Popular content

The Mormon Church and Illegal Immigration

Download a pdf of this Backgrounder Ronald W. Mortensen, PhD, is a retired career U.S. Foreign Service Officer and member of the LDS Church. Read more...

REAL ID Implementation Embraced by 41 States

Janice Kephart is the Director of National Security Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies. Read more...

Three Decades of Mass Immigration: The Legacy of the 1965 Immigration Act

Introduction "This bill we sign today is not a revolutionary bill. It does not affect the lives of millions. It will not restructure the shape of our daily lives." Read more...

The 287(g) Program: Protecting Home Towns and Homeland

Related Publications Download a pdf of this Backgrounder. Jessica M. Vaughan is the Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. CIS Fellow James R. Edwards, Jr., PhD, is coauthor of The Congressional Politics of Immigration Reform. Read more...

Immigration to the United States and World-Wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Download the pdf version Related Publications: Video Read more...

Fact Sheet on Haitian Immigrants in the United States

Contact: Steven Camarota, (202) 466-8185, sac@cis.org Since the terrible tragedy in Haiti, many have sought information about the Haitian community in the United States. Below are some basic socio-demographic statistics: The last Census Bureau data (2008) indicates there are 546,000 Haitian immigrants in the United States. That is up from 408,000 in 2000 and 218,000 in 1990.1 Read more...

Farm Labor Shortages: How Real? What Response

Download the .pdf version Read more...

Immigration and Economic Stagnation: An Examination of Trends 2000 to 2010

Download a pdf of this Backgrounder Steven A. Camarota is the Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies. Read more...

The Medicaid Costs of Legalizing Illegal Aliens

Download a pdf of this Memorandum James R. Edwards, Jr., is a Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. Read more...

Built to Fail

American immigration courts are the heart of a system that nurtures scandal. Their work touches nearly every aspect of America’s immigration system. These courts are essential to recruit the bright and talented to American shores, to alleviate persecution, and to secure this nation’s borders and neighborhoods. But they cannot perform their critical work. Deception and disorder rule. These courts have become — in the words of frustrated judges — “play courts.” In reality, they are courts that are built to fail. Read more...

State and Local Authority to Enforce Immigration Law: A Unified Approach for Stopping Terrorists

Download this Backgrounder as a pdf Enforcing our nation’s immigration laws is one of the most daunting challenges faced by the federal government. With an estimated 8-10 million illegal aliens already present in the United States and fewer than 2,000 interior enforcement agents at its disposal, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE) has a Herculean task on its hands — one that it simply cannot accomplish alone. Read more...

The DREAM Act

Projecting the 2012 Hispanic Vote

Using Census Bureau data, this report projects the share of Hispanic voters nationally and in battleground states for the upcoming 2012 election. Based on past trends, including growth in the adult Hispanic citizen population, we project that the Hispanic share of the nation's electorate will increase by 1.5 percentage points, from 7.4 percent in 2008 to 8.9 percent in the 2012 election. Read more...

Shaping Florida: The Effects of Immigration, 1970-2020

Introduction Read more...

Birthright Citizenship for Children of Foreign Diplomats?

Related: TV Interview Download a pdf of this Backgrounder PART II: "Why the Citizenship Clause Should Be Taken More Seriously" Jon Feere is the Legal Policy Analyst at the Center for Immigration Studies. Read more...

Best? Brightest?

Download this Backgrounder as a pdf Read more...

REAL ID Implementation: Less Expensive, Doable, and Helpful in Reducing Fraud

Download a pdf of this Backgrounder. Updated January 24, 2011 Janice Kephart is the Director of National Security Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies. Read more...

How Obama Is Transforming America Through Immigration

Order a copy of How Obama Is Transforming America Through Immigration at Amazon.com. How Obama is Transforming America Through Immigration by Mark Krikorian Encounter Broadsides, 2010 ISBN 1594034885 Read more...

Ignoring problems of illegal immigration leads to exploitation

Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The immigration raid on the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, the largest kosher plant in the country, caught most American Jews completely off-guard. Read more...

Immigration and the U.S. Economy

Related Publications: Video Testimony Prepared for House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law September 30, 2010 Steven A. Camarota Director of Research Center for Immigration Studies 1522 K St. NW, Suite 820 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 466 8185 fax: (202) 466 8076 sac@cis.org Introduction Read more...

If It's Fixed, Don't Break It: Moving Forward with E-Verify

Download the pdf version "I have been using E Verify for over three years. It takes away all of the guess work in determining if documents presented are valid or not. Being close to the border you would be surprised at the amount of fake IDs that look real until they are run through the program. For the first time in my 20-plus years in HR I am comfortable in knowing that we are hiring only employees who are authorized to work in the United States." — Ginny Priborsky 1 Read more...

Trends in Immigrant and Native Employment

Related Publications: Articles Download the pdf version Read more...

Illegal Immigration: A Culture of Corruption

At a time when 83% of Americans view government corruption as a very important problem, isn't it time that we stop fostering a culture of corruption by failing to control illegal immigration? Read more...

Immigrant Gains and Native Losses in the U.S. Job Market, 2000 to 2010

Testimony Prepared for House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims United States Congress March 10, 2011 By Steven A. Camarota Director of Research Center for Immigration Studies 1522 K St. NW, Suite 820 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 466 8185 fax: (202) 466 8076 sac@cis.org www.cis.org Read more...

A Drought of Summer Jobs: Immigration and the Long-Term Decline in Employment Among U.S.-Born Teenagers

Download a pdf of this Backgrounder Related Publications: Video, Transcript Steven A. Camarota is the Director of Research and Karen Jensenius is a demographer at the Center for Immigration Studies. Read more...