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The Immigration Problems: Then and Now
Source: Independent Institute
Author: Richard Vedder, Lowell Gallaway and Stephen Moore
Country: United States

"The argument that immigrants to the United States take undue advantage of the welfare state, although plausible, is exaggerated or just plain wrong. Excluding refugees, immigrants resort to welfare less often than native-born Americans." (1/24/00)

Immigrants: A study by the Tocqueville Institution
Source: Alexis de Tocqueville Institution/El Tiempo Latino
Author: Alfonso Aguilar
Country: United States

Citing a study sponsored by the institution, the author points out that immigrants contribute far more to the U.S. economy than they consume. (9/98)

Compassion or compulsion: The immigration debate and Proposition 187
Source: Independence Institute
Author: Linda Gorman
Country: United States

"Studies have found that immigration has its most harmful economic impact on persons who are themselves recent immigrants .... One study shows that immigrants now receive cash benefits from public assistance programs that are 56 percent higher than would have been the case if immigrants used the welfare system to the same extent as natives." (11/97)

Movers and shakers
Source: Reason
Author: Joel Kotkin
Country: United States

Across the United States, immigrants are reviving urban neighborhoods given up for dead. (11/00)

Immigration and the rise and decline of American cities
Source: Hoover Institution
Author: Stephen Moore
Country: Hong Kong
E-mail: hoover@free-market.net

"A 1997 National Academy of Sciences study reports that 'immigrants add as much as $10 billion to the national economy each year,' but 'in areas with high concentrations of low-skilled, low-paid immigrants,' they impose net costs on U.S.-born workers. This essay questions that finding." (08/97)

Response to ABA proposal governing immigration hearings
Source: Federalist Society
Author: Jonathan Fredrick Cohn and Gordon Dwyer Todd
Country: United States

Should immigrant detainees receive open hearings or does national security allow for or even necessitate closed proceedings? Cohn and Todd analyze this question. (PDF file) (09/27/02)

United States immigration law in a world of terror
Source: The Federalist Society
Author: Margaret D. Stock
Country: United States

"The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have spurred a burst of interest in United States immigration laws. ... Calls for changes to the law are reminiscent of similar calls after the 1993 World Trade Center and 1996 Oklahoma City bombings. Weak United States immigration laws, however, were not the problem that allowed terrorists to enter the United States..." (06/02)

Fixing the problem of illegal Mexican migration to the U.S.
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Daniel Griswold
Country: United States

Griswold argues that a few simple steps could transform America's immigration system to one that's economically rational, humane, and compatible with how Americans actually arrange their lives. Full report available as PDF file. (10/15/02)

RICO: A new tool for immigration law enforcement
Source: Center for Immigration Studies
Author: Micah King
Country: United States

"In 1996, Congress expanded the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to include violations of federal immigration law. ... Under the new RICO provisions, a violation of certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) meets the definition of racketeering activity...." (PDF)(08/03)

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