Browsing W&L University Student Scholarship by Subject "Immigrants -- Government policy"
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Denying Medical Services to Undocumented Immigrants within the United States: Short-Sighted Policies with Disastrous Consequences
This paper will dispel myths about immigration, which become the reasons for the driving opposition against providing social services to immigrants. In addition, this paper will take a legal and human rights approach. It ... -
Effects of 1996 on Immigration and Immigrant Policy Reforms on Legal Permanent Residents
Essentially, PRWORA [Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act] promised to decrease welfare spending by $55 billion over five years, limit welfare receipt to two years after which time recipients ... -
The Exploitation of Legal, Temporary Workers in the United States
The population of legal temporary workers has fluctuated at different points in U.S. history, but their work conditions have remained almost universally abysmal. Historical patterns of employer behavior and political policy ... -
An Illogical Policy Protecting the Dignity of Undocumented Immigrants with Chronic Illness
This paper assesses the implications of imprecision in federal legislation concerning emergency medical treatment of undocumented immigrants and the obligation of the U.S. to facilitate extended treatment of illegal ...