Migration Information Source — April Issue

The April 2007 issue Migration Information Source is out.  It includes two particularly interesting articles:

Congress and White House Release Competing Proposals for Immigration Reform By Dawn Konet and Julia Gelatt Migration Policy Institute (here)

House Representatives Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) introduced comprehensive immigration reform legislation in March. The Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy (STRIVE) Act addresses border security and the unauthorized immigrant population. It would also create a new guest worker program.

Germany to Regularize “Tolerated” Asylum Seekers By Eric Leise (here)

Germany’s policymakers reached an agreement in March 2007 that will provide residency permits for asylum seekers whose applications were denied in the 1990s but whose deportations have been deferred for legal or economic reasons.

KJ