Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future (Connecting the Dots: Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, Mexico, Obama, ACORN, Lee Hamilton And His Nephew David F. Hamilton, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Immigration and
America's Future: A New Chapter
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/us-immigration/task-force-immigration-and-americas-future
Amid continuing
inability to fix the nation’s overburdened immigration system, in 2005 MPI
convened the Independent
Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future to conceptualize and promote policies that
would result in a new and simplified immigration architecture positioned to
more effectively meet the country’s needs.
The final report
of the Task Force, which was co-chaired by former Sen. Spencer Abraham
(R-MI) and former Rep. Lee
H. Hamilton (D-IN), offers
recommendations that address the dilemmas of illegal immigration but also
reconcile the need to meet strong economic and social demands for legal
immigration with the imperative to strengthen enforcement and safeguard
national security.
It drew from
research commissioned for the Task Force, which can be found here.
The final
report articulates a vision that promotes US global competitiveness in the
context of post-9/11 security imperatives, while grappling with many of
the technical details that are frustrating reform efforts. Among its recommendations,
the Task Force called on Congress and the President to:
·
Redesign
and simplify the immigration system by establishing three streams for
immigration – temporary, provisional and permanent. The new provisional category
will align immigration with current economic realities by creating visas for
immigrants of all skill levels who have an offer of employment.
·
Create
an independent body in the Executive Branch that would introduce flexibility
into the system by making regular recommendations to Congress and the President
for adjusting immigration levels.
·
Provide
employers with a verification system so they can comply with requirements for
hiring authorized workers and develop a secure Social Security card that lets
individuals establish their work eligibility.
·
Implement “Smart
Border” measures that use equipment, personnel and cutting-edge technology more
effectively and strengthen accountability.
·
Establish
a national office to promote the integration of immigrants and provide a focal
point at the federal level for state, local and private sector integration
initiatives.
·
Provide
a path to legal status for unauthorized immigrants who can demonstrate steady
employment, knowledge of English, payment of taxes, and passage of a background
security check.
Going Forward
The report was
released in Washington, DC in September 2006. Members presented the
report in various cities across the country and worked with policymakers at all
levels of government as well as other stakeholders to broaden the scope of the
national dialogue on immigration reform.
The report serves as a durable foundation upon which to build the
discourse and policies that can meet the challenges and opportunities posed by
immigration for the 21st century. Congress failed to pass comprehensive
immigration reform legislation in 2006 and 2007, but the politics and the
policy issues of immigration have not
become any less
difficult, complex, or contentious in the years since. It
is more important than ever that policymakers and the American public have
solid information, fact-based analysis, and sound policy ideas on which to base
their discussions, and, ultimately, their decisions. MPI is uniquely suited to
contribute this knowledge because of the work that went into the report of
its Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future.
The Division of
United States Studies and the Mexico
Institute of the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars and Manhattan Institute collaborated with MPI in convening the Task
Force.
Connecting the Dots:
Ernesto Zedillo was
the president of Mexico and a board member for the International
Crisis Group.
George Soros is a board member for the International
Crisis Group and the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Carlos Pascual was
the VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a U.S.
ambassador for Mexico.
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
co-chair for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's
Future and was the president & director for the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars (think tank).
Jane Lakes Harman is
the president & CEO for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars (think tank) and a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Thelma Duggin is
a trustee at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars (think tank) and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
George Soros was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
James S.
Crown is the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December
17,
2013
http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, the attorney for ACORN vs.
Illinois State Board of Elections and is the president for the Barack
Obama administration.
Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was the
plaintiff in ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.
David F. Hamilton was
a canvasser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform
Now (ACORN), is a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th
Circuit and Lee H. Hamilton’s nephew.
Ann Claire
Williams is a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
7th Circuit, and a trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), David
F. Hamilton’s uncle, a co-chair for the Independent Task Force on
Immigration and America's Future and was the president & director for
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Carlos Pascual was
the VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a U.S.
ambassador for Mexico.
Ernesto Zedillo was
the president of Mexico and a board member for the International
Crisis Group.
Resources: Past
Research
California Gov. Brown
to Meet With Mexican President (Past Research on
Mexico)
MONDAY, JULY 28,
2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/07/california-gov-brown-to-meet-with.html
Judicial Watch's
Farrell: Emails Expose Administration Lies (Past
Research on the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
THURSDAY, MAY 1,
2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/05/judicial-watchs-farrell-emails-expose.html
Border Surge: Obama
Admin. Expands Program To Bring Central Americans to the U.S. (Past Research on Lee H. Hamilton & his nephew David
F. Hamilton)
WEDNESDAY, JULY
27, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/07/border-surge-obama-admin-expands.html
Homeland Security
Employs Radical Muslim, Her Social Media Posts Say It ALL (Past Research on the Independent Task Force on
Immigration and America's Future)
FRIDAY, JUNE 17,
2016
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