The AIC's Executive Director, Ben Johnson, was quoted in an article in the New York Times....
The Basics of Immigration: A Resource Page |

The U.S. immigration system is complicated and can be difficult to understand. This resource page provides key information about our system, providing a basis for more complicated matters and disproving commonly circulated myths.
The Basics:
- Overhauling Immigration Law: A Brief History and Basic Principles of Reform (February 2013)
- How the United States Immigration System Works: A Fact Sheet (November 2010)
- Breaking Down the Problems: What's Wrong with our Immigration System (January 2010)
- Focusing on the Solutions: Key Principles of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (November 2009)
- Opportunity and Exclusion: A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Policy (January 2012)
Disproving Myths:
- Giving Facts a Fighting Chance: Answers to the Toughest Immigration Questions (October 2010)
- De-Romanticizing Our Immigrant Past: Why Claiming "My Family Came Legally" Is Often a Myth (November 2008)
- Why Don't They Just Get In Line? The Real Story of Getting a "Green Card" and Coming to the U.S. Legally (March 2008)
Published On: Sun, May 29, 2011
U.S. Immigration Guide
Read our guide to how the United States immigration system works, and our resource page on the problems with it, as well as the possible solutions.




