What Happens When Local Cops Become Immigration Agents? (Immigration Policy Center – August 2008) - Startling facts about the enormous price tag--both financial and social--of Sheriff Arpaio's police immigration enforcement activities in Arizona.

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New Employee Verification Act (HR 5515): Myths and Facts (National Immigration Law Center – May 2008) - Provides myths and facts on Johnson EEVS bill (HR5515), including its failure to address the SAVE Act’s most fundamental problems.

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The Politics of Contradiction: Immigration Enforcement vs. Economic Integration (Immigration Policy Center – May 2008) - The U.S. government’s enforcement-without-reform approach to undocumented immigration has created an unsustainable contradiction between U.S. immigration policy and the U.S. economy. So far, the economy is winning.

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Money for Nothing: Immigration Enforcement without Immigration Reform Doesn't Work (Immigration Policy Center – May 2008) - While the U.S. government has poured billions upon billions of dollars into immigration enforcement, the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States has increased dramatically. Rather than reducing undocumented immigration, this enforcement-without-reform strategy has diverted the resources and attention of federal authorities to the pursuit of undocumented immigrants who are drawn here by the labor needs of our own economy.

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Impact of the SAVE Act on Asian Americans (Asian American Justice Center – May 2008) – Information on how the SAVE Act will affect Asian American businesses, Asian American workers, and Asian American taxpayers.

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Preserve the Child Support System: Don’t Let the New Hire Database be Hijacked for Immigrant Employment Verification (Center for Law and Social Policy – May 2008) – This fact sheet shows that using the National Directory of New Hires for employment verification purposes, as called for in the “New Employee Verification Act of 2008” (HR5515), would seriously undermine the goals and effectiveness of the child support system, and furthermore, that the directory is not set up for employment eligibility verification purposes and could not be easily adapted.

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Shuler-Tancredo Employment Eligiblity Verification System: Poorly Designed, Dangerous for the Economy (National Immigration Law Center – Updated April 2008) – Covers the pitfalls of the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2007, or “SAVE Act.”

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Rep. Johnson’s New Employee Verification Act: Another Version of the Shuler-Tancredo Bill (National Immigration Law Center – March 21, 2008) – Provides a summary of the Johnson EEVS bill (HR5515) and its negative impact on U.S. citizens, employers, and the Social Security Administration.

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Questions and Answers about Driver’s Licenses Now That Final REAL ID Regulations Have Been Issued (National Immigration Law Center – February 2008) – This fact sheet’s questions and answers take an in-depth look at the provisions of the final REAL ID Act regulations that particularly affect immigrants.

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Immigration Enforcement in the Wake of Immigration Reform’s Collapse (National Immigration Forum – February 2008) - This paper describes some of the government’s enforcement actions and a handful of government rules issued in 2007 affecting immigrant rights.

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America Needs AgJOBS, not Harsh Guestworker Programs (Farmworker Justice – January 2008) - This document gives background on the proposed changes to the H-2A agricultural guestworker program, and proposed solutions to the America’s agricultural labor needs.

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Why Denying Driver’s Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants Harms Public Safety and Makes Our Communities Less Secure (National Immigration Law Center – January 2008) - States need to create practical, workable solutions, and denying undocumented immigrants licenses is simply bad public policy.

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Pulling at the Thread: Anti-Immigrant Proposals Threaten Social Security Traditions (National Immigration Law Center – January 2008) - Proposals in Congress adversely target immigrants’ retirement security in ways that would require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to alter the current retirement benefits framework by significantly changing the way work history is credited to individuals.

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AgJOBS Policy Brief (Farmworker Justice – January 2008) - Presents facts about AgJOBS legislation.

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The “Secure America through Verification and Enforcement” (“SAVE Act”) of 2007 (H.R. 4088)  (Immigration Policy Center – February 2008) - Summary and Analysis of Provisions

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Too Costly for My Town: The Dollars and Cents of an Immigration Ordinance (National Council of La Raza – October 2007) - A fact sheet that describes the costs associated with local anti-immigrant ordinances.

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DREAM Act Basic Information (National Immigration Law Center – December 2007) - Includes information on the DREAM Act's requirements and its current status.

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DREAM Act Student Biographies (National Immigration Law Center) - Biographies of student who would benefit from the passage of DREAM.

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Immigration Law Enforcement by State and Local Police (National Immigration Forum – August 2007) - Across the country, states and localities are grappling with the problem of illegal immigration, and scores of communities are considering the role their police department might play in helping the federal government enforce immigration laws.  This document addresses the concerns with turning police into immigration agents.

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Detaining America’s Immigrants: Is this the best solution? (The REAL DEAL) - Policy Debate Our government detains over 230,000 people a year – more than triple the number of people in detention just nine years ago.  The annual cost to the government is $1.2 billion.

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Building the Wall: Will We Be Better Off? (The REAL DEAL) - Information on the costs and effectiveness of border militarization and its impact on local communities.

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Immigration Enforcement: What Has Been Tried? What Has Been The Result? (National Immigration Forum – March 2006) - Immigration enforcement efforts over the last 20 years and its results.

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