The Basics of Immigration: A Resource Page

The U.S. immigration system is complicated and can be difficult to understand. This resource page provides key information about our system, providing a basis for more complicated matters and disproving commonly circulated myths.

The Basics:

• Overhauling Immigration Law:  A Brief History and Basic Principles of Reform (February 2013)
• How the United States Immigration System Works: A Fact Sheet (March 2014)
• Breaking Down the Problems: What's Wrong with our Immigration System (January 2010)
• Focusing on the Solutions: Key Principles of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (November 2009)
• Opportunity and Exclusion: A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Policy (January 2012)

Disproving Myths:

• Immigration Myths and Facts (U.S. Chamber of Commerce, October 2013)
• Tackling the Toughest Questions on Immigration Reform:  Short Answers to the Most Common Questions (July 2013)
• De-Romanticizing Our Immigrant Past: Why Claiming "My Family Came Legally" Is Often a Myth (November 2008)
• Why Don't They Just Get In Line? The Real Story of Getting a "Green Card" and Coming to the U.S. Legally (March 2008)

View all of our Basics of Immigration Publications here.

Published On: Sun, May 29, 2011