Rising Immigrant Admissions to the United States (2009)
Legally admitted immigrants have increased enormously since the 1965 change in the immigration law that reopened the door to mass immigration. The rate of this upward trend varies among the states over the past 10 years, but may be seen in all states but one.

An Immigration Reform Agenda for the 110th Congress
No truly effective comprehensive immigration reform bill passed in the 109th Congress because the entire immigration debate was saddled by proposals to enact a mass amnesty and reward those who have broken the law.

Refugees
Admissions have been stretched to include persons not considered refugees by the United Nations.

Naturalization
Requirements for citizenship.

Million Dollar Visas
The investor visa program "sells" visas and has been tarnished by fraud.

Chain Migration
Extended family sponsorship leads to untenable waiting lists and serves no national interest.

Self-Sufficiency Screening
Exclusion of 'pubic charges' people who depend on public welfare is seldom enforced.

Dual Nationality
U.S practice and problem areas.

Nuclear Family Reinification
Limit family-sponsored immigration to spouses and minor children to reduce backlogs and restore moderate admission levels.

Asylum
Fraud and abuse characterize the use of asylum to avoid deportation.

U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform
The bipartisan, national USCIR (the Jordan Commission) recommended reductions in legal admissions.

Lottery Visas
Stop encouraging additional immigration through lottery visas.

Refugees and Asylees
U.S. refugee admissions are higher than the rest of the world combined, yet advocates push for increases as well as expanded asylum admissions.

Soaring Immigration
Admissions have jumped since the already historically high 1990s level.

Immigration "Time-Out" (Moratorium)
Halt non-core admissions until border control is established, and pressures on the environment, public services, and the assimilation process are eased.

Annual Immigration
Admission data for the immigration categories.

Unlimited Immigration
Because some classes of immigration are unlimited, the overall number of immigrants admitted annually continues to rise.

Free Trade Agreements
which provide for freer trade in goods and services, have also been used to limit the flexibility of the United States to adjust its immigration admissions downward. Congress has warned the Executive Branch to avoid including immigration provisions in future agreements.