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Archive of Immigration Related Congressional Research Service Reports

05.09.08 SSA No-Match Program Inefficient, Ineffective and Costly
05.06.08 ERROR! Electronic Employment Verification Systems: What Will Happen When Citizens Have To Ask The Government For Permission To Work?
05.02.08 Extremist Anti-Immigration Rhetoric Moves into the Mainstream
05.02.08 Wharton School Study Finds US Immigration Limitations Lead to Offshoring
05.02.08 Spotlight On Temporary Admissions Of Nonimmigrants To The United States
04.25.08 Virtual Border Fence Given Mixed Assessment In First Test
04.22.08 New York Partnership Determines H-1b Limitations are Negatively Impacting Economic Growth
04.05.08 Twisting Economics Against Immigrants
03.27.08 Letter to Democratic Colleagues from the Ways and Means Committee Identifying Defects In ICE Policy
03.12.08 Bill Gates' testimony on the need for reasonable immigration quotas and policies before House Science and Technology Committee
03.10.08 What About Immigration? Immigrants Add Jobs to the Economy
03.08.08 FY 2007 PERM Statistics from the DOL
03.07.08 "On the Beat": New Roles And Challenges For Immigrant Police And Firefighters
03.07.08 E Verify Ineffective, Inaccurate and Expensive says CATO Institute
03.05.08 Canada's Temporary Migration Program: A Model Despite Flaws
02.26.08 Crime, Corrections and California: What Does Immigration Have to Do With it?
02.23.08 Immigration Policy Center--Providing Factual Information About Immigration in America
02.21.08 Legislative History of U.S. Immigration Acts
02.21.08 Congressional Report on Trafficking in Persons
02.11.08 Immigration: Friend Or Foe?
02.09.08 Naturalization Trends in Advance of the 2008 Elections
01.31.08 Can We Tell Those Huddled Masses To Scram? Immigration And The Constitution
01.29.08 Illegal immigrants on welfare: fact or fiction?
01.29.08 FAIR Marked By Ties To White Supremacy
01.29.08 Survey of the Studies: Immigrants’ Impact at the State and Local Level
01.29.08 Assessing the Economic Impact of Immigration at the State and Local Level
01.28.08 How To Analyze Whether State And Local Initiatives Are An Unlawful Attempt To Enforce Federal Immigration Law
01.26.08 Congressional Report On Foreign Students in the US: Policy and Legislation
01.26.08 Pro-Immigration Supporters Losing The War Of Ideas, Again
01.22.08 Deny Drivers Licenses to the Undocumented Erodes Public Safety
01.20.08 The Economic Impact of Immigrants in Arizona
01.20.08 Report on the Flaws in the E-Verify System
01.20.08 Immigration and the Wealth of States
01.20.08 Congressional Report on Guest Worker Policy Considerations
01.17.08 Recommendations for Meaningful Immigration Reform
01.17.08 The Benefits Of Immigration
01.17.08 DHS Privacy Impact Statement On Real ID Act
01.17.08 Congressional Report on Border Searches
01.11.08 How Los Angeles Deflected Mexican Immigrants To The American Heartland
01.07.08 Congressional Report on Terrorist Watch List and Airline Passenger Prescreening
01.06.08 The Economic Impact Of Immigration
12.21.07 DHS Report Auditing the Immigration Background Check Process
12.21.07 Congressional Report on the Humanity of the US Deportation System
12.17.07 Foreign-Educated Nurses Play Vital Role in Relieving Shortages at U.S.
12.17.07 New Research: U.S. Nursing Shortage Contributing to Death and Illness for U.S. Patients
12.17.07 Congressional Report on Citizenship of Children Born in the US to Alien Parents
12.17.07 The Cruel And Intolerant Myth of Attrition
12.13.07 CBO Report on the Financial Impact of Undocumented Aliens on State and Local Budgets
12.08.07 Findings of the Evaluation of The E Verify Program
12.08.07 Immigrants Working for A Better Life in New York
12.06.07 US Visit DHS Fact Sheet
12.02.07 NAFTA, Inequality, And Immigration
11.30.07 Congressional Immigration Global Monitor
11.30.07 Immigration-Related Dissertations 2006
11.24.07 The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children
11.23.07 The Case For Agricultural Immigration Reform
11.20.07 Wasted Talent And Broken Dreams: The Lost Potential Of Undocumented Students
11.17.07 Congressional Report On Facts Relating to Geography of U.S. Borders
11.12.07 Congressional Report on Border Surveillance
11.12.07 DHS Fact Sheet: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement
11.12.07 CIS History Of Immigration Legislation 1900-1940
11.06.07 Congressional Report on the Complexity of Border Security
11.02.07 Analysis Of the Slowdown in Remittances to Mexico
10.28.07 Congressional Report on Cuban Migration Issues
10.15.07 CIS History of Immigration Legislation from 1940-1960
10.12.07 Unauthorized Youths And Higher Education: The Ongoing Debate
10.12.07 Congressional Report on Private Immigration Legislation
10.07.07 Regulating Immigration Through Local Ordinances
10.07.07 FY2006 DHS Privacy Report to Congress on FOIA Activity
10.07.07 Congressional Report on Trafficking in Persons from Latin America and the Caribbean
09.25.07 CIS History of Immigration Legislation from 1790-1900
09.21.07 Library of Congress Legal Monitor
09.19.07 DOL Foreign Labor Certification Performance Report For Fiscal Year 2006
09.18.07 Immigration Belongs At The Federal Level
09.18.07 Missing The Target: Anti-Immigrant Ordinances Backfire
09.18.07 Congressional Report on Alien Students and In-State Tuition
09.18.07 International Postdoctoral Researchers And Their Importance To The Advancement of US Science, Technology And National Security
09.18.07 Congressional Report on Human Trafficking
09.18.07 Immigration And The Elderly: Foreign-Born Workers In Long-Term Care
09.18.07 Foreign-Born Wage And Salary Workers In The US Labor Force And Unions
09.18.07 CIS Fact Sheet on Citizenship Day
09.18.07 Double Withholding, Government Sits On Employer-Paid Taxes For Immigrants
08.31.07 Congressional Report on Social Security Benefits for Non-Citizens
08.31.07 Congressional Report on the Taxation of Aliens in the U.S.
08.25.07 Change Of Heart On Immigration? The White House Thinks It's Calling America's Bluff
08.25.07 California without a Mexican
08.22.07 CIS Issues Greencard replacement Factsheet
08.22.07 CIS Issues FAQs on Greencard Replacement Program
08.21.07 San Diego Study on Economic Impact of Border Delays
08.17.07 What America Owes Its 'Illegals'
08.15.07 The Economic Logic Of Illegal Immigration
08.12.07 Police Chiefs' Guide to Immigration Issues
08.11.07 Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them: An Excerpt
08.11.07 CIS Urges Employers to Identify H-2B Returning Workers
08.11.07 Migration And Development: Lessons From The Mexican Experience
08.06.07 Statistics of Individuals Charged In Immigration Court by Category of Offense
08.01.07 Congressional Report on Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements
08.01.07 CIS Listing Of Prominent Foreign Born Americans
07.28.07 CBO Director's Testimony on the Role of Immigrants in the US Labor Market
07.28.07 Congressional Report on Fences, Walls and Other Barriers Along the U.S. International Border
07.22.07 The Myth That Ancestors Came Here Legally
07.16.07 The Myth of Immigrant Criminality
07.16.07 Library of Congress: Global Legal Monitor
07.14.07 Queueless On Immigration
07.11.07 Congressional Report On Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity
07.06.07 Congressional Report on Visa Issuance Policies
06.30.07 Getting to Know the Opposition to Immigration
06.28.07 Why Did They Come to the United States? A Profile of Immigrant Scientist and Engineers
06.28.07 Family-Related Issues Top List of Reasons for Migration of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers to the U.S.
06.27.07 Congressional Report on US Policy Toward Haitian Immigrants
06.26.07 Tracking ICE's Enforcement Agenda
06.20.07 Presidential Economic Advisors Determine that Immigration Benefits Natives
06.18.07 Dollars Without Sense
06.18.07 Debating Immigration
06.18.07 The Fiscal Impact Of Immigration Reform
06.16.07 Congressional Report On Immigration Fraud
06.11.07 Organizational Issues Affecting Immigration Reform
06.08.07 Congressional Report On Improvements To Terrorism Watch List Screening
06.04.07 NFAP Study On Net Positive Contribution Of H-1b Program
06.04.07 Congressional Report On H-1b Legislation
06.01.07 Out Of Sync - New Temporary Worker Proposal Not Likely to Meet U.S. Needs
06.01.07 Congressional Report On Investor Visas Policies and Procedures
05.18.07 Law Library Of Congress Monitors Immigration Events Worldwide
05.17.07 FAQ On REAL ID Act
05.15.07 Mean Spirited Features Of U.S. Immigration Policy
05.15.07 AILF Why A Points System Will Not Work
05.15.07 Hearing On Proposals To Improve Electronic Employment Verification
05.15.07 The International Prisoner Transfer Program
05.14.07 Congressional Report On English As An Official Language
05.14.07 Tracking ICE's Enforcement Agenda
05.10.07 Congressional Report On U.S. Temporary Admission Policies
05.08.07 Congressional Report On Refugee Admission Policies
05.07.07 Congressional Report On Dream Act
05.07.07 From Newcomers To Americans
05.03.07 Congressional Report On Immigration Reform Issues
04.28.07 Congressional Report On Immigration Does Not Reduce Wages
04.28.07 Principles For An Immigration Policy To Strengthen Middle Class
04.13.07 Congressional Report On Farm Labor Shortages and Immigration Policies
04.13.07 Congressional Report On Summarizing Federal Taxation Of Aliens
04.10.07 Congressional Report On Foreign Investor Visas
04.09.07 Congressional Report On Immigration Related Detention Issues
04.07.07 The Sins Of The Fathers: The Children Of Undocumented Immigrants Pay The Price
03.11.07 The Foreign Born In The Armed Services
03.07.07 A Blueprint to Discover America
02.07.07 Library of Congress Report on Registration Processes
02.01.07 The Rise In Remittances to India
01.31.07 Congressional Report on Farm Labor Shortages and Immigration Policies
01.29.07 Congressional Report On Foreign Investor Visas
01.29.07 Congressional Report On Investor Visas
01.25.07 Congressional Report on Immigration-Related Detention Issues
01.25.07 Congressional Report On US Policy Regarding Temporary Non-Immigrant Admissions
01.25.07 Congressional Report on U.S. Asylum Policy
01.24.07 Congressional Report on US Policy For Expedited Removal of Aliens
01.24.07 Congressional Report on Immigration Overstays
01.24.07 Congressional Estimates of Undocumented Aliens in the U.S.
01.24.07 Congressional Report on the Visa Waiver Program
01.24.07 Congressional Report on Visa Issuance Policy
01.23.07 Congressional Report On Programs Funded by the H-1B Fee
01.23.07 Congressional Primer on Routes to Permanent Residency
01.18.07 Congressional Report Summarizing Federal Taxation of Aliens
01.16.07 Congressional Report: Immigration Does Not Reduce Wages
01.04.07 Immigrant Integration In The United States And Europe: A Briefing To The Staff At The Open Society Institute On The European Learning Exchange, January 4, 2007
01.04.07 America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs
01.01.07 Principles For An Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the Middle Class
12.27.06 Congressional Report on Foreign Researchers in the US
12.19.06 State of Texas Analysis of Cost/Benefit of Undocumented Workers
12.13.06 Congressional Report on Permanent Immigration Policies
12.13.06 CIS 2005 Statistical Yearbook
12.12.06 Congressional Report on Border Security
12.12.06 Congressional Report on Border Security Barriers
12.11.06 Congressional Report On Guest Worker Proposals
11.22.06 Impact of Foreign Entrepreneurs and Professionals on US Competitiveness
10.31.06 Legal Immigration Increased Substantially in 2005
10.23.06 The Case For Immigration
10.23.06 GAO Report on Healthcare Shortage Areas
10.23.06 Congressional Report on Immigration Consequence of Criminal Activity
10.11.06 Congressional Report on Foreign Students in the U.S.