Immigration Statistics

A Story of Neglect

Editor: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309035897
eISBN Pdf: 9780309567954
Lugar de publicación: Estados Unidos
Año de publicación digital: 1985
Mes: Enero
Páginas: 337
Idioma: Ingles

Descripción

This book examines the needs for and availability of statistics concerning immigrants and immigration. It concentrates on the needs for statistics on immigrants, refugees, and illegal aliens for policy and program purposes, on the adequacy of the statistics that are produced and of the statistical systems that generate them, and on recommendations for improving these systems. Also, the history of immigration legislation and the estimates of the size of the illegal alien population are briefly reviewed.

Cover
Front Matter
1 Overview and Major Recommendations
2 Immigration Policy: Past to Present
3 Needs for Statistics on Immigration
4 The Immigration and Naturalization Service
5 Other Government Sources of Information on Immigration
6 The Role of Nongovernmental Activities in Immigration Studies
7 Collecting Data on Refugees and Asylees: An Illusion of a Complex Process
8 Data Gaps and Ways to Fill Them
9 Recommendations
Glossary
Appendix A: Selected Forms
Appendix B: Some Methodological Issues in Analyzing Data on Immigration
Appendix C: The Settlement Process Among Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Methods and Findings
Appendix D: A Review of Statistical Aspects Contained Within Pending Immigration Legislation: A Letter Report to the INS, May 1983
Appendix E: A Summary of Panel Activities
Appendix F: Bibliographic Sources of Information
Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff