Resources

News Articles

An excellent collection of RNHA News articles on immigration can be found here.
Another selection of articles from the Law Offices of Power and Virasin is here.

This is a list of video programs on immigration that you might find useful:

President George W. Bush addressed a new citizens at a naturalization service and spoke about his comprehensive immigration proposal. Click here to watch the President's speech
Debate between Tamar Jacoby of the Manhattan Institute and Ira Melham of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
Click here to watch. (22 Minutes, requires Windows media player).
Cato Institute panel on immigration reform.
Click here to watch. (1 hour, requires Real Audio). Jan. 28, 2004
- Congressman Jeff Flake, Republican from Arizona and co-sponsor of the McCain-Kennedy bill talks about the legislation he is proposing.
- Dan Griswold, a researcher with the Cato institute talks about his report Willing Workers.
Briefing at congress explaining the reasons why enforcement alone is doom to fail.
Dan Griswold from the Cato Institute.
Click here to watch. (52 minutes, requires Real Audio). Sept 16, 2005.

Scholarly research

Economic Growth and Immigration. Immigration Policy Center. November 2005.
A fairly comprehensive report on our labor needs, demographic characteristics of our native born and immigrant work forces and projections of our future labor needs.
Backfire at the border.Cato Institute. June 2005.
Why enforcement without legalization cannot stop illegal immigration.
US Immigration and Economic Growth. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. December 2003
This article discusses immigrants’ economic contributions and how these recent changes impact both the foreign-born population already living here and those trying to enter the United
States.
Willing Workers. Fixing the problem of illegal immigration. Cato Institute. October 2002.
Contrary to common objections, evidence does not suggest that a properly designed system of legal Mexican migration will unleash a flood of new immigrants to the United States, hurt low-skilled Americans, burden taxpayers, create an unassimilated underclass, encourage lawbreaking, or compromise border security.

Surveys on immigration

National Survey of Republican Voters. A survey of likely Republican voters and their attitude towards comprehensive immigration reform.
Poll of Legal Immigrants on US Immigration Policy. A poll that shows that Undocumented immigrants have a positive image among legal immigrants from throughout the world.
Time Magazine/SRBI January 2006 Poll. Poll shows that Republicans are more in favor than Democrats to provide a path to US Citizen to illegal immigrants if they satisfy certain conditions and to deport them otherwise.
Time Magazine March 2006 Poll. Poll shows that 72% of Americans support allowing illegal immigrants to get temporary work visas and earn permanent resident status after 6 years, while 25% prefer making illegal immigration a crime and not allow anyone who entered the country illegal to stay.