Immigration statistics : a story of neglect / Daniel B. Levine, Kenneth Hill, and Robert Warren, editors ; Panel on Immigration Statistics, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Immigration Statistics.

Contributor:

Levine, Daniel B. (Daniel Bernard), 1925-2014.

Hill, Ken, 1945-

Warren, Robert, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Statistics.

Emigration and immigration.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Statistical services.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

IMMIGRATION STATISTICS

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Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Overview and Major Recommendations

THE PROBLEM

THE CHARGE TO THE PANEL

PLAN OF THE REPORT

WHAT WE FOUND

SUMMARY OF MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS

The panel recommends that Congress:

2 Immigration Policy: Past to Present

HISTORICAL AND LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW

Before the Twentieth Century: Unrestricted Entry

The Early Twentieth Century: The Beginning of Restrictions

The 1920s: The Flow is Stopped

World War II and the Postwar Years: Concerns About Security

From 1965 to 1984: Change and Proposed Change

PRESENT LAW

Numerical Limitations

Refugees and Asylees

Exclusion Grounds

Temporary Admissions

Deportable Classes

Powers of Immigration Officers

CONCLUSION

3 Needs for Statistics on Immigration

DATA REQUIRED BY LAW

Aliens Other Than Refugees

Refugees

DATA NEEDED FOR PUBLIC POLICY

DATA NEEDED FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

COORDINATING POLICY AND PROGRAM DATA

REFERENCES

4 The Immigration and Naturalization Service

OVERVIEW: MANDATE AND PERFORMANCE

INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE INS

Categories of Migrants

Permanent Resident Aliens

Nonimmigrants

Naturalizations

Refugees, Parolees, and Asylees

Border Crossers

Deportable Aliens

Records Control: The Alien File

OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE INS

Inspections

Admissions

Flows Into the United States Across Land Borders

Adjudications and Naturalizations

The Refugee, Asylum and Parolee Program

Enforcement

The Border Patrol

Detention and Deportation

Investigations

Trial Attorneys

THE WORK MEASUREMENT REPORT: FORM G-23

AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING

Early ADP Systems

The Master Index System

The Nonimmigrant Document Control System

Mid-Course Corrections

Congressional Investigation.

The Scope of ADP Planning

Interim Systems

Recent Developments

The Long-Range ADP Plan

The Central Index

The Nonimmigrant Information System

The Immigrant Data Capture System

Issues Raised by Automation

INS RESOURCES FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

The Office of Plans and Analysis

The Statistical Analysis Branch

Branch Publications

Statistics on the Resident Alien Population

A Statistical Advisory Committee

Evaluation of INS Statistics

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5 Other Government Sources of Information on Immigration

BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Responsibilities and Data

Recommendations

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Division of Foreign Labor Certifications

Program and Data

Recommendation

Other DOL Programs

BUREAU OF REFUGEE PROGRAMS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The Decennial Census

Value and Limitations

1980 Census Data

Current Population Survey

Other Bureau Sources

Estimates of Illegal Immigration

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

International Arrivals and Departures by Air

Survey of International Air Travelers

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Programs and Data

NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

CUSTOMS SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Data Collected

GOVERNMENTWIDE ISSUES

6 The Role of Nongovernmental Activities in Immigration Studies

DATA PRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS

TYPES OF UNOFFICIAL DATA

Ethnographic Data

Survey Data.

Immigrant Case Records

Potential Complementarities Among Unofficial Data Sources

OBSTACLES TO DATA ANALYSIS

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

7 Collecting Data on Refugees and Asylees: An Illustration of a Complex Process

REFUGEES

Setting Admission Numbers and Allocations

Counting Refugees

Processing Refugees for Admission

Prescreening by Voluntary Agencies

INS Screening

Sponsorship Assurances

Travel and Entry to the United States

Agency Coordination

ASYLEES

The Political Asylum Process

Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals

Data Insufficiencies and Gaps

THE U.S. DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Data Collection and Reporting

Reports by State Agencies to the ORR

ORR Reports

8 Data Gaps and Ways to Fill Them

INTRODUCTION

COSTS AND BENEFITS OF DATA IMPROVEMENTS

Evaluating the Benefits of Better Data

The Costs of Data Improvements

Data Generation

Data Linkages

UNMET DATA NEEDS

Immigrants

Asylees

Temporary Workers

Illegal Aliens

Program Needs

APPROACHES TO DATA IMPROVEMENTS

Improved Data Tabulation

Processing of Data Already Collected

Improved Record Linkage

Modification of Existing Data Collection Procedures

New Data Collection Initiatives

IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS

9 Recommendations

Glossary

Selected Acronyms

Appendix A SELECTED FORMS

Appendix B SOME METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN ANALYZING DATA ON IMMIGRATION

THE SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF THE NONLEGAL POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES

ESTIMATING EMIGRATION OF RESIDENT ALIENS

COMBINING ADMINISTRATIVE AND FOREIGN CENSUS DATA

CONCLUSIONS

ESTIMATES OF NUMBERS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.

Empirical Estimates of the Size of the Illegal Alien Population

Goldberg (1974)

Lancaster and Scheuren (1978)

Robinson (1980)

Heer (1979)

Garcia y Griego (1980)

CENIET (1982)

Warren and Passel (1983)

Bean, King, and Passel (1983)

Appendix C THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS AMONG MEXICAN MIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES: NEW METHODS AND FINDINGS

STUDY DESIGN

THE SOCIAL PROCESS OF INTEGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES

THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES

NOTES

Appendix D A REVIEW OF STATISTICAL ASPECTS CONTAINED WITHIN PENDING IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION: A LETTER REPORT TO THE INS, …

Appendix E A SUMMARY OF PANEL ACTIVITIES

WORKSHOP ON ESTIMATING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

SOCIAL SECURITY AND RELATED DATA: RESEARCH RESOURCES ON IMMIGRATION

A SYMPOSIUM ON IMMIGRATION STATISTICS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Appendix F BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES OF INFORMATION

THE INS BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GUIDE TO SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Statistical Sources

Printed Indexes

Online Data Bases

Other Source

Bibliographies

SELECTED ABSTRACTS OF IMMIGRATION LITERATURE, 1978-1983

Selected References from the NTIS Data Base

Employment and Labor Market Impact

Federal Statistics

Assimilation/Adaptation

Miscellaneous References

Selected References Prepared by Congressional Research Service: 1979-1982

General Sources

Appendix G BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PANEL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography: p. 304-324.

ISBN:

9786610221974

9781280221972

1280221976

9780309567954

0309567955

OCLC:

326717298