|
- U.S.:
Naturalizations in the United States: 2007 (2008) PDF-4 pages
- California:
Just the Facts: Immigrants in California (2008) PDF-2 pages
- California:
Immigrant Pathways to Legal Permanent Residence: Now and Under
Merit-Based System (2008) PDF-28 pages
- California--illegal immigrants:
Just the Facts: Illegal Immigrants [California] (2008) PDF-2 pages
- Los Angeles:
Los Angeles on the Leading Edge: Immigrant Integration Indicators and
Their Policy Implications (2008) PDF-74 pages
- Latest U.S. statistical
reports:
Immigration Statistics
- U.S.:
Immigration Debate, CQ Researher (Databases A-Z), February 1,
2008
- U.S.:
Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2006 (Feb 2008)
PDFF-5 pages
- US.:
Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant
Population Residing in the United States: January 2006 (2007) PDF-6
pages
- US.:
Trends in Naturalization Rates (2007) PDF-2 pages
- U.S.:
Welcome
to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants (2007) PDF-124 pages
- U.S.:
Civics and
Citizenship Toolkit: A Collection of Educational Resources for
Immigrants (2007)
- California:
California's Out of-School Immigrant Youth: A Vulnerable Minority (2007)
PDF-2 pages
- California:
Children in Immigrant Families (2007)
- California:
Immigrants in California: Just the Facts (2007) PDF-2 pages
- California, L.A., U.S.:
The
Characteristics of Unauthorized Immigrants in California, Los Angeles
County, and the United States [Urban Institute] (2007)
- California:
How Immigrants
Affect California Employment and Wages (2007) [PPIC]
- Maps:
Maps
of Naturalized Citizens (2006)
- Core statistics:
Data & Statistics (latest reports)
- Core statistics:
Publications (latest reports)
- Overview:
America's Immigration Quandary (2006)
- Overview:
Illegal Immigration (2006) [PPIC] PDF-20 pages (Focusing on
California, discusses where illegal immigrants come from and settle, who
they are, why they come, how they fit into the economy, and how public
policy is addressing illegal immigration.)
-
Immigrants:
Children of Immigrants: Facts and Figures (2006)
Examines the children of US immigrants, both unauthorized and legal.
Topics include trends in immigration (growth, size and geographic
distribution), economic status (poverty, median income), family
composition (living situation, household size), and education.
-
Immigrant labor
force:
LA Economy Project Data Library (2006)
LA
economic data (in excel, word, and PDF documents) for policy makers,
students, researchers and others. Data included: distribution of
occupations, average wages (by occupation, area), immigrant labor force
(by area and occupation), occupations of the working poor, employers by
planning area, maps of industries across LA and more. Also links to census and labor market data as well as federal agencies.
- Illegal Aliens:
Size and
Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.
(2006) [how many, gender, country of origin, family composition,
workforce characteristics (occupations/industries, labor participation
rates, gender), trends over time, and more]
- Labor Force:
The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor
Market (2005)
- Current data:
Center for Immigration Studies:
This web site provides concise summaries of INS and Census Data on
Current Numbers,
History,
Legal Immigration,
Illegal Immigration, and
Costs of Immigration.
- Current data:
Immigration
Fact File [Public Agenda]
- Latest statistics:
Immigration Statistics
- U.S.:
Naturalizations in the United States: 2007 (2008) PDF-4 pages
- California:
Just the Facts: Immigrants in California (2008) PDF-2 pages
- Maps:
Maps
of Naturalized Citizens (2006)
- Core
statistics: Yearbook of Immigration Statistics--latest
ed.
- Core resource:
Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, 1996-2003
(See
CATALOG RECORD
for earlier years)
- Core statistics:
Data & Statistics (latest reports)
- Core statistics:
Publications (latest reports)
- US.:
Trends in Naturalization Rates (2007) PDF-2 pages
- U.S.:
Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2006 (Feb
2008) PDFF-5 pages
- US.:
Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant
Population Residing in the United States: January 2006 (2007) PDF-6
pages
- US. & California:
Unauthorized
Migrants: Numbers and Characteristics (2005) PDF-44 pages
- Current & historical
basic statistics:
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
[annual] CSUF owns 1878 to current year
CATALOG RECORD
- Basic
historical
statistics: Datapedia
of the United States, 1790-2005
CATALOG RECORD
- Historical statistics:
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
CATALOG RECORD
- Historical census data:
Historical
Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States:
1850 to 2000
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. - Public
opinion surveys:
Public Agenda: Immigration
-
International data: Trends in
International Migration
[annual]
CATALOG RECORD
|INTERNET
-

"Illegal Immigration," May 6,
2005,
CQ Researcher
-
Immigration Fact File [Public Agenda]
-
Legal
Immigration |
Illegal
Immigration
-
Current Numbers
-
Illegal
Aliens from the Middle East (2002)
-
Costs of Immigration
-
Green Book
2004:
Welfare
Benefits for Noncitizens (2004)
PDF-33 pages
-
Triennial Comprehensive Report on Immigration
CATALOG RECORD
-
Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions and Trends.
SEE Chapter 3: Social Conditions—Immigration (2002)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the
United States: 1850-1990 (1999)
-
Arab Americans:
2000
PDF-12 pages
National,
regional, and state information on the total
Arab population, as well as on the three
largest Arab groups: Lebanese, Syrian and Egyptian. County- and selected
place-level data also are provided for the total Arab population.
Some city data.
-
High School
Dropouts by Race--Ethnicity and
Recency of Migration (2000)
PDF-2 pages
-
Migration Data and Reports (state-by-state migration flows) [Census
Bureau]
.
- "Proportion of Immigrants in U.S. Population Has Doubled Since '70;
Demographics: Census Bureau data paint a complex picture of lives lived
by the country's 28 million foreign-born." Los Angeles Times, February
7, 2002, Part A, Part 1, Page 24.
- "Immigration Tally Doubles In Census," [estimates of illegal
immigrants in California] Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2001.
-
Immigration Patterns and Ethnic Composition (1997)
- Crime and
Illegal Immigration (1997) [Note:
Also available in print: NIJ Journal, No. 232 (June 1997)
LOCATION: 3rd Floor North, DOCS/US J 28.14:202:232
]
- Major
Demographic Shifts Occurring in California [CRB Report] (1999)
PDF-15 pages
| Following is a list of recent books. To find additional books in Pollak Library, search
the Library Catalog by the
subjects listed here. |
- Overview:
America's Immigration Quandary (2006)
- U.S.:
Welcome
to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants (2007) PDF-124 pages
- U.S.:
Civics and
Citizenship Toolkit: A Collection of Educational Resources for
Immigrants (2007)
- Background & overview:
Triennial Comprehensive
Report on Immigration CATALOG RECORD
- Background & overview:
American Economy
(2003) REFERENCE HC102 .A66 2003 v. 2, p.
394. Note: See Volume 2 for essay on Immigration Policy.
CATALOG RECORD
- Background & overview:
Introduction to Immigration in the United States
[
History
of immigration] (2001)
-
Background & overview:
Immigrants in
the United States — 2002: A Snapshot of America’s Foreign-Born
Population (November 2002)
- Background & overview:
Statistical
Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions and Trends.
SEE Chapter 3: Social Conditions—Immigration
(2002)
CATALOG RECORD
- Labor Force:
The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor
Market (2005)
- Government
policy: Search
Library Catalog by subject:
united states emigration and immigration government policy
- Census Bureau reports on immigration &
migration:
Population
Division Working Papers
- Government policy—history:
Search Library Catalog by subject:
united states emigration and immigration government
policy history
- Welfare for non-citizens
[Green Book
2004]: Welfare
Benefits for Noncitizens
(2004)
PDF-33 pages
— U.S. and California data.
Also data by country of
origin (Mexico, etc.)
-
The "Huddled
Masses"
Myth: Immigration
and Civil Rights
(2004)
CATALOG
RECORD
-
Undocumented
Immigrants Face the Desert (Briefing on
Tragedy Along the Arizona-Mexico Border)
(August 2002) PDF-67 pages
-
Anti-immigrantism
in Western Democracies: Statecraft,
Desire and the Politics
of Exclusion (2003)
CATALOG RECORD
-
A Century of Chicano History:
Empire, Nations, and Migration / Gilbert G. Gonzalez, Raul A. Fernandez
(2003)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Immigrants and
TANF: A Look at Immigrant Welfare Recipients in Three Cities (October 2003)
PDF-36
pages
-
Children of Immigrants Show Slight
Reductions in Poverty, Hardship (November 2003)
PDF Version
-
Elite vs.
Public Opinion An Examination of
Divergent Views on Immigration (November 2002)
-
Immigrants in the United States — 2002: A Snapshot of America’s
Foreign-Born Population (November 2002)
-
The
Muslim Wave:
Dealing With Immigration From The Middle East (August 2002)
-
Immigrants from the
Middle East: A Profile of the Foreign-Born Population from
Pakistan to Morocco (August
2002)
-
Costs of Immigration
-
Another 50 Years
of Mass Mexican Immigration: Mexican
Government Report Projects Continued Flow Regardless of Economics or
Birth Rates (2002)
-
Census
Releases Immigrant Numbers for 2000: Analysis by CIS finds size, growth
unprecedented in American history (June
2002)
-
Impact of Welfare
Reform on
Immigrant Welfare Use (2002)
PDF-36 pages
-
Immigration from
Mexico: Assessing the Impact on the United States (July
2001)
-
Mexican-Origin
People in the United States: A Topical History (2001)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Collision Course:
The Strange Convergence of Affirmative Action
and Immigration Policy in America (2002)
CATALOG RECORD
-
The Other Face of
America: Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future (2002)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Beyond Smoke and
Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an
Era of Economic Integration (2002)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Operation
Gatekeeper: The Rise of the "Illegal Alien" and the Making of the U.S.-Mexico
Boundary (2002)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Introduction to Immigration in the United States
[History
of immigration] (2001)
-
Reforming Immigration: Helping Meet America's
Need for A
Skilled Workforce (2001)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Children of Immigrants: Health,
Adjustment, and Public Assistance (1999)
-
Children of Immigration (2001)
CATALOG RECORD
-
U.S.
Immigration Policy and the Undocumented:
Ambivalent Lives, Furtive Lives (2001)
CATALOG RECORD
-
America
Becoming: Racial Trends and Their
Consequences [see Vol. I Ch. 7: Contemporary Immigration and the
Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity] (2000)
CATALOG RECORD
-
U.S.
Immigration at the Beginning of the 21st Century [Urban Institute]
(2001)
-
Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging
(2000)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Overlooked and Underserved: Immigrant
Children
in U.S. Secondary Schools [Urban Institute] (2001) PDF-112
pages
.
- Government policy:
Becoming an
American: Immigration and Immigrant Policy (1997)
Executive
Summary | Full Report
PDF-246
pages |
CATALOG RECORD
- Government policy:
Legal
Immigration: Setting Priorities: A Report to Congress, 1995
CATALOG RECORD
- Government policy:
U.S.
Immigration Policy: Restoring Credibility: A Report to Congress, 1994
CATALOG RECORD
- Case
Against Immigration: The Moral, Economic, Social, and Environmental Reasons for Reducing U.S.
Immigration Back to Traditional Levels (1996)
CATALOG RECORD
- Congressional Politics of Immigration Reform (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Costs:
Costs of Immigration
- Costs:
Costs of
Immigration to Taxpayers [RAND] (1996)
CATALOG RECORD
- Crime and Illegal Immigration
(1997) Also available in print: NIJ Journal, No. 232 (June 1997).
DOCS/US J 28.14:202:232
- Criminal
Justice, 2000 [See Volume 1 pages 485-524]
CATALOG RECORD &
INTERNET LINK
- Crossings:
Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Debate in the
United States over Immigration
- Economic
Consequences of Immigration (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Final Report of the Commission on Immigration Reform: Hearing (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Heaven's
Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- High
School Dropouts by Race--Ethnicity and Recency of Migration
(2000)
PDF-2 pages
|
CATALOG RECORD
- History
and Immigration of Asian Americans (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Huddled
Masses, Muddled Laws: Why Contemporary Immigration
Policy Fails to
Reflect Public Opinion (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Illegal
Aliens: Changes in the Process of Denying Aliens Entry into the United
States (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Illegal Aliens in the United States (House Judiciary Hearing, March
18, 1999)
-
Illegal Immigration Issues (House Judiciary Hearing, June 10, 1999)
- Illegal
Immigration: Status of Southwest
Border
Strategy Implementation (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Immigration: A Civil Rights Issue for the Americas (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Immigration and America's Workforce for the 21st Century (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Immigration and Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Immigration and
Higher
Education [RAND] (1996)
CATALOG RECORD
- Immigration and Opportunity: Race, Ethnicity, and Employment in the
United States (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Imports,
Exports, and the American Worker (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Legislative History
of American Immigration Policy, 1798-1965 (1981)
CATALOG RECORD
- Major
Demographic Shifts Occurring in California
[CRB Report] (1999)
PDF-15 pages
- Making
Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy
(1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Mexican
Migration to the United States: The Role of Migration Networks and Human
Capital Accumulation (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- New
Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal
Effects
of Immigration (1997)
CATALOG RECORD
Analysis of above book: Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration: Examining the Report of the
National Academy of Sciences: Hearing (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
-
One from Many: Immigration Patterns and Ethnic Composition [U.S.
Dept. of State]
- Strangers
Among Us: How Latino Immigration is Transforming America (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Trends in
International Migration
CATALOG RECORD
-
United States
Population: Where The New Immigrants Are
- Unwelcome
Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
- Warmth of
the Welcome: The Social Causes of Economic Success for Immigrants in
Different Nations and Cities (1998)
CATALOG RECORD
To find Primary Sources:
Search Library Catalog by subject:
Emigration and immigration law -- United States -- History -- Sources
Database:
Historic Documents (1972-present)
In search box, type: immigration or other
keywords.
Civics
and Citizenship Toolkit: A Collection of Educational Resources for
Immigrants (2007) [includes copies of some primary sources for
instructional use]
Annual Reports:
Additional Publications
In
reverse chronological order. For assistance in finding additional primary
source materials, inquire at the Reference Desk.
-
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 Recent report from the National Archives
tracing the history of Chinese immigration...
- 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.
To find
articles, search Pollak Library's
subscription databases. The links below will take you to a list of
relevant databases.
Databases--Statistics
Databases--Pro & Con
Databases--Scholarly Journals
Databases--Newspapers
Databases--Government Sources
CQ Researcher
issues of note:
- "Immigration Debate," February 1,
2008

- "Illegal Immigration," May 6, 2005
-
"Debate Over Immigration," July 14, 2000
- "New Immigrants," February 14, 1997
Articles of special note:
"Illegal--but Essential" [Experts say undocumented immigrants are a
driving force in the economy, despite a toll on public services and
unskilled workers], by David Streitfield, Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2006.
"Immigration Debate Omits Key Issue: Immigrants," Los Angeles Times,
August 6, 2001, Part A, Part 1, page 6.
"The Nation: INS Penalty System Falls Down on Job Enforcement: Failed
employer sanctions are no longer an option as U.S., Mexico look to new
immigration," Los Angeles Times, August 6, 2001, page A1.
"Census Illustrates Diversity From Sea to Shining Sea; Population:
Massive Surge of Immigration in '90s Makes Nearly One in Every Three
U.S. Residents a Minority, Report says. Trend is Nationwide." March 13,
2001, Los Angeles Times, Home Edition, page A16.
-
California:
Just the Facts: Immigrants in California (2008) PDF-2 pages
-
California:
Just the Facts: Illegal Immigrants [California] (2008) PDF-2 pages
-
California:
Immigrant Pathways to Legal Permanent Residence: Now and Under
Merit-Based System (2008) PDF-28 pages
-
California:
Crime, Corrections, and California: What Does Immigration Have to Do
with It? (2008) PDF-24 pages
-
California:
California's Out of-School Immigrant Youth: A Vulnerable Minority
(2007) PDF-2 pages
-
California:
Children in Immigrant Families (2007)
-
California:
Immigrants in California: Just the Facts (2007) PDF-2 pages
-
California, L.A., U.S.:
The
Characteristics of Unauthorized Immigrants in California, Los Angeles
County, and the United States [Urban Institute] (2007)
-
California:
How Immigrants
Affect California Employment and Wages (2007) [PPIC]
-
California:
California Immigration (statistics)
-
Overview:
Illegal Immigration (2006) [PPIC] PDF-20 pages (Focusing on
California, discusses where illegal immigrants come from and settle, who
they are, why they come, how they fit into the economy, and how public
policy is addressing illegal immigration.)
-
Costs of illegal immigration:
"Illegal--but Essential" [Experts say undocumented immigrants
are a driving force in the economy, despite a toll on public services
and unskilled workers], by David Streitfield, Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2006. -
Economic mobility:
Economic
Mobility of Orange County Immigrants, 1980-2000 (2004) [Center for
Demographic Research] PDF 6-pages
-
Immigrant labor
force:
LA Economy Project Data Library (2006)
LA
economic data (in excel, word, and PDF documents) for policy makers,
students, researchers and others. Data included: distribution of
occupations, average wages (by occupation, area), immigrant labor force
(by area and occupation), occupations of the working poor, employers by
planning area, maps of industries across LA and more. Also included are
links to census and labor market data as well as federal agencies.
-
Instruction resources:
The Immigration Debate in the Classroom: 2006
-
Education:
Educational Progress Across Immigrant Generations in California (2005)
-
California:
Second
Generation Immigrants in California (2005) PDF-20 pages
-
California's Immigrants Turn the
Corner (2004) PDF-12 pages
-
Projections:
California
Demographic Futures Projections to 2030, by Immigrant Generations,
Nativity, and Time of Arrival in U.S. (2004) PDF-22 pages. Excerpt: "Unlike projections issued by
the U.S. Census Bureau, California Demographic Futures projections
provide information on the nativity, decade of
immigrant arrival, and immigrant generation of the
population in a manner similar to age structure or racial
composition...This report offers a mid-decade
view of California’s demographic future, including how the state’s
population has changed in the last 25 years, a detailed profile of the
current situation, and a new projection of changes in the coming 25
years, to 2030."
-
The
Socioeconomic Well-Being of California's Immigrant Youth
(2004)
-
Immigration and educational achievement:
A Matter of Class:
Educational Achievement
Reflects Family Background More Than Ethnicity or Immigration
-
Green Book 2004:
Welfare
Benefits for Noncitizens (2004)
PDF-33 pages
— U.S. and California data.
Also data by country of
origin (Mexico, etc.)
-
California's Newest Immigrants
(2003) PDF-20
pages
-
California: Illegal Aliens (2003)
-
Mexifornia: A State of
Becoming
(2003)
CATALOG RECORD
- Statistics—California: "Proportion of
Immigrants in U.S. Population Has Doubled Since '70; Demographics:
Census Bureau data paint a complex picture of lives lived by the
country's 28 million foreign-born." Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2002,
Part A, Part 1, Page 24.
-
We the People: Helping
Newcomers Become Californians (2002)
CATALOG RECORD
-
California:
Immigration in Your Backyard—links to several reports with
state,
city, and MSA-level statistics
-
Metropolitan Magnets for
International and Domestic Migrants (2003) [Brookings
Institution] Immigration to the 81
largest metro areas, including Los Angeles, with
educational achievement and race/ethnicity data.
-
How the
Other Half
Works: Immigration
and the Social Organization
of Labor [Los Angeles
County] (2003)
CATALOG RECORD
-
Impact of Welfare Reform
on Immigrant
Welfare Use (2002)
PDF-36 pages
-
Shifting Borders: Rhetoric, Immigration, and California's
Proposition 187 (2002)
CATALOG RECORD
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A State of Diversity: Demographic
Trends in California's Regions (2002) [PPIC]
PDF-16 pages
- Examines
growth patterns and trends in California's nine regions. Discussion of
international and domestic immigrants. Growth slows and diversity
grows throughout California.
Despite some statewide trends, there are vast differences between
regions in income, immigration, and jobs. Report from the Public
Policy Institute of California.
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Understanding
the Future of Californians’ Fertility: The Role of Immigrants | Full
Report
PDF-116 pages (2002) [PPIC]
- U.S.-born children of immigrants will likely have substantially lower
birth rates than their parents, and this birth pattern could
significantly lower population growth projections for the state.
Report from
the Public Policy Institute of California.
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Children of
Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance (1999)
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Immigration and
California Communities (1999)
The
Impact of Immigration on California:
Summary and Analysis of Immigration in a Changing Economy:
California's Experience (1998) [Center for
Immigration Studies]
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California's Labor Force:
Immigration, Fertility, and the Post-industrial Economy
(1998) [Center for Immigration Studies]
- Mexican-origin
People in the United States: A Topical History (2001)
CATALOG RECORD
- Are
Immigrants Leaving California? Settlement Patterns of Immigrants in the
Late 1990s [Urban Institute] (2001) PDF-50
pages
- "Immigration Tally Doubles In Census," [statistics:
estimates of illegal immigrants in California] Los Angeles Times,
March 10, 2001.
- "Shift in the Mix Alters the Face Of California," New York Times,
July 4, 2000, page 1.
- "Santa
Ana: Numero Uno en Espanol," Los
Angeles Times, Orange County Edition, Tuesday, November 20, 2001,
Section B, Page 1 ["Santa Ana has the highest concentration of
Spanish-speaking residents in the nation"].
- California
Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities (1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Rebirth:
Mexican Los Angeles from the Great Migration to the Great Depression
(1999)
CATALOG RECORD
- Major
Demographic Shifts Occurring in California [CRB Report] (1999)
PDF-15 pages
- Legal
Immigration to California by County, 1990-1998
CATALOG RECORD
- Immigration in a
Changing Economy: California's Experience (1998)
- New Immigrants,
New Needs: The California Experience (1997)
- Ethnic Quilt: Population
Diversity in Southern California (1997)
CATALOG RECORD
- Educating
California's Immigrant Children: An Overview of Bilingual Education [CRB
Report] (June 1999)
PDF-74 pages
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California:
Just the Facts: Illegal Immigrants [California] (2008) PDF-2 pages
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California:
Immigrant Pathways to Legal Permanent Residence: Now and Under
Merit-Based System (2008) PDF-28 pages
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California, U.S.--country of origin:
Estimates of the
Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States:
January 2006 (2007) PDF-6 pages
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California, L.A., U.S.:
The
Characteristics of Unauthorized Immigrants in California, Los Angeles
County, and the United States [Urban Institute] (2007)
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US.:
Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population: 2005
(PDF-7 pages)
[U.S. Dept. of
Homeland Security]
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US. & California:
Illegal
Immigration (2006) [PPIC] PDF-20 pages (Focusing on California,
discusses where illegal immigrants come from and settle, who they are,
why they come, how they fit into the economy, and how public policy is
addressing illegal immigration.)
-
Costs of illegal immigration: "Illegal--but
Essential" [Experts say undocumented immigrants are a driving force in
the economy, despite a toll on public services and unskilled workers],
by David Streitfield, Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2006.
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US.:
Size and
Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.
(2006) [how many, gender, country of origin, family composition,
workforce characteristics (occupations/industries, labor participation
rates, gender), trends over time, and more]
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Immigrant labor
force:
LA Economy Project Data Library (2006)
LA
economic data (in excel, word, and PDF documents) for policy makers,
students, researchers and others. Data included: distribution of
occupations, average wages (by occupation, area), immigrant labor force
(by area and occupation), occupations of the working poor, employers by
planning area, maps of industries across LA and more. Also included are
links to census and labor market data as well as federal agencies.
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US. & California:
Unauthorized
Migrants: Numbers and Characteristics (2005) PDF-44 pages
California:
The Costs of Illegal Immigrants to Californians (2004) PDF-18 pages
Recent article:
"Guest Workers," Congressional
Digest, June 2005, v.84, no.6. Cover story. Available online via
Academic Search Premier.
Recent reports:
Pew Hispanic Center
Reports - multiple reports
"Illegal Immigration," May 6, 2005,
CQ Researcher
Illegals: the
imminent threat posed by our unsecured U.S.-Mexico border (2004) CATALOG
RECORD
I Impossible
subjects: illegal aliens and the making of modern America (2004) CATALOG
RECORD
Estimates of the
Size and Characteristics of the Undocumented Population (2005) PDF-11
pages
Illegal
Immigration |
Legal
Immigration
800,000 + Illegals Entering Annually in
Late '90s: New INS Report Also Finds 80,000 from Middle East
(2003)
Illegal
Aliens from the Middle East
(2002)
IDs for Illegals:
Mexico's
'Matricula Consular' Facilitates Illegal Immigration
(2003)
Estimates of
Numbers of Unauthorized Migrants Residing in the United States: The
Total, Mexican, and Non-Mexican
Central American Unauthorized
Populations in Mid-2001 (2002)
PDF-12 pages
Impact of Welfare Reform on
Immigrant Welfare Use (2002)
PDF-36 pages
"Undermining American workers:
Record Numbers of Illegal Immigrants Are Pulling Wages Down for the Poor
and Pushing Taxes Higher," Los Angeles Times, Part 9, Page 12 (Magazine
section), July 20, 2003. Available full text on LexisNexis.
Laws:
Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986
Laws:
Public Law
99-603: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Public
opinion surveys:
Public Agenda: Immigration
California:
California's Labor Force:
Immigration, Fertility, and the Post-industrial Economy
(1998) [Center for Immigration Studies]
California:
Illegal
Aliens: Assessing Estimates of Financial Burden on California
(1994)
CATALOG RECORD
California:
Illegal
Immigration: Impact on California
(1994)
CATALOG RECORD
California:
Issues
Related to Illegal Immigration [California Dept. of Corrections]
California:
Undocumented
in L.A.: An Immigrant's Story (1997)
CATALOG RECORD
Briefing on Tragedy Along the Arizona-Mexico Border: Undocumented
Immigrants Face the Desert (2002)
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