- CRS Report for Congress – Unauthorized Employment in the United States: Issues and Options
Andorra Bruno. Congressional Research Service (CRS). A review of measures taken to combat unauthorized employment and recommendations on possible avenues for the future.
- A Blueprint to Discover America
Discover America Partnership. An analysis on how current policies discourage legitimate foreign travel and what can be done differently.
- CRS Archived Reports
Congressional Research Service (CRS). A link to archived CRS reports, which take a scholarly approach to policy issues.
- Congressional Budget Office: The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market
Peter R. Orszag. Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Testimony by Peter R. Orszag, the director of the CBO, on how immigrants affect the U.S. Labor market, as presented to the subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Congressional Budget Office: The Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments
Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The effect of America’s estimated 12 million unauthorized immigrants on the areas of education, health care, and law enforcement.
- Fact Sheet: Citizenship Day/Constitution Week 2007
Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A brief history of Citizenship Day and related statistics.
- USCIS Questions and Answers: Renewing Permanent Resident Cards Without an Expiration Date
Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Frequently Asked Questions regarding Permanent Resident Cards.
- USCIS Fact Sheet: Proposal to Require Replacement of Permanent Resident Cards Without an Expiration Date
Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A notice about rules regarding Permanent Resident Cards without an expiration date.
- USCIS Update: USCIS Urges H-2B Employers to Continue to Identify “Returning Workers” on Petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Start Dates
Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Memo regarding returning workers and H-2B limits.
- Congressional Immigration Global Monitor
Rubens Medina. Library of Congress. An update on immigration legislation in Australia, Israel and the Netherlands.
- CRS Report for Congress: Immigration: The Effects on Low-Skilled and High-Skilled Native-Born Workers
Linda Levine. Congressional Research Service (CRS). An examination of how influxes of low- and/or high-skilled immigrants can affect employment levels and wages of native workers.
- CRS Report for Congress: Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening
William J. Krouse and Bart Elias. Congressional Research Service (CRS). A review of the evolution of airport security measures, along with a discussion of potential negative consequences and lingering legal questions. [Update]
- CRS Report for Congress: U.S. Citizenship of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents
Margaret Mikyung Lee. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Historical overview of the Fourteenth Amendment and successive legislative updates relating to children born in the U.S. to non-citizens.
- CRS Report for Congress: Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and “DREAM Act” Legislation
Andorra Bruno. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Legislative updates on the DREAM Act and other initiatives geared towards unauthorized alien students.
- CRS Report for Congress: Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens
Alison Siskin and Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). The benefits and drawbacks (including costs, logistics and legal ramifications) of expedited alien removal programs. [Updated]
- CRS Report for Congress: Farm Labor Shortages and Immigration Policy
Linda Levine. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Examines the impact that illegal aliens have on the U.S. agriculture industry and related domestic workers.
- CRS Report for Congress: Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
Chad C. Haddal. Congressional Research Service (CRS). An analysis of post-9/11 immigration policies on foreign students studying at U.S. educational institutions.
- CRS Report for Congress: Immigration: Legislative Issues on Nonimmigrant Professional Specialty (H-1B) Workers
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). A summary of challenges faced by the H-1B program’s high demand.
- CRS Report for Congress: Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). The impact of immigrants on trade and economics, using data gathered after the ratification of NAFTA.
- CRS Report for Congress: Immigration Reform: Brief Synthesis of Issue
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Most agree that the U.S. immigration system is broken, but few agree on how to fix it.
- CRS Report for Congress: Private Immigration Legislation
Margaret Mikyung Lee. Congressional Research Service (CRS). An overview of congressional subcommittee procedure and precedents regarding private immigration bills, which are special forms of relief for unique cases.
- CRS Report for Congress: Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy
Andorra Bruno. Congressional Research Service (CRS). A review of U.S. refugee admittance policies, including the specialized amendments for specific groups. [Update]
- CRS Report for Congress: Social Security Benefits for Noncitizens: Current Policy and Legislation
Dawn Nuschler and Alison Siskin. Congressional Research Service (CRS). How illegal and legal aliens interact with Social Security.
- CRS Report for Congress: Federal Taxation of Aliens Working in the United States
Erika Lunder. Congressional Research Service (CRS). How federal taxes apply to illegal and legal aliens.
- CRS Report for Congress: Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening
William J. Krouse and Bart Elias. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Review of legislative action regarding air passenger prescreening (including Passenger Name Records) and the occasional clashes between U.S. and European policymakers.
- CRS Report for Congress: Border Security: The Complexity of the Challenge
Jennifer E. Lake. Congressional Research Service (CRS). First in a three-part series on border security, this article outlines how people and materials move across the border and how they are affected by policies in the U.S.
- CRS Report for Congress: Trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean
Clare M. Ribando. Congressional Research Service (CRS). The status of congressional action (as of the 110th Congress) in combatting human trafficking.
- CRS Report for Congress: Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). How post-9/11 security measures, including the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, have affected visa issuances.
- Debating Immigration
Carol M. Swain. The status of immigration policy discussions in the arenas of government and the public at large.
- The Economic Impacts of Immigrants in Arizona
Judith Gans. Udall Center of Studies in Public Policy. The costs and contributions of immigrants in the state of Arizona.
- Facts About Federal Preemption: How to Analyze Whether State and Local Initiatives Are An Unlawful Attempt to Enforce Federal Immigration Law or Regulate Immigration
Monica Guizar. A look at the legitimacy of state and local measures taken against immigration and how they conflict with the federal government’s domain over the issue.
- ACLU: FAQ on REAL ID Act
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). An introduction to the Real ID Act, which would standardize driver’s licenses into a national identity card.
- Rosenblum Report on the Legal Arizona Workers Act’s Unintended Consequences, Flaws in the Federal E-Verify System and the Likely Impact on Wages and Unauthorized Employment
Marc R. Rosenblum. Expert report on Arizona Contractors Association, Inc. et al. v. Janet Napolitano et al., the E-Verify system, and the consequences of the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA).
- From Newcomers to Americans: An Integration Policy for a Nation of Immigrants
Tomas R. Jimenez. Immigration Policy Center. Report on how well immigrants have assimilated into the U.S., including areas such as education, language, and related factors.
- Attracting Global Talent to Support Regional U.S. Economies
Department of Labor. Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Introduction to the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM).
- Immigrant Integration in the United States and Europe: A Briefing to the Staff at the Open Society Institute on the European Learning Exchange
Donald Kerwin. Viewpoint on the differences between U.S. and European immigrant integration practices.
- Principles for an Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the American Middle Class
Amy M. Taub. Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. How immigration can strengthen the American economy and the middle class in particular.
- CRS Report for Congress: U.S. Immigration Policy on Temporary Admissions (February 2007)
Ruth Ellen Wasem and Chad C. Haddal. Congressional Research Service (CRS). A review of popular types of immigrant visas and current policy issues they face.
- Hearing on Proposals to Improve the Electronic Employment Verification and Worksite Enforcement System
Jim Harper. The Cato Institute. Testimony before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. A libertarian perspective on electronic identification systems.
- The Fiscal Impact of Immigration Reform: The Real Story
Daniel Griswold. The Cato Institute. Viewpoint on how increased immigration may affect local infrastructure, crime, government and related issues.
- Dollars Without Sense: Underestimating the Value of Less-Educated Workers
Walter A. Ewing and Benjamin Johnson. Immigration Policy Center. A critique of the Heritage Foundation’s report on how immigration may negative impact the U.S. economy.
- IPC: Out of Sync: New Temporary Worker Proposals Unlikely to Meet U.S. Labor Needs
Immigration Policy Center. Policy brief on a proposed temporary worker program being debated in Congress.
- ILRC: Getting to Know the Opposition
Judith Golub. Immigrant Legal Resource Center. A profile of anti-immigration groups and policy issues.
- Family-Related Issues Top List of Reasons for Migration of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers to the U.S.
National Science Foundation. Press release on the importance of family-related issues for highly qualified immigrants.
- Law Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Immigration and Nationality Law
Rubens Medina. Library of Congress. Updates in immigration laws in Mexico and Russia.
- Queueless on Immigration
Shikha Dalmia. Editorial on the misrepresentation of immigrants in the national dialogue.
- CBO Testimony: The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market
Peter R. Orszag. Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Statement before the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law regarding immigration’s effect on the U.S. labor market (with statistics).
- TRAC Immigration: Persons Charged in Immigration Courts by Department of Homeland Security
Syracuse University. Graphic on persons charged in immigration courts by the Department of Homeland Security, sorted by crime categories.
- Police Chiefs Guide to Immigration Issues
International Association of Chiefs of Police. A primer on immigration history, laws, and policies from the perspective of law enforcement.
- The Economic Logic of Illegal Immigration
Gordon H. Hanson. Excerpt from The Economic Logic of Illegal Immigration. Introduction to the economic impact of immigrants (both legal and illegal).
- What America Owes Its ‘Illegals’
Barbara Ehrenreich. Editorial on illegal immigrants’ role in the U.S. economy.
- Missing the Target: Anti-Immigrant Ordinances Backfire
Walter A. Ewing. Immigration Policy Center. Editorial about prominent policy makers’ comments on immigration.
- Immigration and the Elderly: Foreign-Born Workers in Long-Term Care
Walter N. Leutz. Immigration Policy Center.
- Law Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Immigration and Nationality Law (April 2007)
Rubens Medina. Library of Congress. Updates in immigration laws in the European Union, Iran, Morocco, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
- IPC: Division and Dislocation: Regulating Immigration through Local Housing Ordinances
Jill Esbenshade. Immigration Policy Center. Analysis of local policies against immigration.
- NAFTA, Inequality and Immigration
Laura Carlsen. International Relations Center. Editorial about NAFTA’s effects on Mexican society and its economy.
- State Department B-Visa Refusals, FY 2007
U.S. Department of State. Adjusted refusal rates for B-Visas by country.
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- CRS Report for Congress: Cuban Migration Policy and Issues
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). A review of U.S.-Cuban migration policies and their critics.
- CRS Report for Congress: English as the Official Language of the United States: Legal Background and Analysis of Legislation in the 110th Congress
Jody Feder. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Contemporary viewpoints on establishing English as the official language of the U.S., complete with a glance at previous efforts at the state and federal levels.
- CRS Report for Congress: U.S. International Borders: Brief Facts
Janice Cheryl Beaver. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Geographic facts and figures on various borders of U.S. states.
- CRS Report for Congress: Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs (July 2007)
Andorra Bruno. Congressional Research Service (CRS). In-depth analysis of potential guest worker programs, how they might work, whether they would be effective in curbing illegal immigration, and past legislative proposals on the matter. [Updated]
- CRS Report for Congress: The U.N. Convention Against Torture: Overview of U.S. Implementation Policy Concerning the Removal of Aliens
Michael John Garcia. Congressional Research Service (CRS). A look at how U.S. illegal immigration interacts with the United Nations Convention Against Torture or Punishment and its prohibition against extraditing/deporting aliens back to countries that may torture them.
- CRS Report for Congress: Nonimmigrant Overstays: Brief Synthesis of the Issues (January 2007)
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Issue review on immigrants that stay in the U.S. after their visas have expired. [Updated]
- CRS Report for Congress: Immigration Statistics and the Web
LaVonne M. Mangan. Congressional Research Service (CRS). List of web resources for immigration-related studies.
- CRS Report for Congress: Programs Funded by the H-1B Visa Education and Training Fee, and Labor Market Conditions for Information Technology (IT) Workers
Linda Levine. Congressional Research Service (CRS). A review of programs that have extended the H-1B visa ceiling, especially those that relate to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and IT (Information Technology) workers.
- CRS Report for Congress: Federal Taxation of Aliens Working in the United States
Erika Lunder. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Explores the extent to which aliens are taxed by the federal government.
- CRS Report for Congress: U.S. Immigration Policy on Temporary Admissions
Ruth Ellen Wasem and Chad C. Haddal. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Overview of temporary alien visitors (nonimmigrants), along with related statistics.
- CRS Report for Congress: U.S. Immigration Policy on Asylum Seekers
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Overview of U.S. asylum laws, current legislation, and areas of debate.
- CRS Report for Congress: Visa Waiver Program
Alison Siskin. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Overview of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), its history, and current legislation.
- CRS Report for Congress: U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Policy history and statistics on Haitian immigration to the U.S.
- CRS Report for Congress: Foreign Investor Visas: Policies and Issues
Chad C. Haddal. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Comparative perspectives on The E-1, E-2, and E-5 investor visas.
- Anti-Defamation League: Immigrants Targeted: Extremist Rhetoric Moves into Mainstream
Anti-Defamation League. A review of organized anti-immigration groups in the U.S.
- Findings of the Web Basic Pilot Evaluation
Westat. Results of a pilot program for electronic employment verification.
- Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions
Chuncui Velma Fan and Jeanne Batalova. Migration Information Source. Statistics on foreign wage earners in the U.S., including population numbers and sectors of employment.
- Foreign-Educated Nurses Play Vital Role in Relieving Shortages at U.S. Hospitals; Entry Blocked or Delayed for Years Due to Inaction in Congress on Green Cards and Lack of Appropriate Temporary Visa Category, Study Finds
National Foundation for American Policy. Press release on foreign-educated nurses in U.S. hospitals.
- The Foreign Born In The Armed Services
Laura Baker and Jeanne Batalova. Migration Information Source. Statistics on immigrant serving in the U.S. armed forces.
- Tracking ICE’s Enforcement Agenda
Rita Espinosa. Detention Watch Network. Procedures and detention statistics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- The International Prisoner Transfer Program
Paula Wolff. Overview of the International Prisoner Transfer Program, which enables the U.S. to transfer detained individuals with countries that have signed bilateral treaties.
- CSIS: Mean-Spirited Features of U.S. Immigration Policy
Sidney Weintraub. Center for Strategic and International Studies. Comments on issues such as opposition to amnesty proposals and the ramifications of a border fence.
- U.S. Businesses Contribute Over $91 Billion A Year in Taxes to Fund Public Education; Company-Paid H-1B Scholarship and Training Fees Approach $2 Billion Since 1999
National Foundation for American Policy. Policy brief on the benefits that company-funded H-1B fees can have on U.S. education institutions.
- CRS Report for Congress: Toward More Effective Immigration Policies: Selected Organizational Issues
Ruth Ellen Wasem. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Brief on how splitting immigration duties between government agencies (Customs and Border Protection [CBP], Immigration and Custom Enforcement [ICE], and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [USCIS]) weakens policy enforcement.
- Tracking ICE’s Enforcement Agenda (Updated April 2007)
Rita Espinosa. Detention Watch Network. Procedures and detention statistics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Executive Office of The President: Immigration’s Economic Impact
Executive Office of the President. Council of Economic Advisers. White paper on the impact that immigrants have on the U.S. economy and society.
- Info Brief: Why Did They Come to the United States?: A Profile of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers
Nirmala Kannankutty and Joan Burrelli. National Science Foundation. Demographic information and related statistics on immigrant scientists in the U.S.
- IPC: The Myth of Immigrant Criminality and The Paradox of Assimilation: Incarceration Rates among Native and Foreign-Born Men
Ruben G. Rumbaut and Walter A. Ewing. Immigration Policy Center. A challenge to the preconception that immigrant communities have higher crime rates than natives.
- Many Immigrants Were Legal Only Because There Were No Rules
Brian Donohue. The Star Ledger. Historical news piece on how early immigrants faced far less legal red tape than current ones.
- Migration and Development: Lessons from the Mexican Experience
Raul Delgado-Wise and Luis Eduardo Guarnizo. Migration Information Source. A look a Mexico’s relationship with the U.S. through the lens of immigration.
- Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them: An Excerpt
Philippe Legrain. Editorial on the value of immigrants to various countries’ economies.
- Immigration Belongs at the Federal Level
Bob Barr. Editorial on the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause and its dominion over immigration policy.
- International Postdoctoral Researchers and Their Importance to the Advancement of US Science, Technology and National Security
Alyson Reed, et al. National Postdoctoral Association. Viewpoint on the value immigrant scholars have in the U.S. academic science and engineering fields.
- Unauthorized Youths and Higher Education: The Ongoing Debate
Dawn Konet. Migration Information Source. Article analyzing federal education policy (especially tuition costs), the Dream Act, and individual state policies.
- Wasted Talent and Broken Dreams: The Lost Potential of Undocumented Students
Roberto G. Gonzales. Immigration Policy Center. Report on undocumented children in schools and their potential contributions to the workforce (includes a discussion on the DREAM Act).
- Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America’s Children
Randy Capps, Rosa Maria Castaneda, Ajay Chaudry, and Robert Santos. The Urban Institute. Examines the effect of U.S. immigration policies, including worksite raids and deportations, on the children of undocumented immigrants.
- The Case for Agricultural Immigration Reform
James S. Holt. Editorial on immigrants’ potential benefits to the U.S. agriculture sector.
- The Cruel and Intolerant Myth of Attrition: Why the Huckabee-Krikorian Scheme to Starve 20,000,000 Undocumented Economic Refugees out of the Country is Inhumane, Fiscally Irresponsible and Undermines American Value
Robert Gittelson. Editorial on former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s immigration strategy.
- Losing the War of Ideas, Again
Tom Berry. Editorial on liberals’ failure to push their immigration policies in the national discourse.
- 2007 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
Department of Homeland Security. Office of Immigration Statistics. Comprehensive facts and statistics on immigration.
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