LibGuides: Social Justice and Human Rights Dialogues: Migration: Websites

Digital Archival Content

Digital Collections at Stanford University( not all content is Immigration related)

Aspiration, Acculturation, and Impact: Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 from Harvard University

Immigration and Citizenship in hte United States, 1865-1924 from the Newberry research Library in Chicago

Immigration, American Expansion content from the Library of Congress

Immigration Websites

Immigration Equality
Since 1994, Immigration Equality has been proud to advocate for and represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ), and HIV-positive immigrants seeking safety, fair treatment, and freedom.

As the only LGBTQ organization with a staff of immigration attorneys, Immigration Equality impacts both the individuals we serve and the immigration system as a whole.
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Life-Saving | Life-Threatening

In over 80 countries around the world, it is a crime or fundamentally unsafe to beLGBTQ. For far too many people, it is impossible to be out and proud.

For more than 20 years, we have been focused on providing free direct legal services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,queer, and HIV-positive immigrants, including:

Asylum seekers forced to flee to the U.S. to find safety
LGBTQ immigrant and binational couples and families separated by oceans
Detainees trapped in immigration jail facilities
Undocumented LGBTQ people living in the shadows inside the U.S.
US Immigration and Natrualization Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. USCIS is funded primarily by immigration and naturalization benefit fees charged to applicants and petitioners. Fees collected from individuals or organizations filing immigration benefit requests are deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account (IEFA). Congress created the IEFA in 1988, establishing the authority to recover the full cost of immigration benefit processing. This account represents approximately 95 percent of USCIS’ fiscal year (FY) 2016 total budget authority. The remaining budget authority comes from two other mandatory fee accounts and appropriated funding for the E-Verify program.
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USCIS will secure America’s promise as a nation of immigrants by providing accurate and useful information to our customers, granting immigration and citizenship benefits, promoting an awareness and understanding of citizenship, and ensuring the integrity of our immigration system.

Websites with data about Migration

Immigration Data. Census.

CIA World Fact Book

Annual survey, with profiles of all countries and territories from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Country Studies from the Library of Congress

Each online book contains historical and cultural background information on the country it covers. Formerly known as the Area Handbooks from the Department of the Army.

Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of countries and global regions. Contact info for political, business, media, and cultural agencies and officials. Search or browse by country, region, organization, or people

Geo.worldbank.org

A mashup of World Bank data with Google Maps. Has basic data, news, and project information for every country in which the World Bank is involved.

Human Development Report

Full text of UNDP Human Development Reports, from 1990 to the next to most current year, plus national Human Development Reports and an excellent statistics section on industrialized and developing countries.

MDG Monitor

A one-stop-shop for information on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), globally and at the country level. Statistics and project progress information are available by country and by goal.

Department of Homeland Security - Immigration Statistics

Topics include naturalization, refugees, apprehensions, deportations, etc. Additional statistical reports are listed under the "Publications" link.

United States Foreign Born Population

United States Census data and reports about immigration. Data includes Census 2000 demographic profiles by country of birth. Reports primarily cover special topics and trends.