Navigating Government Immigration Issues is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the strategic thinking necessary to create and enforce fair immigration practices throughout the United States. Featuring state and federal immigration and refugee resettlement experts, as well as immigration attorneys from across the country, this book provides a broad yet comprehensive overview of the challenges unique to assisting immigrants and refugees with their adjustment to life in a new country. Highlighting the need for immigrants and refugees to receive access to health care, education, and employment, these leaders offer advice on educating law enforcement officials, related government agencies, and local communities on immigration laws and practices, overcoming misconceptions about the immigration process, and advocating for reforming the integration process. The authors also clearly articulate the differences among legal immigrants, illegal immigrants, and refugees and discuss the type of assistance each group receives. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great minds in government today, as these experts reveal their advice for ensuring the ethical treatment of immigrants entering our country.
Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book.
Chapters Include
1. Caitriona Lyons, Refuge Program Coordinator, Texas Health and Human Services Commission - "Differentiating Between Refugees and Immigrants: Two Sets of Challenges"
2. Patrick Shen, Former Special Counsel, U.S. Dept of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices - "The History and Functions of the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination"
3. José A. Olivieri, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich - "Demand and Division: Immigration Law in Today's United States"
4. Richard Chacón, Executive Director, Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants - "Integrating Immigrants to Build Stronger Communities"
5. Edwin B. Silverman, Chief, Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services, Illinois Department of Human Services - "Partnership as the Key in Solving Immigration Issues"
6. Norman Levine, State Refugee Coordinator, New Mexico Human Services Department - "Seeking a Way to Enact Reform that Helps, Rather than Hinders, Immigrants"
7. James R. Edwards Jr., Principal, The MITA Group - "Political Pressures on Immigration Reform"
Appendices Include:
Appendix A: Office of Refugee Resettlement State Letter
Appendix B: New Mexico Administrative Code Requirements for Non-Citizen Drivers License (10/1/07)
Appendix C: San Francisco Immigrants Rights Commission Compliance Checklist
Appendix D: Testimony of Kris Kobach on the CLEAR Act
Appendix E: Immigration Enforcement Resources for State/Local Law Enforcement
