Immigration Reform

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Fact Sheet

The Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Border Security

Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, the federal government has spent an estimated $324 billion on the agencies that carry out immigration enforcement. 

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Special Report

Back to the Future: The Impact of Legalization Then and Now

While there are many facets to an intelligent immigration reform package, one thing is clear: legalization for undocumented immigrants helps all of us. 

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All Immigration Reform Content

  • Press Release

Senators Issue Promising, but Vague Immigration Reform Plans

March 18, 2010

Washington D.C. - Today, in the

  • Research and Analysis

Future Flow: Repairing Our Broken Immigration System

Publication Date: 
February 1, 2010
One of the greatest challenges in immigration reform is the need to realistically assess our future employment-based immigration needs. This includes permanent and temporary visas, high-skilled and...
  • Press Release

President Declares Ongoing Commitment to Immigration Reform

January 27, 2010

  • Research and Analysis

The Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform

Publication Date: 
January 11, 2010
A new report, “Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” by Dr. Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, finds that comprehensive immigration reform...
  • Press Release

New Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

January 7, 2010

For Immediate Release

New Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

  • Research and Analysis

Raising the Floor for American Workers

Publication Date: 
January 7, 2010
Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, legalizing undocumented workers through comprehensive immigration reform would yield $1.5 trillion...
  • Research and Analysis

Summary of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009

Publication Date: 
December 15, 2009
Summary of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP) of 2009.
  • Fact Sheet

Immigration Reform as Economic Stimulus

Publication Date: 
September 1, 2009
The public debate over immigration reform, which all too often devolves into emotional rhetoric, could use a healthy dose of economic realism. As Congress and the White House fulfill their recent...
  • Research and Analysis

Comprehensive Immigration Reform: A Primer

Publication Date: 
July 24, 2009
America’s immigration laws are some of the most complex and archaic provisions that can be found in the U.S. statutes. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA) rivals the tax code in the...
  • Research and Analysis

Immigration Reform Cited as an Economic Necessity and a Net Gain

Publication Date: 
April 28, 2009
The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has culled the words of leading economists and numerous experts who agree that immigration reform is an economic necessity and a net gain to the U.S. economy.

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