Following the lead of LWVUS, LWV of Berea and Madison County will study immigration issues and policy, emphasizing its impact on Berea, Richmond and Madison County.
LWV president Elizabeth Crowe and members Jeanne Nakazawa, Mary Bell, and Jenny Bromley developed an agenda for at least two local meetings to study the issues and the questions posed by LWV.
The second meeting is 7 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Trustees Room at the Seabury Center at Berea College. The topic is "U.S. Immigration: Exploring Myth, Fact and Values."
The national board adopted a three-year study beginning in 2006 and ending in 2008 structured along these content areas:
1) Underlying values and principles regarding immigration
2) Reasons for migration from other countries, including but not limited to:
Effects of global interdependence on migration
Motivation of refugees and asylees
Motivation of other immigrants
3) Current federal immigration policy, including but not limited to:
Overview
Effectiveness in uniting families
Effectiveness in meeting needs of businesses
Effectiveness of enforcement
Human rights concerns
4) Impact of immigration, including but not limited to:
Economic effects of authorized and unauthorized immigration
Diversity
Inclusion of immigrants in American society
LWVUS Immigration Study Committee members have researched background papers to help Leagues educate members and communities about immigration issues. The papers cover issues such as business and economic effects and impact, diversity, global interdependence, federal policy, and motivation of refugees, asylees and other immis, and will be posted on this web site during January and February.
You can read these papers online at the LWVUS's Web site at Background Papers and link to downloadable PDF versions.
Link to
LWVUS Immigration Study.
