Immigration

Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 2000 (2006)
Selected decennial census data on the foreign-born population, with data for the nation's largest metropolitan areas and cities. The 1850 decennial census was the first to collect data on the nativity of the U.S. population.
Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850-1990 (1999, rev. 2001).
"By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895�1954," Prologue 32(3), Fall 2000, pp. 192-199..
Chinese Immigration and the Chinese in the United States [National Archives]
Becoming an American: Immigration and Immigrant Policy (1997)
Executive Summary | Full Report PDF-246 pages | CATALOG RECORD
Legal Immigration: Setting Priorities: A Report to Congress, 1995 CATALOG RECORD
U.S. Immigration Policy: Restoring Credibility: A Report to Congress, 1994 CATALOG RECORD

U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest (1981) CATALOG RECORD
Originally published March 1981 as U.S. Immigration Policy: Final Report and Recommendations of the Select Commission. 97th Congress, 1st Session, Joint Committee Print, No. 8. Contents: I. International issues. II. Undocumented/illegal aliens. III. Admission of immigrants. IV. Phasing in new programs recommended by the Select Commission. V. Refugee and mass first asylum issues. VI. Nonimmigrant aliens. VII. Administrative issues. VIII. Legal issues. IX. Language requirement for naturalization. X. Treatment of U.S. territories under U.S. immigration and nationality laws. Tables: 1. Resettlement totals of receiving countries. 2. Contributions to international refugee agencies. 3. Outline of U.S. immigration policy, 1783-1980. 4. Levels and rates of U.S. immigration, 1870-1979. 5. U.S. gross immigration, 1976-1981. 6. Five countries with highest levels of immigration by decade, 1821-1978. 7. Proposed immigration admissions system. 8. Comparison of proposed and current visa allocation systems. 9. Countries with the greatest number of active visa applicants, January 1, 1980. 10. Proposed refugee admissions by region. 11. Selected refugee programs. 12. Current Indochinese refugee population in the United States by state as of December 31. 1980. 13. Estimated net secondary migration of Indochinese refugees by state. 14. Temporary visitor classifications and entry data, 1968 and 1978.

U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest [supplements] (1981) CATALOG RECORD

Report of the Commission on Government Security (see chapter: Immigration and Nationality Program, pp. 519-612) (1971) CATALOG RECORD
This commission report strives to give an objective, nonpolitical review of the laws and regulations concerning immigration that were passed to provide for the protection of the national security, starting with the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Provides summary and analysis of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.

Reports of the Immigration Commission (1957) CATALOG RECORD
Note: Pollak Library owns volumes 1, 2, and 5. Other volumes may be requested via Link+ or Interlibrary Loan.
Contents: v. 1-2. Abstracts of reports of the Immigration Commission.--v. 3. Statistical review of immigration, 1819-1910.--v. 4. Emigration conditions in Europe.--v. 5. Dictionary of races of peoples.--v. 6-25. Immigrants in industries.--v. 26-27. Immigrants in cities.--v. 28. Occupations of the first and second generation of immigrants in the United States. Fecundity of immigrant women.--v. 29-33. The children of immigrants in schools.--v. 34-35. Immigrants as charity seekers.--v. 36. Immigration and crime.--v. 37. Steerage conditions. Importation and harboring of women for immoral purposes. Immigrant homes and aid societies. Immigrant banks.--v. 38. Changes in bodily form of descendants of immigrants.--v. 39. Federal immigration legislation. Digest of immigration decisions. Steerage legislation, 1819-1908. State immigration and alien law.--v. 40. The immigration situation in other countries.--v. 41. Statements and recommendations submitted by societies and organizations interested in the subject of immigration.

Treaty, Laws, and Rules Governing the Admission of Chinese: Rules Approved January 24, 1914 (1914) CATALOG RECORD

Statistical Review of Immigration, 1820-1910. Distribution of Immigrants, 1850-1900 (1911) CATALOG RECORD
61st Cong., 3d sess, Senate Document 756. Popularly known as the Dillingham Commission.

Final Report of the Industrial Commission (see chapter: "Immigration," pp. 957-1030) (1902) CATALOG RECORD

Reports of the Industrial Commission on Immigration : including testimony with review and digest (1901) CATALOG RECORD
Immigration issues as viewed in 1901: statistics, social character and effects of immigration, economic effects of immigration, distribution and employment of immigration, causes inducing immigration, existing legislation restricting immigration. Of special note: Part IV: Chinese and Japanese Immigration (discusses laborers on railway lines, in mines, in agriculture, and in San Francisco).

Chinese Immigration: Its Social, Moral, and Political Effect: report to the California State Senate of its Special Committee on Chinese Immigration (1878) CATALOG RECORD
Report of the Special committee.--An address to the people of the United States upon the evils of Chinese immigration.--Memorial of the Senate of California to the Congress of the United States.--Chinese immigration, resolution offered by Creed Haymond.--Proceedings of the commission: testimony taken before a committee of the Senate, appointed April 3, 1876.--Statistics.--Resolutions adopted by the General association of Congregational churches of California, and address of Rev. S. V. Blakeslee.--The Chinese question, by J. H. Boalt.--The conflict of races in California, by H. N. Clement.--Opinions of J. W. Draper, Goldwin Smith, and the London times.--Address by E. R. Meade.

History of Immigration to the United States (originally published in 1856) CATALOG RECORD
By William Jeremy Bromwell. Immigration statistics from official data.