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Illegal Immigration


Temporary Protected Status
Illegal aliens get work permits under Temporary Protected Status

Interior Immigration Enforcement - Musical Chairs
The Obama Administration has launched a new worksite enforcement policy that ostensibly is aimed at employers and avoids the arrests of illegal workers that was an integral aspect of previous enforcement efforts. This new policy likely will have the effect of undermining any effective prosecution of employers for deliberately hiring illegal alien workers and leave the illegal workers free to seek a new job.

Paving the Road to Amnesty
As President Obama closes the books on his first year in office, his record, as opposed to his rhetoric, now defines his political agenda. During 2009, President Obama's record on immigration policy points to certain inescapable conclusions. The overriding objectives of this administration are to enact a massive amnesty for current illegal aliens and vastly expand future flows of immigration to the United States.

Amnesty and Joblessness
With the recent official unemployment rate of 10.2 percent, American workers are now facing the worst job market in 25 years. In fact, over the past 60 years, the unemployment rate has rarely been as high as it is today. Despite a difficult job market, President Obama and leaders in Congress are talking about passing so-called "comprehensive immigration reform" legislation. This legislation would give amnesty to 12 million or more illegal aliens, including an estimated 8.3 million illegal aliens who hold jobs they never should have had, and could include a proposed new guest-worker provision to import hundreds of thousands of additional foreign workers.

Illegal Alien or "Undocumented Immigrant?"
America uses the term "illegal alien" to describe someone in our country in violation of our immigration laws not to demean someone, but rather because it is the correct, and legally recognized, term.

FAIR estimates there are 13 million illegal aliens
FAIR estimates that in 2007 the illegal alien population is above 13 million persons. Government and academic estimates indicate that as of 2006 there were 11 to 12 million illegal aliens living in the United States. The Center for Immigration Studies estimated the illegal alien population at 10 million as of November 2004.

Employer Sanctions
News accounts of employer convictions or confessions of hiring illegal aliens

Examples of Serious Crimes of Illegal Aliens
News accounts of crimes that may have been prevented if the alien had been deported or stopped from entering the country illegally.

Organizations Supporting Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
2005-2006

Unlicensed to Kill
Illegal aliens are a hit-and-run threat

How to Report Illegal Immigrants
Local ICE office phone numbers

Day Laborer Hiring Sites
Providing jobs for illegal aliens

"Sanctuary" Policies
Some local governments shelter illegal aliens

Huddle 1996 study of costs of illiegal iimmigration
Illegal alien workers may increase profits for employers, but they are costly to the American taxpayer.

Costs of Educating Children of Illegal Aliens
A $29 billion outlay.

Social Security Funds for Illegal Aliens?
Proposed agreement with Mexico

U.S. Cuba Policy Rewards Illegal Immigration
Only Cubans get automatic parole

Congressional Seats and Federal Outlays
Giving weight to illegal aliens

Illegal Immigration and Public Health
Costs and imported infectious diseases.

Illegal Aliens in Elections and the Electoral College
The federal government has turned a blind eye to the possibility that fraudulent voting by noncitizens could determine an election outcome

Mexican Matricula Consular ID Cards
Intervening in U.S. domestic affairs.

Taxpayers Subsidizing College for Illegal Aliens
Some states burden taxpayers.

The Costs to Local Taxpayers for Illegal Aliens
Summary fiscal cost estimates by state amount to $36.6 billion dollars annually for providing public K-12 education, incarceration and emergency medical care for illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children.

Mexico's Defense of Illegal Immigrants
Intervening in U.S. domestic affairs

The Law Against Hiring or Harboring Illegal Aliens
Legal overview.

Why Amnesty Isn't the Solution
Amnesty encourages future illegal immigration

US Mexico Border Fence and Patrol Operations
Our borders remain porous to illegal entry.

What's Wrong With Illegal Immigration?
Economic, fiscal, and social impacts.

Illegal Immigration is a Crime
Legal proscriptions against aiding and abetting etc.

Demographics of the Illegal Alien Population 1986
Information from the 1986 amnesty.

Section 245(i): "Adjustment of Status"
An amnesty provision tested and discredited

How to Stop Illegal Immigration
FAIR's key recommendations

Employment Document Verification
A key reform to achieving a legal workforce.

Local Immigration Enforcement
State and local efforts can make a difference

Preventing Visa Violation
Two-fifths of illegal aliens entered with visas

Attrition of Illegal Immigrants through Enforcement
Attrition through Enforcement is the Best Option for Addressing our Current Illegal Alien Population.

Anchor Baby: Part of the Immigration-Related American Lexicon
The term "anchor baby" may be unfamiliar to most Americans but it succinctly describes a troubling aspect of American immigration.

Census 2010: Who Represents Illegal Aliens?
Most Americans do not realize that illegal immigrants are also represented by members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Remittances to Mexico
Even as the federal government expands its criminal investigation of companies hiring illegal aliens, it has been helping those same workers send money home cheaply.

State Cost Studies

 
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders (2009)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Pennsylvanians (2009)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Virginians (2009)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Floridians (2009)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Nevadans (2009)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to North Carolinians (2008)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Coloradans (2008)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Georgians (2008)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to New Jerseyites (2007)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Illinoisans (2007)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Iowans (2007)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Tennesseeans (2007)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to New Yorkers (2006)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Texans (2005)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Californians (2004)
  • The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Arizonans (2004)
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