Resources on Policy Recommendations
- The Need for Immigration Reform
The reforms in this item are covered by
- Item #8 on the “20 Things You Can Do” as well as on the Justice for Immigrants website.
- The Need for a Humane Response to Immigrants Affected by Hurricane Katrina
The policies in these items are further discussed in the following:
- Migration Information Source
http://www.migrationinformation.org - National Immigration Law Center
http://www.nilc.org/disaster - Hurricane Katrina Legislation and Immigration
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc/pdf/katrinacrsreport.pdf
- Migration Information Source
- The Need for An Immigrant Policy
The policies in this item are covered by item number eight on the “20 Things You Can Do” as well as on the Justice for Immigrants website.
- U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigration
http://www.refugees.org - DREAM Act
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S. 1545)
http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/DREAM/Dream001.htm
http://www.immigration.com/improving_immigration/dreamact_details.html#dream
- U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigration
- The Need for Anti-Poverty Reforms are further discussed at:
- United States Catholic Conference—Poverty USA
http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/index.htm - Health Care
http://immigration.about.com/b/a/069987.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/10/health.illegal.apl - Living Wage
http://www.livingwagecampaign.org
http://www.universallivingwage.org - Legislation to extend U.S. labor laws to Agricultural Workers
The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act of 2005 (AgJobs) (S.359) (H.R. 884)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.359:
- United States Catholic Conference—Poverty USA
