Research Guides @ Fordham: Immigration: Government Documents &amp; Policy Research

Congressional Documents

ProQuest Legislative Insight This link opens in a new window
Covers full text, primary source Congressional legislative history. Includes all enacted and related bills, Congressional Record excerpts, and related committee documents. Presidential signing statements are also included.

Congress.gov
Official website providing information about bills, schedules, research reports, biographies, historical information, and more.

CQ Congress and the Nation This link opens in a new window
Explanations of the acts of Congress from 1945 to the present.

Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs 1832-1978 This link opens in a new window
Millions of pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1832-1978.
CQ Supreme Court Collection (Access ends 8/1/24) This link opens in a new window
Historical analysis with timely updates and expert commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.

SupremeCourt.gov
Official website offering opinions, oral arguments, case documents, biographies of Supreme Court Justices, and more. This website will carry decisions the day they are released.

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Once inside the database, look for the Guided Search heading and select the button to limit your search to Cases. Next, search for your Federal or State case by name.
A user will be able to download 250 titles/headlines from the search results list at a time. Checking the box next to each search result allows users to download the full document. The system will allow downloading of 100 documents or 1,000 pages at a time. There are no overall total download limits.

Office of Immigration Statistics
Publishes authoritative data and reports on immigration from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Laws and Regulations for the Medical Examination of Aliens
Information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) explaining medical examination of immigrants before admission into the United States.

Census.gov
Reports and summaries can be found through searching by topic or searching by specific survey or program.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection and summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States

U.S. Census Bureau Data
The U.S. Census Bureau collects data on disability primarily through the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

govinfo.gov
Provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
MetaLib
Offers a federated search of multiple U.S. federal government databases containing reports, articles, and citations along with direct links to selected resources available online.

The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) -- Publications
A think tank and educational institute studying of international migration, relationships between immigrants and receiving communities, and public policies protecting the rights of immigrants and refugees.
Pew Research Center -- Immigration & Migration
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.

Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
Online access to public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, and research organizations.

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American Presidency Project This link opens in a new window
Gateway to locating presidential documents, recordings and videos dealing with current and historical information on American presidents from 1789 to present.