Examines U.S. immigration law and its various reforms from 1965 to the present.

1U.S. Immigration Policy since 1965 -- 1 -- Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 -- 3 -- Refugee Acts -- 5 -- Flood of Undocumented Aliens -- 9 -- Crisis of Border Control -- 11 -- Illegal Immigration, IRCA, and the Employer-Sanctions Approach -- 12 -- Impact of IRCA -- 17 -- Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT) -- 18 -- 1996 Acts -- 21 -- 2 Domestic Policy -- 31 -- Amnesty and Legalization Issues for Current Undocumented Aliens -- 32 -- Assimilation and the Incorporation of Immigrants and Their Children -- 36 -- Asylum and Adjudication Processing Issues -- 45 -- Border Control and Management Issues -- 51 -- Cost of Immigration -- 58 -- Guest-Worker Issue -- 60 -- Restructuring the INS -- 63 -- 3 Global Issues -- 73 -- Amnesty, or "Regularization," Issues -- 73 -- Control of Illegal Immigration -- 75 -- Global Refugee Issues -- 78 -- Border-Management Issues -- 81 -- Migration and Development Issues -- 83 -- Economics of Emigration -- 86 -- Regional Approaches to Migration Issues -- 87 -- Open-Door Era: Foundation-1880 -- 93 -- Door-Ajar Era: 1880-1920 -- 94 -- Pet-Door Era: 1920-1965 -- 97 -- Revolving-Door Era: 1965-2001 -- 100 -- Storm-Door Era? 2001-Present -- 105 -- 6 Key Laws and Court Cases -- 129 -- Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 -- 129 -- Immigration Act of November 2, 1966, to Adjust the Status of Cuban Refugees -- 133 -- Afroyim v. Rusk, 1967 -- 134 -- Proclamation of the President of the United States of America, November 6, 1968, Multilateral Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees -- 137 -- Mathews v. Santiago Diaz et al., 1976 -- 139 -- Amendment to the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 (1976) -- 140 -- Refugee Act of 1980 -- 142 -- Executive Summary Recommendations of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, 1981 -- 145 -- INS v. Chadha et al., 1983 -- 147 -- Jean et al. v. Nelson, 1985 -- 148 -- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 -- 149 -- Immigration Act of 1990 -- 155 -- California's Proposition 187 (1994) -- 161 -- LULAC et al. v. Pete Wilson et al., 1995 -- 166 -- Immigration Provisions of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 -- 168 -- Immigration-Related Provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 -- 170 -- Immigration Provisions of the Omnibus Spending Bill, 1996 -- 172 -- Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act (LIFE) of 2000 -- 174 -- Child Citizenship Act of 2000 -- 175 -- USA Patriot Act of 2001 -- 176 -- Homeland Security Act of 2002 -- 177 -- 7 Directory of Agencies and Organizations -- 181 -- U.S. Government Agencies and Organizations -- 182 -- International Agencies and Organizations -- 187 -- U.S. Advocacy Organizations -- 190 -- U.S. Research Centers and Think Tanks -- 204.