Comprehensive Immigration Reform 2014

The Immigration Policy Center provides a range of resources that explain the major components of reform and provide context for what is in the different sections of immigration legislation moving through Congress.

General Principles:

• Overhauling Immigration Law:  A Brief History and Basic Principles of Reform
• What’s on the Menu? Immigration Bills Pending in the House of Representatives in 2014
• A Guide to S.744:  Understanding the 2013 Senate Immigration Bill
• A Guide to H.R. 15: The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
• Tackling the Toughest Questions on Immigration Reform:  Short Answers to the Most Common Questions
• Cracking the SAFE Act:  Understanding the Impact and Context of H.R. 2278, the "Strengthen And Fortify Through Enforcement" Act

Future Flow & Legalization:

• Built to Last: How Immigration Reform Can Deter Unauthorized Immigration (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
• Read more on our Legalization Resource Page.
• Read more on our Future Flow Resource Page.
  

Related Articles and Blog Posts:

• Rebuilding Local Economies: Innovation, Skilled Immigration, and H-1B Visas in U.S. Metropolitan Areas (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)  
• Fueling the Recovery: How High-Skilled Immigrants Create Jobs and Help Build the U.S. Economy  (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
• Read more on our Entrepreneurship and Job Growth Resource Page

Border Enforcement:

• An Unlikely Couple: The Similar Approaches to Border Enforcement in H.R. 1417 and S. 744 (IPC Fact Check, July 2013) 
• The Fallacy of "Enforcement First" (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
• Lost in the Shadow of the Fence (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
• Read more on our Border Resource Page
  

The Costs of Immigration Reform:

• Adding It Up: Accurately Gauging the Economic Impact of Immigration Reform (IPC Fact Check, May 2013)
• The Cost of Doing Nothing:  Dollars, Lives, and Opportunities Lost in the Wait for Immigration Reform (IPC Fact Check, September 2013) 
• Read more on our Economics of Immigration Resource Page

Blog Posts:

• You can read our many posts on the 2013 effort for Comprehensive Immigration Reform here.
• Including Our Day-by-Day Review of the Amendments that Passed the Senate Judiciary Committee.

AIC Statements on the Senate Reform Bill:

• Read our Statement on the Title I of the Senate Reform Bill - The Border
• Read our Statement on Title II of the Senate Reform Bill - The Legalization Program
• Read our Statement on Title III of the Senate Reform Bill - Due Process, Detention, and E-Verify
• Read our Statement on Title IV of the Senate Reform Bill - The Future Flow of Immigrants
• Read our Statement on the Passage of the Bill to the Floor

To review an archive IPC Staff tweets during to the Senate’s Mark-up of S. 744 see these day-by-day Storify posts by Amanda Beadle.

• Day One
• Day Two
• Day Three
• Day Four
• Day Five

You can read all of our resources on previous National Legislation here.

You can read all of our resources on Immigration Reform here.

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