Reports

If you're looking for serious, in-depth information on immigration, you've come to the right place.  These reports are well-researched, well-written, and they provide crucial perspectives on some of the most challenging issues of our time.  If you know of another report that belongs here, please contact us.

Featured Report

RAISING THE FLOOR FOR AMERICAN WORKERS: THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
Center for American Progress & Immigration Policy Center, 2010
Size: 775K

 

 

 

 

 

More Reports

A BROKEN SYSTEM: CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS REVEAL FAILURES IN U.S. IMMIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS
National Immigration Law Center, ACLU of Southern California, Holland & Knight, 2009
Size: 2.5M 

 

 

 

 


 

CHARLOTTE: A WELCOME DENIED
Helping Empower Local People (H.E.L.P.), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008
Size: 362K

 

 

 

 

 


 

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE HISPANIC POPULATION ON THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, 2006
Size: 3M

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

CLOSE TO SLAVERY: GUESTWORKER PROGRAMS IN THE U.S.
Southern Poverty Law Center, 2007
Size: 889K 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

FACING OUR FUTURE: CHILDREN IN THE AFTERMATH OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
The Urban Institute, 2010
Size: 1.2M

 

 

 

 

 


 

FORCING OUR BLUES INTO GRAY AREAS: LOCAL POLICE AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Appleseed, 2008
Size: 2.3M

 

 

 

 

 


 

GUILTY BY IMMIGRATION STATUS: A REPORT ON U.S. VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES IN 2008
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, 2009
Size: 876K

 

 

 

 

 


 

ICED OUT: HOW IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT HAS INTERFERED WITH WORKERS' RIGHTS
National Employment Law Project, AFL-CIO, American Rights at Work Education Fund, 2009
Size: 960K 

 

 

 

 

 


 

JAILED WITHOUT JUSTICE: IMMIGRATION DETENTION IN THE USA
Amnesty International, 2009
Size: 646K

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

LOCKED UP FAR AWAY: THE TRANSFER OF IMMIGRANTS TO REMOTE DETENTION CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES
Human Rights Watch, 2009
Size: 3M

 

 

 

 

 


 

LOVING THY NEIGHBOR: IMMIGRATION REFORM AND COMMUNITIES OF FAITH
Center for American Progress, 2009
Size: 750K

 

 

 

 

 


 

NEW AMERICANS IN THE TAR HEEL STATE: THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER OF IMMIGRANTS, LATINOS, AND ASIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Immigration Policy Center, 2009
Size: 86K

 

 

 

 

 


 

OVER-RAIDED, UNDER SIEGE: U.S. IMMIGRATION LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT DESTROY THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, 2008
Size: 1.2M 

 

 

 

 

 


 

PAYING THE PRICE: THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION RAIDS ON AMERICA'S CHILDREN
National Council of La Raza, The Urban Institute, 2007
Size: 1.3M 

 

 

 

 

 


 

THE POLICIES AND POLITICS OF LOCAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT LAWS: 287(G) PROGRAM IN NORTH CAROLINA
ACLU of NC Legal Foundation, Immigration and Human Rights Policy Clinic at UNC, 2009
Size: 6.4M 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 POPULAR GOVERNMENT: IMMIGRATION IMPACTS ON NORTH CAROLINA
UNC School of Government, 2009
Size: 1.4M

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL ACCESS FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
Jennifer L. Frum, American Academic, 2006
Size: 452K 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

RAIDS ON WORKERS - DESTROYING OUR RIGHTS: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS AND INVESTIGATION OF ICE RAIDS AND THEIR RAMIFICATIONS
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, 2009
Size: 3.4M 

 

 

 

 


 

UNDER SIEGE: LIFE FOR LOW-INCOME LATINOS IN THE SOUTH
Southern Poverty Law Center, 2009
Size: 1.3M 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION DISCONNECT: UNTYING THE KNOT
Part 1 of 3 
Immigration Policy Center, 2009
Size: 700K 

 

 

 

 

 


 

IMMIGRATION AND NATIVE-BORN UNEMPLOYMENT ACROSS RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS: UNTYING THE KNOT
Part 2 of 3
Immigration Policy Center, 2009
Size: 701K

 

 

 

 

 


 

THE DISPARITY BETWEEN IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND UNEMPLOYED NATIVES: UNTYING THE KNOT
Part 3 of 3
Immigration Policy Center, 2009
Size: 426K 

 

 

 

 


 

U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY
Council on Foreign Relations, 2009
Size: 1.1M