Immigration 101

The following resources are intended to provide definitions, statistical information, current discourse, and an historical overview.

Immigration Policy in the United States provides an overview of the various categories of legal admission to the United States and recent admission statistics (2006).

Immigration Facts provides statistics on annual immigration to the United States (2007).

The Debate in the United States over Immigration is a paper written by Daphne Spain for the Population Reference Bureau and provides an overview of the debate in the United States over immigration (1999).

Immigration Enforcement Within the United States provides information on the United States' immigration laws (2006).

Immigrants to the United States 2001 snap shot is a Power Point on different facts and statistics on immigration (2001).

Ellis Island Immigrants is a timeline of immigration to the United States from 1815-1950.

Immigration Timeline provides information on dates, events, and immigration groups impacted by immigration from 1786 to 2001 (2002).

List of Countries by Immigrant Population from Wikipedia is based on United Nations' World Population Policies (2008).