Immigration: A Guide: Statistics, Policy & Law

Includes links to citizenship class information as well as legal assistance and local citizenship resources.

Definitions and overviews of immigration topics in the state of Oregon.

The Migration Policy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. The group provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at local, national, and international levels.

An independent non-profit European organisation dedicated to strategic thinking and acting on equality and mobility.

The Council strives to educate policy makers and the general public about the contributions of America’s immigrants. The Council employs a diverse set of strategies, including policy advocacy, litigation, research, communications, and education.

An advocacy organization; employs targeted impact litigation, advocacy, and public outreach, including press releases, information on asylum/refugees, detention, discrimination & workplace rights. Includes select immigration cases and legislative testimony.

Focused on women seeking asylum. Includes information on gender-based asylum, including general background information, US and international case law, country conditions information, scholarly articles and news.

The migration agency for the United Nations, IOM is an inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners.

Created in 1950, UNHCR works to protect and assist refugees around the world. Contains information on global trends and statistical yearbooks.

News and links to laws and court cases regarding immigration.

Oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The agency is a component of the Department of Homeland Security.

Enforces federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and immigration to promote homeland security and public safety.

Responsible for inspecting persons and cargo passing through points of entry and securing the borders.

Key data sets and resources published by the DHS Office of Immigration Statistics

Provides visa and passport services as well as services for overseas citizens

Developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to provide access to accurate and timely demographic measures for populations around the world. The database includes a comprehensive set of indicators.

Detailed information on communications, economic conditions, geography, government, people, military, transportation, & transnational issues for nearly all nations. Maps provided for all nations.

Data from the United Nations. Searchable and browseable by country.

Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.

Can read the latest report or look at data, by country, that went into creating the report.

Profiles the history, politics, media, economic conditions, & statistical data for nations.

Provides real and financial sector indicators in daily, monthly, quarterly and annual frequencies for developing and high-income countries; regional and global aggregates, such as industrial production, consumer prices, merchandise trade, exchange rates and equity market data.