STATISTICAL INFORMATION

Office of Immigration Statistics http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/index.htm
This site provides tables, maps, and other data on legal immigrants such as the number eligible for citizenship in a given year. There is also data here on trends in immigration, and a link to the annual Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, which has some statistics on undocumented immigrants and deportations.

United States Foreign-Born population (from the U.S. Census)
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign.html

Data tables, Fact Sheet from the American Community Survey, and reports.
http://www.census.gov/popest/international.html
International and internal migration and natural increase at the national, state and county level, and population projections to 2050.

Pew Hispanic Center http://pewhispanic.org/
Though this site mainly covers topics on Hispanic immigration, it has plenty of data on undocumented immigrants in general, such as “Estimates of the Size and Characteristics of the Undocumented Population.” There are also historical overviews on immigration. For the researcher studying Hispanic immigration, this source is invaluable.

FEDERAL AGENCIES

The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. No. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135), moved many former INS/Department of Department of Justice functions to the new Department of Homeland Security, http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/ and divided the INS into two agencies, USCIS and ICE.

ICE: Immigrations and Customs Enforcement http://www.ice.gov/
The ICE website gives the agency’s mission and highlights its enforcement programs and activities. It does not have the same depth and breadth of general statistical information or research reports that the USCIS site does.

USCIS: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
This site provides links to laws, public laws pertaining to immigration, and a compilation of historical statutes from 1790 to 1996. There are also links to current USCIS regulations and those from related agencies such as Health and Human Services, Department of State. There are also links to handbooks, manuals and guides for immigrants and those who provide services to them. This site also provides links to statistics (outlined above).

NEWS AND GENERAL IMMIGRATION TOPICS

See also Reference Books (listed below)

Databases available through Maryville College

Academic Search Premier: Find articles on immigration.

LexisNexis Academic Universe: Find news articles, as well as state and federal legal information. Start your search by choosing Quick Info, News, or Legal Research.

CQ Researcher
May 6, 2005 • Volume 15, Number 17 “Illegal Immigration.”
Overview and analysis of issues regarding illegal immigration; bibliography.
You may want to search for additional articles in CQ Researcher.

Websites

CRS Report for Congress http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs20936.pdf
This report, Immigration, a Guide to Internet Resources provides web addresses for government, legal and organizational groups who provide immigration services. This site would be useful for tracking the changes in agency responsibilities, as well as finding non-governmental organizations.

FindLaw Legal News http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/us/im/
Current news stories on immigration topics, links to other sources and agencies such as the ACLU.

Findlaw Immigration Resources http://immigration.findlaw.com/immigration/immigration-overview.html
Good explanation of laws and policies; designed for immigrant population, but could be useful for researchers.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications http://catalog.gpo.gov/F
The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.

Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop http://www.iir.berkeley.edu/immigration/researchers/institutions.html

Migration Policy Institute http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/usimmigration.php
The Migration Policy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels. It aims to meet the rising demand for pragmatic and thoughtful responses to the challenges and opportunities that large-scale migration, whether voluntary or forced, presents to communities and institutions in an increasingly integrated world.

RECENT AND HISTORICAL COURT CASES

See also LexisNexis Academic Universe (listed above)
See also Reference Books (listed below)

FindLaw’s Case Summaries http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casesummary/index.html
Search by legal topic “Immigration Law.” Select U.S. Supreme Court or circuit court of appeals. A few state courts are listed, too.

Cornell University Supreme Court Collection http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
Search by topic for ‘immigration.’ Cases are arranged 1990-present, or historical.

LEGISLATION

THOMAS—legal information from the Library of Congress http://thomas.loc.gov/
Use this site to find information about activities in the current Congress, such as legislation, schedules and calendars, and the daily digest from Congressional Record. For previous Congresses, there is a search engine for public laws and appropriations bills.

REFERENCE BOOKS

General and Sociological Information

Encyclopedia of American Social Movements 303.484097303 E5636 2004

Gale Encyclopedia Of Multicultural America 305.800973 G1523 2000 and as an e-book.
Gale Virtual Reference Library, Off-Campus access to the Gale Virtual Reference Library - Click Here)

Gale Encyclopedia Of Multicultural America. Primary Documents 305.800973 G1525 1999

The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America 323.1196073 E562 1998

Encyclopedia of Interest Groups and Lobbyists in the United States 324.40973 N463e 2000

Legal Information

The Constitution and Its Amendments 342.7303 C7626 1999 v.1

Immigration and the Law: a Dictionary 342.73082 H663i 1999

Human Rights in the United States: a Dictionary and Documents 342.73085 C329h 2000

Illustrated Great Decisions of the Supreme Court 342.73260264 M457i 2000

Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court 347.7326 C7498 2004

This Pathfinder was originally created by LouAnn Blocker of the University of Tennessee Libraries and Alison Bentley, a graduate student of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, and has been adapted for use at Maryville College by Alison Bentley, as a practicum student in the spring of 2006.

updated November 7, 2007