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To
examine numerical levels of annual legal and illegal immigration.
To
educate the public about the immigration-reduction recommendations
from two national commissions of the 1990s:
The bi-partisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.
(Click here to learn more about the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.)
To
fight economic injustice, it urged reduction in immigration numbers
that are now so high as to harm the most vulnerable American workers
and their families.
The President's Council on Sustainable Development
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Former
Sen. Tim Wirth, co-chair (see bio)
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To
achieve an environmentally sustainable society, it urged reducing
immigration numbers to a level that will allow the U.S. population
to stabilize.
Two
Immediate Commission Objectives:
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Eliminate Chain Migration
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Eliminate the Visa Lottery
The
Barbara Jordan Commission recommended the elimination of these two
immigration categories as the best way to protect vulnerable American
workers and their families.
The
President's Council on Sustainable Development, appointed by President
Clinton, did not make specific recommendations about what to cut
to get the numbers down to a level that would allow for population
stabilization. But the cuts suggested by the Jordan Commission would
go about half way toward the reductions needed.
In
1996, legislation was brought to the floor of the U.S. House and
Senate that would have eliminated Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery.
But Congress chose to address only illegal immigration that year
and to postpone a decision about the two legal immigration categories.
Unfortunately,
neither house has yet to address the set-aside issues of Chain Migration
and the Visa Lottery.
Click here to view the history of Traditional Levels of Immigration in the U.S.
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