2012-05-24T14:33:14Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/immigration-legislation.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG985-1.html Apr 11, 2012 Apr 11, 2012

This binational reference for U.S. and Mexican policymakers presents the interrelated issues of Mexican immigration to the United States and Mexico's economic and social development. Differences in economic growth, wages, and the employment situation between two countries are critical determinants of immigration, and migration of labor out of Mexico, in addition to economic and social policies, affects Mexico's development.

http://www.rand.org/gulf-states/policy-spotlights/alabama-immigration-law.html Feb 27, 2012 Feb 27, 2012

Alabama's anti-illegal immigration law is regarded as the strictest in the United States and raises several enforcement challenges for police, schools, and other public service providers such as hospitals. RAND research on the costs and benefits of immigration may prove instructive.

http://www.rand.org/labor/centers/clasp/research/projects/economic-status-of-immigrants.html Dec 2, 2010 Dec 2, 2010

Not enough is known about the economic effects of changing the legal status of undocumented immigrants in the United States. This project estimates the causal effects of legalization to inform future U.S. immigration reform proposals.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP273.html Apr 28, 2010 Apr 28, 2010

<p>Encouraging state and local law enforcement agencies to help enforce federal immigration laws could help identify out-of-status immigrants eligible for deportation, but these efforts come with concerns about the potential for racial profiling, strained community relations, and improper resource allocation.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090026.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>Skilled immigration into developed countries and competition for talent and professional skills are of major concern among nations today.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/09/08.html Sep 8, 2008 Sep 8, 2008

<p>Deportable immigrants who previously have been expelled from the United States are more likely to be rearrested on suspicion of committing a crime after they are released from jail than other deportable immigrants without the prior history of expulsion.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/05/01/LAT.html May 1, 2005 May 1, 2005

Published commentary by RAND staff.

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<em>Associate Social Scientist</em><br>Ph.D. in sociology, University of California, Berkeley