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Thinking Ahead About Our Immigrant Future: New Trends and Mutual Benefits in Our Aging Society (January, 2008). Dowell Meyers. A report drawn from the book "Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America". Findings include immigration is slowing down, not speeding up; meaningful assessments of assimilation must observe changes over time; and immigrants' contributions make a difference. 

 

Information from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Updated Regularly). Information about naturalization ceremonies, delays, and more. 

 

Division and Dislocation: Regulating Immigration Through Local Housing Ordinances (Summer, 2007).  Immigration Policy Center.

 

Deadly Consequences: The Hidden Impact of America's Nursing Shortage (September, 2007). Stuart Anderson. National Foundation for American Policy.  NFAP Policy Brief.

 

SAALT: Building Community Strength (August, 2007). South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT) have released a report that examines and identifies the needs and opportunities that South Asian community-based organizations are facing today.

Immigration: Changing the Face of America (Routienly Updated). Library of Congress. The Library of Congress examines the history of American Immigration. Includes links to resources, an immigration timeline, and other useful tools.

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (November, 2006). U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report. 

 

Coming to America:  Immigrants, Baseball and the Contributions of Foreign-Born Players to America's Pastime (October, 2006). Stuart Anderson and L.Brian Andrew of the National Foundation for American Policy.

 

Hispanics and the 2006 Election (October, 2006). Pew Hispanic Center. Fact sheet with estimates of the number of Hispanics who will be eligible to vote as of Nov. 2006, as well as related participation estimates.

 

Studying Second-Generation Immigrants: Methodological Challenges and Innovative Solutions (October, 2006). Migration Information Source.

 

The Second Generation in the United States (October, 2006). Migration Information Source.

 

2006 National Survey of Latinos: The Immigration Debate (July 13, 2006). Roberto Suro and Gabriel Secobar of the Pew Hispanic Research Center. Latinos polled report experiencing more discrimination and feeling more unified and politically energized as a result of the immigration debate and related rallies and marches.

 

Immigrant-Led Organizers in Their Own Voices: Local Realities and Shared Visions (2006). This report from the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. documents the realities of organizing for systemic, community change within immigrant communities. Through extensive interviews of organizers, the report's authors provide insight into their successes, challenges and best practices.

 

Global Return: U.S. Immigrants Give Back to their Homelands (December, 2005). National Public Radio broadcasted a series that featured stories of immigrants to the US whose earnings founded efforts in the Philippines, Ghana, Mexico and Afghanistan.

 

Women Immigrants In The United States (September 9, 2002). Edited by Phillipa Strum and Danielle Tarantolo. A report focused on the oft-ignored demographic of women relative to immigration.

 

Immigration Timeline (No Date). Library of Congress. Timeline of immigration to the United States from the Library of Congress.