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Deciphering E-Verify's Accuracy

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released various sets of data regarding the accuracy and error rates of the E-Verify employment-verification system. It is important to understand exactly what the DHS numbers mean in order to have a clear picture of how well E-Verify is performing. If it were to become a mandatory, nation-wide program, it would affect every single person who works in the United States, including U.S. citizens. Even tiny error rates would mean big problems for large numbers of citizens and other legal workers. (February 11, 2009)

Expanding E-Verify in the Stimulus Bill Hurts Workers

Expanding mandatory E-Verify as part of the stimulus package would threaten the jobs of thousands of U.S. citizens, decrease productivity, saddle U.S. businesses with additional costs, and hinder the Social Security Administration's (SSA) ability to provide benefits to needy and deserving Americans – all at a time when we need to stimulate our economy. The fact is: expanding E-Verify now would decelerate the Stimulus Package and slow America's economic recovery. (February 5, 2009)

IPC's Responses to Nativist Claims

Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report detailing the disturbing links between three immigration restrictionist groups: the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), Numbers USA, and the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). These groups describe themselves as "advocates of lower immigration," yet the report depicts much darker motives underlying their work. (February 3, 2009)

New Americans in the Sunshine State

The Immigration Policy Center has prepared a fact sheet which shows that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians contribute billions of dollars to the Florida economy each year and are a growing and integral part of the Sunshine State's diversity, civic life and future.

An Electoral Landscape Recap and What it Means for Immigration Reform

IPC has prepared a fact sheet, quotes page, and blog post to remind policymakers, the press, and the public about the enormous influence of the immigrant, Latino, and Asian vote in the 2008 elections. (January 28, 2009)

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Snapshot of NY Immigrant Demographic and Economic Makeup

As Kirsten Gillibrand assumes her new responsibilities representing the people of New York State in the U.S. Senate, the Immigration Policy Center has prepared a fact sheet which shows that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are a political and economic powerhouse in the state contributing much more than food, language, and culture. They are part of the very engine that keeps the state running strong. (January 27, 2009)

The High Price of Being �America�s Toughest Sheriff�

Over the past year and a half, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona has transformed his police department into an immigration-enforcement agency. Read the IPC fact sheet on two independent reports by the East Valley Tribune and the Goldwater Institute describing a Sheriff's department where crime-solving is down and racial profiling and budget expenditures are way up. (December 17, 2008)