Bars to Adjustment: Unintended Consequences in the “Hagel-Martinez Compromise” Immigration Reform Legislation in the Senate


 

Publication Date: April 2006

Publisher: National Immigration Forum (U.S.)

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Research Area: Population and demographics

Keywords: Immigration Policy; Congressional Acts

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Reviews some of the document fraud penalties in the Senate's compromise immigration bill that could result an many intended beneficiaries of the legalization program being barred from adjusting their immigration status.