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Learning About Immigration Law (West Legal Studies)

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good and bad. good because it was consistent. bad because it consistently let me down. the best word to describe the book is "perfunctory". when ever i tried to learn about something that i consider "basic" i often resorted to google since the book gave no mention of it!(e.g. what are the travel restrictions on green card holders? google then taught me a green card holder cannot be abroad for over six months...that's IMPORTANT! how does a u.s. resident qualify to become naturalized? NOTHING MENTIONED! who are the different government agencies/players that are involved in the immigration process and what are their role? THAT'S BASICS!).

if anyone is interested and willing to pay for shipping and handling you can have my book for free. (seriously).

WARNING: i am planning to pursue a CAREER in immigration so it's possible that my standards are just unreasonably high.

After looking through the book, I have noticed it has some good detail as to how American Immigration is dealt with, Including post 9/11 issues. Great book.

Other reviews written on this book were right on. The author is very good at breaking down the law of immigration so that even the lay person can understand it. The review questions provided in the material have practical application which actually helps you remember the law in this area.

The concept of "Overloading the Boat" should be required reading for the nation. It explains that if immigration is unchecked, too many immigrants can consume this nation's resources and sink the boat. This is a good argument for the unchecked flow of illegal immigrants crossing our border. Unchecked or uncontrolled immigration is a problem for any country.

Also, in my opinion, if too many illegal immigrants along with sanctioned legal immigrants come in too fast, the immigrants don't assimilate our culture. For example, immigrants learn English too slowly or not at all. For a nation to do well, a national language is a unifying bond. If we have to put every language on websites or phone messages, it can fracture national bonding and unity. It creates mini-states of the countries of origin and doesn't cement our national identity.

The other concept is the "Immigration Door." The author discussed the concept of how wide or how narrow the immigration door should be open. People from across the world want to come here for the freedom and opportunities that America offers. Also, America needs talent from within to progress, but also needs to look abroad to keep our competitive edge. The door opening can't be so wide that too many immigrants come in that can't be assimilated and it can't be too narrow to exclude critical talent. These factors affect the door opening.

In my opinion, we could fund legal resident students in skills areas with free grant money to offset reliance on illegal immigrant labor. For example, establish construction trades instruction at community colleges and pay the students' costs; this way, the construction industry wouldn't have to rely on illegal immigrant labor.

All in all, the book is excellent. About half of the book is full of forms and the author advises forms can go out of date and to keep current, you have to keep abreast of changes.

P.S. - Found error on Page 6. The caption on the side of the page says the legislative branch is the branch of government responsible for "enforcing" the law. It should be corrected to read that the legislative branch of the government is responsible for "creating" the law.

great book for one wanting learn and understand the law of immigration from a law student or lawyers perspective.