Definition
“Foreigners who enter or reside in a country unlawfully or without proper documentation.” (American Justice, Vol. II)
Keywords
- Undocumented Alien
- Undocumented Immigrant
- Illegal Aliens;
- Labor Market—Aliens, Illegal;
- Immigration and Emigration—Aliens,
- Illegal; U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Finding Books
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Illegal Aliens
Do illegal workers hurt wages and working conditions? The debate
Statistics
- U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. (Also available in print at the Reference Desk)
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
- Gallup Poll: Public OpinionAvailable in print at the reference desk
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- Do illegal immigrants bring harmful cultural values into U.S. culture?
- Are immigrants a burden on the United States education and welfare system
- Can the challenges posed by illegal immigrants be solved by economic and policy reforms?
- Do illegal immigrants displace American workers?
- Contrast the positive and negative effects of passing the Dream Act for undocumented students?
- Will a fence along the border with Mexico be successful in discouraging illegal immigration?
- How has the terrorist attack of 9-11 changed immigration patterns and detection?
- What new technologies (drone aircraft, etc.) have been employed to prevent illegal border crossings ?
- What is the Civil Liberties Restoration Act of 2004?
Reference Books
"Immigration Policy"
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- Academic Search Complete Academic Search Complete provides full-text for more than 4,650 publications, including full-text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
- America's Newspapers America's Newspapers from NewsBank provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 600 U.S. newspapers - all in one easy-to-search database.
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Cite Your Sources
Eventually, all students have to learn to properly cite their sources for their research. Some classes require MLA style, while others use APA. This page will give you pointers as well as help in creating those "Works Cited" or "References" pages. Remember you can always contact us, if it gets confusing (and it usually does!)
- MLA Update 2009In Summer 2008, the Modern Language Association released its third edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, which publicly unveiled modifications to MLA Style for the upcoming year.
These changes go into effect in April 2009. - Sample of MLA Work Cited PageFrom Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
- Citation Builder - NCSUCitation Builder is an interactive web tool designed to assist college and university students in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.
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