voter identification and,
39

See also specific service

sponsors: of immigrants,
23
,
92
–93

St. Louis
(ship): refugees on,
129

Starr, Alexandra,
97

StartUp Visa Act,
27

State Department, U.S.,
14
,
125

state government

driver’s licenses issued by,
135

education reform and,
34
,
183

federal relations with,
xiii
–xiv,
33
,
110
,
124

history of immigration policy and,
124
,
127
,
136

illegal immigration and,
107
,
109
,
136

introduction of immigration laws by,
113

law enforcement and,
36
–40,
109
–10

proposal concerning,
31
–40

role in immigration policy of,
31
–40,
109
,
124

as setting rules for government benefits,
30
–31

social services and,
xxiv
,
107
,
109

See also specific state

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields,
26
,
89
,
179

Stroud, W. Randall,
41
–42

students.
See
foreign students

subversive activities.
See
terrorism

Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
79

Supreme Court, Arizona,
193

Supreme Court, U.S.,
xxiii
,
32
,
35
,
39
–40,
55
–56,
60
,
109
,
124
,
127
,
128

taxes

costs of illegal immigration and,
107

dealing with illegal immigrants and,
41
–42,
43

high-skilled immigration and,
98

Hispanic views about,
208
,
209

importance of immigration and,
78
,
80

and Republicans connecting with Hispanics and immigrants,
215
–16

Tea Party,
11

teachers,
181
–82,
186
,
194
–95,
217

technology

border security and,
49
,
52
,
53
,
54
–56,
137

education and,
180
,
190
–91,
192
–93,
196

high-skilled immigration and,
90
–92,
94

and high-skilled workers departure from U.S.,
97
–98

U.S. leadership in,
90
–92

temporary visas, high-skilled immigration on,
87
,
94

terrorism,
xiv
,
15
–16,
50
,
53
–54,
106
,
126
,
131
,
134
,
135
–36.
See also
September 11, 2001

Texas,
201
,
213
–15

Thiel, Peter,
68

travel visas/tourism,
15
,
54
,
56
–57,
87
,
127
,
135
,
136
,
161

Treasury Department, U.S.,
125

Truman, Harry S,
131

“trusted traveler” programs,
56

tuition issues,
9
,
157
–58,
165

287(g) Cross-Designation Program,
xiii

“undesirable” immigrant legislation,
125

United States

decline or progress of,
69
–74,
102

immigrants as leaving,
97
–98,
136
,
174
–75

as unwelcoming country,
136

University of Notre Dame, Institute for Latino Studies at,
219

US-VISIT program,
54
,
55
,
137

Utah: immigration policies in,
39
–40

values/ideals

American Exceptionalism and,
xi

and Arizona’s views about Mexican immigration,
xxii

as basis for immigration reform,
4
,
8
,
11
,
40
,
41
,
63

in Bush family,
x

critics of immigration reform and,
141

and decline or progress of U.S.,
69
–70,
74

future of America and,
xvii

high-skilled immigration and,
100

of Hispanics,
206
–9

history of immigration policy and,
125

human dimension of immigration policy and,
146

and immigrants contributions to America,
175

need for immigration reform and,
xxiv
–xxv,
142

of Republicans,
206
–9,
215
,
224
–25

and Republicans connecting with Hispanics and immigrants,
204
,
214
,
215
,
221
,
223
,
224
–25

role of immigration in,
121

teaching about,
57
–62

See also
American Dream; family values

Vazquez, Bibiana and Dulce,
157
–58,
159

Veliz, Benita,
159

visas

biometric identification and,
56

consular system for,
127

enforcement of requirements for,
xiv
,
49
–50

for entrepreneurs,
67
–68

for foreign students,
15
,
27
,
54
,
73
,
136
,
155
,
163
,
164

overstaying of,
49
–50,
56
,
114
,
155

process for getting,
57
,
136

quotas on,
93
–94

September 11, 2001, impact on,
135

work-based,
95
,
99
,
141
,
158

See also
process, immigration;
type of visas

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