- About: Immigration Issues
Links to article and sites about immigration, from About.com.
- America's Immigration Quandry
A Pew Research Center report investigating the issue.
- Border Overview
Information on Borders and Law Enforcement from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.
- Center for Immigration Studies
"The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit ... think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States."
- Current Issues of Immigration
Links and lessons following the history of immigration in the U.S., from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
- Ellis Island
History of Ellis Island, passengers, geneology resources, timelines, and more.
- FAIR: Federation for American Immigration Reform
"A national, nonprofit, public-interest, membership organization of concerned citizens ... FAIR seeks to improve border security, to stop illegal immigration, and to promote immigration levels consistent with the national interest."
- How can I help immigrants prepare to take the U.S. citizenship test?
A free online course from Thinkfinity.
- The Immigration Debate
News and articles on immigration and proposed reform, from NPR.
- Immigration Explorer
Interactive map and sliding timebar from the New York Times.
- Immigration, nationality, and citizenship law
Links to resources on the immigration laws of various countries, including the U.S., from the Internet Law Library.
- Los Angeles County Office of Education: Immigration Reform
Offers a .pdf booklet for schools about issues relating to immigration reform.
- The New Americans
"Follow a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new Americans in the 21st century." From PBS.
- Office of Immigration Statistics
From the Department of Homeland Security.
- Public Agenda Issue Guide: Immigration
Facts, discussion guides, public opinion, policy options, and further resources.
- Travel.State.Gov
Information not only for U.S. citizens travelling abroad, but for foreigners travelling to the U.S. Includes information on various types of visas and on permanent immigration.
- Truth in Immigration
"Truth in Immigration’s mission is to rebut legal and factual inaccuracies about immigrants and/or Latinos. ... [and] to serve as a watchdog for communications about immigrants and to research, collect, and rebut legal and factual inaccuracies about immigrants...."
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Materials on immigration, guides for new immigrants, forms, rules, laws, and other information.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
News, infomation, fact sheets, photo gallery, videos, and more. Includes handy fact sheet on Border Wait Times for entering the U.S. via Canada or Mexico.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
A government agency for "identifying criminal activities and eliminating vulnerabilities that pose a threat to our nation’s borders, as well as enforcing economic, transportation and infrastructure security."
- What Part of Legal Immigration Don't You Understand?
Nice chart from Reason magazine showing the paths to legal immigration, plus the associated requirements and time involved.
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