Handout Packet – November 15, 2007 Discussion Meeting

• LWVUS Consensus Questions & Discussion Questions
  
  
• Overview of History & Economics of Immigration, compiled by Joyce Burnette, chair of the LWVMC study committee.
  
  
• Overview: Federal Immigration Policy and Proposed Reforms -- Deborah Macmillan
  
  
• Common Myths About Undocumented Immigrants -- National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
  
  
• The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget -- Steven A. Camarota

 Additional Reading Links

• LWVUS Immigration Study Info Page – Background Papers, Study Briefs, etc.
  
  
• Executive Summary of the Report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future – Spencer Abraham and Lee H. Hamilton, Migration Policy Institute. (Scroll down to Policy Work in left-hand column, read background info on the task force, click “Executive Summary” for PDF.)
  
  
• Indiana’s Latino Population: Demographic and Economic Perspectives
  -- IU Kelley School of Business Research Report
  
  
• Paying Their Way and Then Some -- National Immigration Law Center
  
  
• Use Social Security to Close the Border -- Peter D. Salins, New York Times