“Poll Shows Most in U.S. Want Overhaul of Immigration Laws”
See a May 4, 2010, story about a New York Times/CBS survey on immigration.
Tag: legislation
“Slim Majority of Americans Would Vote for DREAM Act Law”
A Gallup poll released Dec. 10, 2010, shows that a slim majority of Americans polled, 54 percent, would vote for granting legal status to illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, which is the centerpiece of the DREAM Act.
“Restriction or Legalization? Measuring the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform”
The libertarian Cato Institute in 2009 released a study claiming that legalizing undocumented workers in the United States would bring an added $180 billion to the U.S. economy during the next decade, while only toughening laws and tightening borders would actually hurt American households economically.
Council on Foreign Relations-“Experts”
The Council on Foreign Relations has a web page listing a number of immigration experts and their contact information.
“Immigration Debate Prompts Growing Jewish-Latino Ties”
Read a Jan. 27, 2010, story in The Forward about the emergence of a political alliance between Jews and Latinos.
“Mormons on both sides in immigration controversy”
An April 30, 2010, Salt Lake Tribune article examines Mormons’ varying views on immigration reform.
“5 Myths about immigration”
Read a May 2, 2010, feature in The Washington Post by Doris Meissner, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, who served as commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1993 to 2000.
“Should immigration reform benefit gay couples, too?”
A post at USA Today‘s Faith & Reason blog explains how provision in some proposals to benefit same-sex immigrant couples could become a major stumbling block for certain religious groups.
“Evangelicals Find New Unity on Immigration”
Read a Religion News Service story about the Evangelical response to the Arizona immigration law, posted May 14, 2010 at the website of Christianity Today.