The Immigration Debate Links
Historical and Current Issues of Immigration

Lesson 10: Illegal Immigrants

Illegal Immigration Brief article on illegal immigration to the United States, featuring extensive links to articles on current immigration policy issues. From the Center for Immigration Studies.

INS at Work Brief article outlining the Immigration and Naturalization Service and its responsibilities. From the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse associated with Syracuse University .

Local Fiscal Effects of Illegal Immigration: Report of a Workshop Report analyzing previous case studies on the effects of illegal immigrants on public expenditures and revenues and the economy in general. From The National Academies Press.

Illegal Immigrant Death Rate Rises Sharply in Barren Areas A New York Times article discussing the challenges illegal migrants face in the deserts of the Southwest. From truthout.org.

More visas or more agents An Arizona Republic article on the national debate over illegal immigration and Arizona lawmakers' policy proposals to address the issue.

Momentum builds for guest-worker program An December 2002 article reporting on the growing popularity of guest-worker programs in Arizona as a means to reduce illegal immigration. From The Business Journal of Phoenix.

How Guestworker Programs Harm America Discussion of the negative effects of guest-worker programs on the U.S. economy, including displacement of American workers and burdensome drain on the tax and welfare systems. From the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

Let Their People Come An editorial urging freer, less-restrictive immigration policy in the United States, citing the country's heritage as a nation of immigrants. From WSJ.com.