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Immigration, Intergroup Conflict, and the Erosion of African American Political Power in the 21st Century

Download this Backgrounder as a pdf While social scientists continue to debate the impact of large-scale immigration on low-skilled American natives, these same Americans certainly believe that high levels of immigration threaten their economic well-being. Current research shows that these fears are as much alive among African Americans as Caucasians. Read more...

100 Million More: Projecting the Impact of Immigration On the U.S. Population, 2007 to 2060

This study uses Census Bureau data to project how different levels of immigration impact population size and the aging of American society. The findings show that the current level of net immigration (1.25 million a year) will add 105 million to the nation’s population by 2060. While immigration makes the population larger, it has a small effect on the aging of society. Read more...

Reforming Dual Citizenship in the United States

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Dual Citizens in America: An Issue of Vast Proportions and Broad Significance

Fueled in part by enormous and, in this century, unprecedented numbers of new immigrants, the United States is becoming dramatically more diverse ‹ racially, ethnically, and culturally. Read more...

The Complete Immigration Story of 9/11 Hijacker Satam al Suqami

This Memorandum is in memory of Danny Lewin, whose incredible life was ended by hijacker Satam al Suqami on American Airlines Flight 11 prior to its tragic crash into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Read more...

Projecting Immigration’s Impact on the Size and Age Structure of the 21st Century American Population

Using data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, this study first recreates the Bureau's most recent population projections. We then vary the level of net immigration (the difference between those coming and those leaving) to discern its impact on the U.S. population. The findings show that immigration makes for a much larger overall population, while having only a small effect on slowing the aging of American society. Read more...

Legalizing illegal immigrants a bad idea

Almost everyone agrees that something has to be done to resolve America's illegal immigration crisis. But will any of the reform plans that include a "pathway to citizenship" for illegal immigrants solve the problem? I voted for President Barack Obama twice and I support the DREAM Act. But as a former foreign service officer who has issued thousands of visas to immigrants who played by the rules, I believe there are several things Americans need to know before they decide where they stand on immigration reform. Read more...

A Need for More Immigrant Workers?

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

Births to Immigrants in America, 1970 to 2002

Download this Backgrounder as a pdf County and MSA Data Analysis of birth records shows that in 2002 almost one in four births in the United States was to an Read more...

Dual Citizenship and American National Identity

Download pdf version Table of Contents Introduction So What? Some Basic Questions About Dual Citizenship The Domestic Context of Dual Citizenship Dual Citizenship and the Integration of Immigrants Dual Citizenship and Conflict: The War of 1812 Redux? Read more...

Does the Health Care Bill Bar Illegal Aliens from Taxpayer Funds? Not Really

As members of Congress get an earful from their constituents on the proposed health care overhaul, one topic is becoming front and center: immigration. How the legislation addresses both legal and illegal immigration will have a significant effect on public support, but as of this writing, the 1,000-page health care bill only includes a few, ambiguous and entirely inadequate clauses on immigration. Read more...

Immigration Bill Contains Slush Funds for Pro-Amnesty Groups

The pro-amnesty lobbyists who helped craft the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill included within the bill two "slush funds" amounting to $150 million that may be supplemented with additional taxpayer dollars for years to come. Slush fund grantees are "public or private, non-profit organizations" described in the bill as including "a community, faith-based, or other immigrant-serving organization whose staff has demonstrated qualifications, experience, and expertise in providing quality services to immigrants, refugees, persons granted asylum, or persons applying for such statuses." In other words, the grantees would include many of the groups involved in writing and promoting the amnesty. Read more...

Illegal Population Stops Declining under Obama

WASHINGTON (February 15, 2012) – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon release its new estimate of the illegal immigrant population in the United States as of January 1, 2011. (All DHS estimates are for January 1.) Based on a preliminary analysis of some of the same data DHS uses, the Center for Immigration Studies estimates that 10.9 million (± 200,000) illegal immigrants lived in the United States on January 1, 2011. Read more...

Remaking the Political Landscape: The Impact of Illegal and Legal Immigration on Congressional Apportionment

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An Overview of E-Verify Policies at the State Level

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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration: A Review of Recent Studies

It is often suggested that immigrants "only take jobs natives don't want," implying that the entry of 900,000 legal and 400,000 illegal immigrants each year has no effect on the wages or job prospects of native workers. In fact, a number of recent studies have come to a contrary conclusion. This research indicates that immigration does reduce the labor market prospects of natives, primarily those with few years of schooling. Read more...

Cheesecake Factory, Hallmark, Disney, and Others Now Pushing Amnesty

Officials representing over 100 corporate interests issued a letter to Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) demanding the legalization of 11 million illegal aliens and increased legal immigration through the creation of new visa programs. As these companies put it in their letter: [W]e strongly support efforts to bolster the availability of a workforce at all skills levels, through a separate visa program as well as by creating a path to legal status for those already here. Read more...

Dual Allegiance: A Challenge to Immigration Reform and Patriotic Assimilation

Foreword by Newt Gingrich Introduction by Thomas L. Bock, National Commander of the American Legion, and Dr. Herbert I. London, President of the Hudson Institute *** Download this Backgrounder as a pdf Read the panel discussion transcript Read more...

The Impact of Immigration on the American Workforce

Testimony prepared for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce November 16, 2005 Steven A. Camarota Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies Introduction Read more...

Immigration, Political Realignment, and the Demise of Republican Political Prospects

Related Publications: Panel Video, Panel Transcript Download a pdf of this Backgrounder James G. Gimpel is a professor of government at the University of Maryland, College Park. He can be reached at jgimpel@gvpt.umd.edu. Read more...

The Deportation Abyss: "It Ain't Over 'Til the Alien Wins"

Download this Backgrounder as a pdf Credibility in immigration policy, as the late Texas congresswoman Barbara Jordan remarked, rests on three simple principles: "People who should get in, get in; people who should not enter are kept out; and people who are deportable should be required to leave."1 Read more...

Double Standard in Obamacare Favors Illegals

The Obama administration is rushing to get its signature health law implemented — and it treats illegal aliens better than native-born Americans. Starting in 2014, key elements of Obamacare take effect, including the individual mandate to have health insurance or else pay a fine. Read more...