Just as the No Child Left Behind Act was being passed in January 2002, die Bush administration expanded the domestic war front by issuing a federal mandate requiring universities to update their international student registration-Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)--databases
in order to make them accessible to government officials not only from immigration but also from the FBI, CIA, and local police departments.
The Act reinstated a January 2003 deadline for colleges to get INS authorization to use SEVIS,
in order to be able to continue to serve international students.
They're more than willing to travel thousands of miles, work backbreaking shifts six or seven days a week for meager pay, and send a good deal of their earnings home
in order to slowly piece together their own American dream.
(160) The government's evidence was, in the end, discredited, but not until after five of the Iraqis entered into a settlement agreement withdrawing their pending asylum claims
in order to obtain release from detention.
bishops approved a resolution urging revision of immigration laws and policies
in order to legalize the maximum number of undocumented persons and respect the human dignity and human rights of all immigrants.
The INS has proposed imposing a $95 fee per student
in order to pay the costs to the government of tracking the foreign students.
Regardless of whether they are too hard too easy, almost none of the questions asked in the citizenship exam touch on what immigrants really need to know
in order to become responsible participants in our democracy.