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Immigration Policy Program

The Udall Center's Immigration Policy Program aims to illuminate the complexities of immigration in a global economy.

By working at the intersection of academic research and public policy, the program's primary goal is to promote reasoned dialogue on immigration that avoids simplistic formulations and examines immigration to the United States in the context of current law and global political and economic realities.

Because an enforceable immigration policy must balance complex social, political, economic, and national security interests, the program's secondary objective is to foster a deeper understanding of the tradeoffs involved in formulating immigration policy so that the key elements of an enforceable system are identified.

These objectives will be accomplished by providing credible, independent information on immigration and by bringing together stakeholders, expert researchers, and policymakers in a structured, interactive setting designed to illuminate issues, identify common ground, and explore solutions to the problems facing the immigration system.

Contact: Judith Gans, Immigration Policy Program Manager (judygans@email.arizona.edu | 520 626-4393)

NEWS ARCHIVES

See an overview of recent program activity here (Udall Center Update | May 7, 2013).

For see news articles, essays, and media appearances by Judith Gans, click here.


BOOKS

DEBATES ON U.S. IMMIGRATION
A reference by SAGE Publications, Inc.

Edited by Judith Gans, Elaine M. Replogle, and Daniel J. Tichenor | 2012 | link

REPORTS

HOUSEHOLD INCOME, POVERTY, AND FOOD-STAMP USE IN NATIVE-BORN AND IMMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS
A Case Study in Use of Public Assistance

By Judith Gans | February 2013| pdf

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
A Regional and State-by-State Analysis

By Judith Gans | December 2012 | pdf

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE of MEXICAN-BORN LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES

By Judith Gans | August 2009 | pdf

IMMIGRANTS IN ARIZONA: FISCAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS

By Judith Gans | July 2008 | pdf

Based on computer simulation analysis, presents the fiscal costs (for education, health care, and law enforcement) versus benefits (generation of state tax revenues) of immigration in Arizona's economy for 2004, showing a net contribution of about $940 million.

A PRIMER ON U.S. IMMIGRATION IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY

By Judith Gans | November 2006 | report pdf | appendices pdf

Places the phenomenon of immigration in the broad context of today's global economy. Provides historical background on current U.S. immigration policy and provides an objective synthesis of research findings and data to who the complex tradeoffs involved in this contentious public-policy issue.

Data Tables
(Microsoft Excel Files)

Population by County and Metropolitan Area
(MS Excel 125 kb)
Employment by Industry and Occupation
(MS Excel 385 kb)
Educational Attainment
(MS Excel 72 kb)
Entrepreneurship
(MS Excel 81 kb)
Foreign Born Regions of Origin
(MS Excel 91 kb)
Marital Status
(MS Excel 94 kb)
Per Capita Income
(MS Excel 65 kb)
Real Arizona GDP (1997-2004)
(MS Excel 75 kb)

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We Are Better Than a Fence
(January 2006, PDF 98 KB)

Then and Now: Today's Echos of the Progressive Era
(June 2005, PDF 123 KB)

Citizenship in the Context of Globalization
(June 2005, PDF 125 KB)

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Judith Gans, Program Manager
judygans@u.arizona.edu

Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
The University of Arizona
803 E. First St., Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 626-4393 - phone
(520) 626-3664 - fax

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