Number: RL34030
Title: Point Systems for Immigrant Selection: Options and Issues
Authors: Ruth Ellen Wasem and Chad C. Haddal, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: President George W. Bush has stated that comprehensive immigration reform is a top priority of his second term, and his principles of reform include increased border security and enforcement of immigration laws within the interior of the United States, as well as a major overhaul of temporary worker visas, expansion of permanent legal immigration, and revisions to the process of determining whether foreign workers are needed. The Bush Administration is reportedly among those advocating to replace or supplement the current legal immigration preference system with a point system that would assign prospective immigrants with credits if they have specified attributes.
Pages: 31
Date: September 4, 2007