“Mexicans are dying in their desert treks to
support their families who are dying of poverty. But as the movie “A Day
without a Mexican” points out, America’s rich would be helpless without
Mexico’s workers… Our entire economy would suffer without the migration. I
don’t see, in that sense, how currently we could close up the border—while our
major corporations are enjoying undocumented workers.”-- Cathy F.
For further
research, visit these helpful links!
http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/index.html
Supporters of Closed borders
Federation for American Immigration Reform
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters716c
Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus
http://www.mnforsustain.org/immg_agenda_congressional_immigration_reform_caucus.htm
Voices of Citizens Together
http://www.americanpatrol.com/
Center for Immigration Reform
The Minutemen
http://www.minutemanproject.com/
Supporters of Stopping
illegal immigration/ increase guest workers
Essential Worker Immigration Coalition
Cornyn-Kyl proposal
http://www.cfr.org/publication/10210/
HR 4437 (The Sensenbrenner Bill)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR04437:@@@L&summ2=m&#summary
The Republican National Hispanic Assembly
http://www.rnha.org/News/Immigration/index.htm
Centrists
The Brookings Institute
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/asinger20070228.htm
Secure
Democratic Party
http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Democratic_Party_Immigration.htm
Protect immigrants’ rights/ restrict illegal
immigration
AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/ecouncil/ec02272006e.cfm
Immigrant Workers Freedom Rides
http://www.iwfr.org/default3.asp
National Council of La Raza
http://www.nclr.org/content/topics/detail/500
Mexican American Legal Defense and Immigration
Fund
http://www.maldef.org/immigration/index.htm
Open borders option
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee
Rights
http://www.nnirr.org/projects/immigrationreform/statement.htm
Immigrant Solidarity Network
Global Exchange
Immigrant Voting Project
http://www.immigrantvoting.org/
Links for all groups on current legislation
List of all current legislation in House and
Senate (Federation for American Immigration Reform)
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=leg_legislationlist7698
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the
109th Congress (Congressional Research Service)
National Immigration Forum
http://www.immigrationforum.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=42
Council on Foreign Relations Overview of the
Immigration Debate
http://www.cfr.org/publication/10210/
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-13-immigration_x.htm
http://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=1182_0_4_0
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec06/immigration_12-13.html
http://www.vdare.com/misc/tyson_complaint.htm
Anti Immigrant Laws in
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-colorado02mar02,0,5277491.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Anti Immigrant Laws in
http://fairimmigration.org/learn/immigration-reform-and-immigrants/local-level/examples-of-anti.html
Immigrants Boost, Don't Drain, the
Undocumented Workers Contribute More Than Their Fair Share
by SALOMÓN R. BALDENEGRO
http://www.ailf.org/pubed/pe_articles_nw062102a.htm
Documented workers carry big stick: Experts say exodus of
illegal immigrants could stagger economy
By Dean Calbreath
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060905/news_1n5illegal.html
Harder Times: Undocumented Workers and the
by Richard D. Vogel