PUBLIC POLICY
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER. The
National Immigrant Law Center's web site provides a wealth of information on
topics such as immigration policy, employment issues, driver's licenses,
the Dream Act, and public benefits. They also provide information and
analysis on the latest federal legislation.
NILC staff specialize in immigration law, and the employment and public
benefits rights of immigrants. NILC conducts policy analysis and impact liti
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES.
Excellent source of statistics and current events involving immigration issues.
The Center for Immigration
Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization
founded in 1985. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to
research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and
other impacts of immigration on the United States.
AMERICAN IMMIGRANT LAW FOUNDATION.
AILF is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit
educational, charitable organization. The Foundation is dedicated to increasing
public understanding of immigration law and policy and the value of immigration
to American society; to promoting public service and excellence in the practice
of immigration law; and to advancing fundamental fairness and due process under
the law for immigrants. SEE:
IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER FOR
THE LATEST ANALYSIS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM LEGISLATION.
FAIR:
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
FAIR is an anti-immigrant group that provides data against increased immigration
into the United States. This cite has information and statistics on how to
construct arguments against undocumented immigration.
MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE
ation and provides publications,
The Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank in
Washington, D.C. dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide. MPI
provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies
at the local, national, and international levels.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
IMO is one of the leading organizations that studies and works with migrants and
governments to provide humane
responses to migration challenges.
The site includes statistics, policy documents and information on current
events.
PEW HISPANIC CENTER
Founded in 2001, the Pew Hispanic Center is a
nonpartisan research organization supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Its
mission is to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to
chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the entire nation. The Center does not
advocate for or take positions on policy issues. It is a project of the Pew
Research Center, a nonpartisan "fact tank" in Washington, DC that provides
information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
URBAN INSTITUTE
For more than twenty years, the Urban Institute has
studies U.S. immigrants-their impacts, settlement patterns, incorporation into
the labor market and the integration of immigrant families and children.
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AFL-CIO ON IMMIGRANT WORKERS
PRINCIPLES FOR AN
IMMIGRATION POLICY TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE MIDDLE CLASS.
The Drum Major Institute
offers a lens through which to evaluate immigration policy that operates from
the basic principle that immigration policy is sound only if it also
helps to
strengthen and expand America's middle class.
THE ROLE
OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE US LABOR MARKET, 2005
This 35 page report published by the US Congress, Budget Office, presents facts
and projections of the impact of immigrant labor on the federal budget and
economy. the paper focuses on the role of immigrants in the labor market
including the kinds of skills they bring, types of jobs they hold, their
compensation and their impact on the native born workers.
SHELL GAME:
MINUTEMAN AND VIGILANTE ANTI-IMMIGRANT POLITICS
Article written by the Building Democracy Initiative.
TOWARDS
A SENSIBLE IMMIGRATION POLICY. The Nation. January
18, 2006
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STATISTICS & DEMOGRAPHICS
AMERICAN
FACTFINDER
US. Census data web site. Provides capacity to create your own tables and maps.
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES.
Excellent source of statistics and current events involving immigration issues.
The Center for Immigration
Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization
founded in 1985. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to
research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and
other impacts of immigration on the United States.
THE DIVERSE FACE OF ASIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. February 11, 2004,
Japanese American National
Museum, Los Angles, California.
Asian Pacific American Legal Center, in
partnership with the United Way of Greater Los Angeles,
will release
The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific
Islanders in Los Angeles County.
This is the first report of its kind since 1996 and
is based on the 2000 Census.
Asians and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing population in Los
Angeles County. The Diverse Face
of Asians and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County reveals a population
comprised of more than 45 distinct ethnic groups and a
multitude of cultures speaking more than 28 languages.
Using 2000 Census data, the report provides a comprehensive description of
this community and is intended to
assist grant writers, program planners, advocates, business people, and elected officials in better
understanding the needs of this growing population. For more information, contact the event hotline at (213)
630-2103 or visit
http://www.apalc.org
FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION TOPS 34 MILLION, CENSUS
BUREAU ESTIMATES. (Released February 22, 2005)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/foreignborn_population/003969.html
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/ppl-176.html
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UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS: FACTS AND FIGURES. Jeffrey Passel, Randolph Capps, and Michael Fix of the
Urban Institute, is a fact sheet that pulled together key
information for analyzing and understanding the White
House proposal to grant temporary legal status to millions of undocumented
immigrants.
ON THE
CORNER: OF DAY LABORER IN THE UNITED STATES
This report, published in January 2006 by the UCLA Center for the Study of Urban
Poverty, profiles, for the first time, the national phenomenon of day labor in
the United States. This report analyzes data from the National Day Labor Survey,
the first systematic and scientific study of the day-labor sector and its
workforce in the United States.
HOMELAND SECURITY,
OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION STATISTICS
The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS),
within the Policy Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is
responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information
needed to assess the effects of immigration in the United States. Various
official government statistical estimates are provided.
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Immigration Research Since WW II