The Immigration Policy Center provides a range of resources that explain the major components of reform and provide context for what is in the different sections of immigration legislation moving through Congress.
General Principles:
- Overhauling Immigration Law: A Brief History and Basic Principles of Reform [1]
- What’s on the Menu? Immigration Bills Pending in the House of Representatives in 2014 [2]
- A Guide to S.744: Understanding the 2013 Senate Immigration Bill [3]
- A Guide to H.R. 15: The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act [4]
- Tackling the Toughest Questions on Immigration Reform: Short Answers to the Most Common Questions [5]
- Cracking the SAFE Act: Understanding the Impact and Context of H.R. 2278, the "Strengthen And Fortify Through Enforcement" Act [6]
Future Flow & Legalization:
- Built to Last: How Immigration Reform Can Deter Unauthorized Immigration [7] (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
- Read more on our Legalization Resource Page. [8]
- Read more on our Future Flow Resource Page. [9]
Related Articles and Blog Posts:
- Rebuilding Local Economies: Innovation, Skilled Immigration, and H-1B Visas in U.S. Metropolitan Areas [10] (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
- Fueling the Recovery: How High-Skilled Immigrants Create Jobs and Help Build the U.S. Economy [11] (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
- Read more on our Entrepreneurship and Job Growth Resource Page [12]
Border Enforcement:
- An Unlikely Couple: The Similar Approaches to Border Enforcement in H.R. 1417 and S. 744 [13] (IPC Fact Check, July 2013)
- The Fallacy of "Enforcement First" [14] (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
- Lost in the Shadow of the Fence [15] (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
- Read more on our Border Resource Page [16]
The Costs of Immigration Reform:
- Adding It Up: Accurately Gauging the Economic Impact of Immigration Reform [17] (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
- The Cost of Doing Nothing: Dollars, Lives, and Opportunities Lost in the Wait for Immigration Reform [18] (IPC Fact Check, September 2013)
- Read more on our Economics of Immigration Resource Page [19]
Blog Posts:
- You can read our many posts on the 2013 effort for Comprehensive Immigration Reform here. [20]
- Including Our Day-by-Day Review of the Amendments that Passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. [21]
AIC Statements on the Senate Reform Bill:
- Read our Statement on the Title I of the Senate Reform Bill - The Border [22]
- Read our Statement on Title II of the Senate Reform Bill - The Legalization Program [23]
- Read our Statement on Title III of the Senate Reform Bill - Due Process, Detention, and E-Verify [24]
- Read our Statement on Title IV of the Senate Reform Bill - The Future Flow of Immigrants [25]
- Read our Statement on the Passage of the Bill to the Floor [26]
To review an archive IPC Staff tweets during to the Senate’s Mark-up of S. 744 see these day-by-day Storify posts by Amanda Beadle.
You can read all of our resources on previous National Legislation here. [32]
You can read all of our resources on Immigration Reform here. [33]
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Korea [34]
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