Press release on three new population projections which show international migration exceeding natural increase (births minus deaths) as the main cause of U.S. population growth for the first time since at least 1850.    From the Census Bureau

Updates information from a June 2011 report on A Description of the Immigrant Population: An Update in response to a congressional question relating to proposed immigrant legislation.  From the Congressional Budget Office.

Describes the difficulties of trying to analyze the economic effects of major immigration law change, especially because such legislation would increase the potential size of the U.S. labor force.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Provides information on the number of persons admitted to the U.S. as refugees or granted asylum in the U.S. in 2012 and where they came from.   From the Office of Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security

Presents information on the number and characteristics of foreign nationals aged 18 and over who naturalized during 2012.  The leading countries of origin of the 757,434 persons naturalizing were Mexico, the Philippines, India, the Dominican Republic, and the People’s Republic of China.  From the Office of Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security

A total of 1,031,631 persons became legal permanent residents of the U.S. in 2012.  Presents information on the number and characteristics of persons who became legal permanent residents in 2012 including leading countries of birth of new residents.  From the Office of Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security

A web mapping application that provides users with an interface to view, save, and print county-to-county migration flows maps of the United. States.  From the Census Bureau

Press release with information about number and direction of major movers during the 2006-2010 time period.  Also provides links to County-to-County Migration Flow Tables.  From the Census Bureau.

This report is a chart book of selected immigration trends that touch on the main elements of comprehensive immigration reform, including increased border security, strengthened employment eligibility verification, and options to resolve the situation for millions of unauthorized aliens residing in the country.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes the separate immigration reform measures that were passed by the House and Senate in the 109^th Congress and the failure to reach agreement on any measure during either Congress.   From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Discusses the potential need for and concerns about using the military to assist the civilian authorities in protecting the U.S. borders against criminals, terrorists, and illegal aliens.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Outlines an array of homeland security issues that may come before the 113^th Congress including counterterrorism and security management, border security and trade, immigration, disaster preparedness and response, and management of the 3^rd largest department in the federal structure.    From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Identifies border threats—criminal, terrorist, immigration-related—and describes a framework for assessing risks via cost-benefit analysis models. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

In anticipation of comprehensive immigration reform legislation, this report discusses the problem of how to treat the estimated 11 million unauthorized aliens in the U.S., especially in view of the fact that they entered the U.S. in different ways for different reasons with different types of connections to the U.S.

From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Provides statistics on the number of cases handled in federal district courts, trends, increases in cases involving immigration violations, and the growth of defendants with serious criminal backgrounds.  From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

7-2 Supreme Court ruling that an immigration attorney’s failure to warn a client of the possibility of deportation when pleading guilty to a crime does not apply retroactively to cases in process when a later ruling required such warnings.  From the Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute

Charts and maps with visual representation of trends in the number, origin,  location, and percentage of foreign born residents in the U.S.  From the Census Bureau

Factsheet describing the Obama Administration’s plan for immigration reform.  From the White House

Describes two U.S. government programs for allowing non-U.S. workers to enter the country for temporary employment in agricultural and nonagricultural jobs and how the programs try to balance legitimate employer needs with worker protections.   From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes the historically unprecedented increase in the federal prison population and the reasons for this increase: drug and immigration offenses, and the abolition of parole.  Also examines the issues that accompany the great rise in the prison population including rising costs, staffing, facility deterioration, and overcrowding.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Provides an overview of the leadership, priorities, and prospects for Mexico’s new government and how those priorities may affect U.S.-Mexico relations.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

How to create a practical framework for sustainable urbanization in an era when cities are accelerating in size due to rural to urban migration in developing countries.  From the World Bank

Explains the federal power to regulate immigration, prosecutorial discretion in general and in immigration cases, and potential limits in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in immigration cases.

From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/01/03/2012-31268/provisional-unlawful-presence-waivers-of-inadmissibility-for-certain-immediate-relatives

Final regulation designed to reduce the waiting time for obtaining visas to become lawful permanent residents of the U.S. for potential immigrants with immediate citizen relatives.  From the Federal Register and the Department of Homeland Security

Examines the process of permanent legal immigration, the complex set of numerical limits and preferences that determine which eligible applicants are accepted, and proposals for revision of the process.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Estimates of the unauthorized alien population rose from 3.2 million in 1986 to 12.4 million in 2007.  Looks at the various estimates and the reasons for the increases.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Provides an overview of patterns of trafficking at national, regional, and global levels.  Focuses on the increasing percentage of children, especially young girls, who are victims of human trafficking.  Estimates that 27% of all trafficking victims are children, up from 20% in 2003-2006.  From the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Discusses remittances from migrating workers as a source of development finance and as channels of knowledge transfer for the 48 least developed countries.  From the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Provides methods for estimating the number of attempted crossings of the border by region as a method of determining the success of programs designed to reduce the number of illegal aliens entering the country.  From the National Research Council

Represents a 4% increase in granting of European Union citizenship compared to 2009 with Spain leading with an increase of 55% over 2009.  From Eurostat