Vernon M. Briggs Jr. | Center for Immigration Studies

Vernon M. Briggs Jr.

Board Member

Vernon M. Briggs, Jr. is Professor of Labor Economics at the New York State School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Cornell University. He is the author of Mass Immigration and the National Interest: Policy Directions for the New Century, (M.E. Sharp, Inc.).

Illegal Immigration: The Impact on Wages and Employment of Black Workers

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
April 2008
Testimony

Immigration Policy and Organized Labor: A Never-Ceasing Issue

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
May 2007
Testimony

Real Immigration Reform: The Path to Credibility

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
May 2007
Testimony

Immigration Reform and the U.S. Labor Force: The Questionable "Wisdom" of S.2611 (i.e. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
August 2006
Testimony

Guestworker Programs: Lessons from the Past and Warnings for the Future

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
March 2004
Backgrounders and Reports

Guestworker Programs for Low-Skilled Workers: Lessons from the Past and Warnings for the Future

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
February 2004
Testimony

Immigration Policy and Low Wage Workers: The Influence of American Unionism

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
October 2003
Testimony

American Unionism and U.S. Immigration Policy

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
August 2001
Backgrounders and Reports

Immigration Policy and the Plight of Unskilled Workers

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
March 1999
Testimony

Testimony on H.R. 1915

By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
June 1995
Testimony