Reports
A Lifeline to Renewal: The Demographic Impact of Immigration at State and Local Levels
Immigrant numbers should be taken in the context of native population growth or decline to better understand the impact of immigration. Read More
No Way In: U.S. Immigration Policy Leaves Few Legal Options for Mexican Workers
Current immigration policies are completely out of sync with the U.S. economy’s demand for workers who fill less-skilled jobs, especially in the case of Mexican workers. While U.S. immigration policies present a wide array of avenues for immigrants to enter the United States, very few of these avenues are tailored to workers in less-skilled occupations. It should come as no surprise, then, that immigrants come to or remain in the United States without proper documentation in response to the strong economic demand for less-skilled labor. Read More
From Refugees to Americans: Thirty Years of Vietnamese Immigration to the United States
Thirty years after the fall of the Saigon government, Vietnamese Americans celebrate the fact that they have moved far beyond their refugee origins and become successful economic and political players in U.S. society. Read More
The Economics of Necessity: Economic Report of the President Underscores Importance of Immigration
Although immigration is crucial to the growth of the U.S. labor force and yields a net fiscal benefit to the U.S. economy, current immigration policies fail to respond to actual labor demand. Read More
Ties that Bind: Immigration Reform Should be Tailored to Families, Not Just Individuals
Given the extent to which undocumented immigrants already living in the United States are part of U.S.-based families, comprehensive immigration reform must include more than just a new temporary worker program. Read More
Fencing in Failure: Effective Border Control is Not Achieved by Building More Fences
New proposals for more fencing and Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border may only perpetuate an unsuccessful and counterproductive policy that does not effectively enhance national security or control undocumented immigration. Read More
Diversity and Transformation: African Americans and African Immigration to the United States
Successive generations of African immigration have continuously transformed the African American community and the sociopolitical climate of the United States. Read More
Essential Workers: Immigrants are a Needed Supplement to the Native-Born Labor Force
An analysis of data from the 2000 census reveals that employment in about one-third of all U.S. job categories would have contracted during the 1990s in the absence of recently arrived, noncitizen immigrant workers. Read More
Asylum Essentials:The U.S. Asylum Program Needs More Resources, Not Restrictions
The efficiency of the asylum program depends in large part on a fully staffed and adequately funded Asylum Corps that evaluates asylum claims thoroughly and expeditiously. Read More
Remembering December 17: Repeal of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
December 17 marks the anniversary of the 1943 repeal by Congress of the Chinese Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882. With only a few exceptions, this law barred any Chinese from immigrating to the United States, and was the first time U.S. immigration policy singled out citizens of a particular nation for wholesale discrimination. Read More
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