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Our most in-depth publication, Special Reports provide detailed analyses of special topics in U.S. immigration policy.

The New Electoral Landscape and What It Means for Immigration Reform: Latinos, Asians, and New Americans Redefine 21st Century American Politics

IPC has compiled this one-stop analysis of all the available data on the Asian, Latino and New American vote and shows how and why they voted the way they did in the 2008 election cycle. The report features a variety of early, exit and election-day polling which tells the story of not only a record rate turnout, but also provides insight into the greatest areas of concern for these voters. It also explores early signals from the new administration and congress with respect to immigration reform.

Published On: Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | Download File

Opportunity and Exclusion: A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Policy

As the current debate over undocumented immigration continues to rage, it is important to keep in mind not only that everyone in the United States is ultimately descended from an "immigrant," even Native Americans whose ancestors arrived here thousands of years ago, but that the rules governing immigration change constantly--and often arbitrarily.

Published On: Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Download File

The New American Electorate: Voting Age Adult Citizens by Race/Ethnicity and State/Congressional District, 2007

Detailed supplemental tables for every Congressional district on the number of voting-age citizens who are naturalized immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are also available.

Published On: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Download File

The New American Electorate: Voting Age Adult Citizens by Nativity and State/Congressional District, 2007

Detailed supplemental tables for every Congressional district on the number of voting-age citizens who are naturalized immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are also available.

Published On: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Download File

The New American Electorate: A Briefing Presentation

A Powerpoint presentation on "the New American Electorate."

Published On: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Download File

The New American Electorate: The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and their Children

At a time when federal, state, and local elections are often decided by small voting margins—with candidates frequently locked in ferocious competition for the ballots of those “voting blocs” that might turn the electoral tide in their favor—one large and growing bloc of voters has been consistently overlooked and politically
underestimated: New Americans.

Published On: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Download File

A Candidate's Guide to Immigration: Answers to the Toughest Questions

The debate on immigration promises to rage on until Election Day and beyond. The need for immigration reform is clear—yet the conversation around it is clouded by the politics of misinformation, anxiety, and fear. The Immigration Policy Center has put together a Candidate Packet to help those running for political office shape and develop a rational national conversation on immigration. The packet covers a range of sub-issues and its talking points are backed by hard data that effectively counters and clarifies the myths and ambiguities associated with the issue.

Published On: Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | Download File

Balancing Federal, State, and Local Priorities in Police-Immigrant Relations: Lessons from Muslim, Arab, and South Asian Communities Since 9/11*

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, changes in federal, state, and local law-enforcement priorities and practices have had a profound impact on America’s Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians.  Some of these policy shifts applied exclusively or primarily to those communities, such as the federal “special registration” program, selective enforcement of immigration laws based on national origin or religion, and expanded federal counter-terrorism efforts that targeted these communities.

Published On: Tue, Jun 24, 2008 | Download File

The Social Security Administration No-Match Program: Inefficient, Ineffective, and Costly

This report provides an overview of SSA’s no-match letter program, a summary of DHS’s new supplemental proposed rule regarding no-match letters, and an overview of the unintended consequences of no-match letters that are sent to employers.

Published On: Thu, May 08, 2008 | Download File

Thinking Ahead About Our Immigrant Future: New Trends and Mutual Benefits in Our Aging Society

What is the real story about the importance of immigration for America’s future? Demographer Dowell Myers examines trends in U.S. immigration and finds that immigration has not only begun to level off, but immigrants are climbing the socio-economic ladder, and will become increasingly important to the U.S. economy as workers, taxpayers, and homebuyers supporting the aging Baby Boom generation.

Published On: Tue, Jan 01, 2008 | Download File