Time for Debate: Resources for Immigration Reform With a Human Face

Immigration Reform Legislation

S. 2454 Bill Summary and Status CRS Summary Amendments Congressional Record

H.R. 4437 H.Rpt.109-345 Bill Summary and Status CRS Summary Congression Record CBO Cost Estimates

Administration Position Papers

Securing America Through Immigration Reform (Nov. 28, 2005) Fair and Secure Immigration Reform (Jan. 7, 2004)

Compilied by Ron Jones, University of Cincinnati Law Library

Last Friday, the Senate started debating immigration reform. Instead of debating the merits of the xenophobic bill passed by the House last year, H.R. 4437, the Senate is considering S. 2454, the Securing America's Borders Act, which Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist introduced on March 16, 2006, and the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, which the Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported out on March 27, 2006. Title IV of S. 2454 and Title V in the Judiciary-reported bill would substantially increase legal permanent immigration and would restructure the allocation of the family-sponsored and employment-based visas.

Let's hope the Senate takes the high road this election year by debating and passing immigration reform with a human face ... one face, 12 million times.

Resources:

Migration Policy Institute's Side-By Side Chart for Major Immigration Legislation Pending in 109th Congress

Marc R. Rosenblum, “Comprehensive” Legislation vs. Fundamental Reform: The Limits of Current Immigration Proposals (Jan. 2006)

CRS immigrarion research released last week:

• CRS Memorandum: Legal Immigration: Modeling the Principle Components of Permanent Admissions (March 28, 2006) (made available by UC-Davis Law Associate Dean Kevin Johnson, co-editor of ImmigrationProf Blog) 
• CRS Report RS22413: Criminalizing Unlawful Presence: Selected Issues (March 29, 2006) (made available by UC-Davis Law Associate Dean Kevin Johnson, co-editor of ImmigrationProf Blog)

Previous immigration-related posts on Law Librarian Blog:

• Recent CRS Reports on Immigration Issues (Nov. 1, 2005)
• Out Thy Neighbor - Butler County (Ohio) Sheriff Asks Us to Spy on Hispanics (Nov. 7, 2005)
• Immigration Policy Resources (Dec. 15, 2005)
• CIS Immigration Enforcement Stats (Dec. 15, 2005)
• NBER Report Puts Mexican-Born US Workforce in Perspective (April 27, 2005)

See also: The Immigration Portal, Migration Information Source: US in Focus, and ImmigrationProf Blog.