Question 1

The agency that coordinated immigration policy until its absorption in the Department of Homeland Security was

Accepted Answer

A)  Office of Immigration 
B)  Immigration and Refugee Service 
C)  Immigration and Naturalization Service 
D)  Border Patrol 
A)  Office of Immigration 
B)  Immigration and Refugee Service 
C)  Immigration and Naturalization Service 
D)  Border Patrol

Question 2

Which of the following were reasons for the decline of illegal immigration in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexico's improving economy 
B)  The Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 
C)  Increased enforcement of immigration laws 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  Mexico's improving economy 
B)  The Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 
C)  Increased enforcement of immigration laws 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is not a reason for federal intervention in current immigration policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unacceptable population growth 
B)  Conflicting state and local policies 
C)  Conflicting court decisions 
D)  Uneven distribution of costs 
A)  Unacceptable population growth 
B)  Conflicting state and local policies 
C)  Conflicting court decisions 
D)  Uneven distribution of costs

Question 4

What was not a part of The Responsibility Act of 1996?

Accepted Answer

A)  Doubled Border Patrol 
B)  Improved Border Patrol Equipment 
C)  White Card Application Process 
D)  Human Smuggling Penalties 
A)  Doubled Border Patrol 
B)  Improved Border Patrol Equipment 
C)  White Card Application Process 
D)  Human Smuggling Penalties

Question 5

Employment-based preferences allows admittance of immigrants with specifically needed skills except for

Accepted Answer

A)  advanced degrees 
B)  Cuban refugees 
C)  skilled professionals 
D)  unskilled workers fulfilling special needs 
A)  advanced degrees 
B)  Cuban refugees 
C)  skilled professionals 
D)  unskilled workers fulfilling special needs

Question 6

Which is not a immigration reform proposal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Border Militarization 
B)  Maximization 
C)  Job Skills Needs Focus 
D)  First Come, First Served Proposals 
A)  Border Militarization 
B)  Maximization 
C)  Job Skills Needs Focus 
D)  First Come, First Served Proposals

Question 7

Immigrants are often scapegoats for problems that they do not contribute to. T/F

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

American labor unions

Accepted Answer

A)  strongly support increased immigration. 
B)  worry about immigrants taking low wage jobs from citizens 
C)  believe that large numbers of immigrants depress wages of union members 
D)  (b) and (c) 
E)  none of the above 
A)  strongly support increased immigration. 
B)  worry about immigrants taking low wage jobs from citizens 
C)  believe that large numbers of immigrants depress wages of union members 
D)  (b) and (c) 
E)  none of the above

Question 9

Current immigration policy gives preference to:

Accepted Answer

A)  uniting families 
B)  economic contributions the immigrant could make to the U.S. 
C)  refugees 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  uniting families 
B)  economic contributions the immigrant could make to the U.S. 
C)  refugees 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 10

Both proponents and opponents of immigration argue that the prosperity needs of society supports their position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT an anti-immigrant group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ku Klux Klan 
B)  Anti-National Origins Clause League 
C)  The American Coalition 
D)  Immigrant Restriction League 
A)  Ku Klux Klan 
B)  Anti-National Origins Clause League 
C)  The American Coalition 
D)  Immigrant Restriction League

Question 12

The list of states that attract the largest number of foreign-born people does NOT include

Accepted Answer

A)  Illinois 
B)  New Jersey 
C)  Iowa 
D)  Florida 
A)  Illinois 
B)  New Jersey 
C)  Iowa 
D)  Florida

Question 13

In 1990 the ratio of foreign-born to the total population was the highest in U.S. history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What other states besides California prohibited Japanese from owning agricultural land?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana 
B)  Oregon, Washington, and Arizona 
C)  Arizona, Texas, and Washington 
D)  Texas, Nevada, and Oklahoma 
A)  Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana 
B)  Oregon, Washington, and Arizona 
C)  Arizona, Texas, and Washington 
D)  Texas, Nevada, and Oklahoma

Question 15

"Investor immigrants"

Accepted Answer

A)  is a category created in the Immigration Act of 1990. 
B)  create jobs in the U.S. 
C)  promise to invest certain sums of money in urban or rural areas. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  is a category created in the Immigration Act of 1990. 
B)  create jobs in the U.S. 
C)  promise to invest certain sums of money in urban or rural areas. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 16

The 1996 immigration law required sponsoring family members to earn 150 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines in order to sponsor a relative.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Immigration Act of 1990

Accepted Answer

A)  limited the immigration quota to 675,000 per year after 1995 
B)  introduced a lottery process 
C)  family unification became the primary criterion 
D)  all of the above 
E)  (
A)  & (
C)  only 
A)  limited the immigration quota to 675,000 per year after 1995 
B)  introduced a lottery process 
C)  family unification became the primary criterion 
D)  all of the above 
E)  (
A)  & (
C)  only

Question 18

Refugees are people who are displaced from their home country because of

Accepted Answer

A)  Persecution by a political regime 
B)  They are outcasts from their society 
C)  Political instability in their country 
D)  A and C 
A)  Persecution by a political regime 
B)  They are outcasts from their society 
C)  Political instability in their country 
D)  A and C

Question 19

It can be argued that immigrants are good for the economy because they

Accepted Answer

A)  Take jobs not filled by natives 
B)  Willing to work for low wages 
C)  Start business at a higher rate than natives 
D)  Can live on minimum wage 
A)  Take jobs not filled by natives 
B)  Willing to work for low wages 
C)  Start business at a higher rate than natives 
D)  Can live on minimum wage

Question 20

Which of the following is not a reaction of a state government to the failure of the federal government to enact comprehensive immigration reform?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social Service Access Prohibitions 
B)  In State Tuition Restrictions 
C)  Employer Sanctions 
D)  Purchasing Identification Requirements 
A)  Social Service Access Prohibitions 
B)  In State Tuition Restrictions 
C)  Employer Sanctions 
D)  Purchasing Identification Requirements

The agency that coordinated immigration policy until its absorption in the Department of Homeland Security was

Which of the following were reasons for the decline of illegal immigration in the 1990s?

Which of the following is not a reason for federal intervention in current immigration policy?

What was not a part of The Responsibility Act of 1996?

Employment-based preferences allows admittance of immigrants with specifically needed skills except for

Which is not a immigration reform proposal?

Immigrants are often scapegoats for problems that they do not contribute to. T/F

American labor unions

Current immigration policy gives preference to:

Both proponents and opponents of immigration argue that the prosperity needs of society supports their position.

Which of the following was NOT an anti-immigrant group?

The list of states that attract the largest number of foreign-born people does NOT include

In 1990 the ratio of foreign-born to the total population was the highest in U.S. history.

What other states besides California prohibited Japanese from owning agricultural land?

"Investor immigrants"

The 1996 immigration law required sponsoring family members to earn 150 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines in order to sponsor a relative.

The Immigration Act of 1990

Refugees are people who are displaced from their home country because of

It can be argued that immigrants are good for the economy because they

Which of the following is not a reaction of a state government to the failure of the federal government to enact comprehensive immigration reform?

Public Policy: an Introduction

Contexts of Public Policy

The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships

Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting

Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability

Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control

Poverty and Social Welfare Policy

Health Care: Historic Change

Education: Conflict in Policy Direction

Legal and Social Equality: the Struggle Against Oppression and Bigotry

Foreign Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World

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Exam 11: Immigration Policy: the Barely Open Door

The agency that coordinated immigration policy until its absorption in the Department of Homeland Security was

Which of the following were reasons for the decline of illegal immigration in the 1990s?

Which of the following is not a reason for federal intervention in current immigration policy?

What was not a part of The Responsibility Act of 1996?

Employment-based preferences allows admittance of immigrants with specifically needed skills except for

Which is not a immigration reform proposal?

Immigrants are often scapegoats for problems that they do not contribute to. T/F

American labor unions

Current immigration policy gives preference to:

Both proponents and opponents of immigration argue that the prosperity needs of society supports their position.

Which of the following was NOT an anti-immigrant group?

The list of states that attract the largest number of foreign-born people does NOT include

In 1990 the ratio of foreign-born to the total population was the highest in U.S. history.

What other states besides California prohibited Japanese from owning agricultural land?

"Investor immigrants"

The 1996 immigration law required sponsoring family members to earn 150 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines in order to sponsor a relative.

The Immigration Act of 1990

Refugees are people who are displaced from their home country because of

It can be argued that immigrants are good for the economy because they

Which of the following is not a reaction of a state government to the failure of the federal government to enact comprehensive immigration reform?

Public Policy: an Introduction

Contexts of Public Policy

The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships

Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting

Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability

Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control

Poverty and Social Welfare Policy

Health Care: Historic Change

Education: Conflict in Policy Direction

Legal and Social Equality: the Struggle Against Oppression and Bigotry

Foreign Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World

Private Morality and Public Policy: Moral Values, the Constitution, and the Open Society

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