"UPDATED Know Your Rights: What to do if you're stopped by the police, the FBI, the INS, or the Customs Service." Brochure published by the ACLU, available in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Arabic, Farsi, and Spanish.
http://aclunc.org/publications.html (then scroll down.)

"SSA No-Match Letters: A Do It Yourself Packet for Immigrant Workers' Advocates." Includes a wealth of information on the Social Security Administration's No-Match Program, tips for advocates and employers, and contact information for further assistance. Produced by the National Immigration Law Center (NILC).
http://www.nilc.org/immsemplymnt/SSA-NM_Pack/index.htm

"Reverification: When May Employers Check Work Authorization?" A fact sheet explaining the legal process by which employers verify work authorization and the circumstances under which this is permitted. Produced by the National Employment Law Project.
http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/pub138.pdf

"US Supreme Court's decision in Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB." Fact sheets for workers describing the Supreme Court case and the resulting decision regarding the rights of workers. Available in English and Spanish at the National Employment Law Project (NELP) web site.
http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/pub132.pdf (English)
http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/pub133%2Epdf (Spanish)

AFL-CIO Legal Rights of Immigrants
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/civilrights/immigration/upload/LEGAL.pdf

Additional Resources and Networks
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/civilrights/immigration/upload/
RESOURCE.pdf

Uprooted: Refugees in the Global Economy
A 25-minute documentary that weaves together the stories of three immigrants from the Philippines, Bolivia, and Haiti to explore how the global economy has forced immigrants to leave their home countries and emigrate to the U.S. By the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
http://www.nnirr.org/get/get_video.html

Echando Raices/Taking Root
http://www.twn.org/record.cgi?recno=390
A three-part documentary that looks at the lives and struggles of a range of immigrant and refugee communities living in the U.S, from agricultural workers in California to meatpacking workers Iowa.  By the American Friends Service Committee.  (English and Spanish versions available)

La Ciudad  (The City) 
An award winning feature-length narrative film that tells stories of loss, love, frustration, and hope as four people recently arrived in a large U.S. city struggle to build their lives. By filmmaker David Riker.
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/thecity/

The New Americans
A multi-part series for PBS that follows the stories of new immigrants and their families like a prime-time drama series. The project will cover the stories of a diverse group of immigrants from Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Israeli-occupied West Bank and Mexico.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/newamericans/index.html

Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/

Immigrant Proportions in Labor Force by State
By the National Immigration Law Center
http://www.nilc.org/immspbs/research/2000_Census_Foreign-Born_Data.xls

U.S. Immigration Statistics
By Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
http://www.gcir.org/about_immigration/usmap.htm

AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/civilrights/immigration/index.cfm
The 16 million member labor union federation is a key source of organizing and power for immigrant workers.  Website contains extensive materials including resources for immigrant workers, information on immigration issues, fliers, and union position statements. Available in Spanish.

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
http://www.apalanet.org/
Founded in 1992, APALA is the AFL-CIO’s official advocacy groups dedicated to organizing and empowering Asian American and Pacific Islander workers.  Includes fact sheet on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) working women. Contains links to community organizations, data on AAPI community, current issues and action alerts.

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, AFL-CIO
http://www.lclaa.org/
LCLAA is the AFL-CIO’s official advocacy group dedicated to organizing and empowering or Latino workers and fighting for immigrant’s rights. Website contains information on local chapters, national convention, and current news.

Service Employees International Union
http://www.seiu.org/issues/issue_immigration.cfm. 
SEIU represents 1.5 million working people and 120,000 retirees in health care, public services, building services and industrial sectors.  The website contain useful resources for workers and specific action alerts, facts, and position papers on immigration issues.

UNITE HERE
http://www.unitehere.org/
UNITE (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union) merged on July 8, 2004 forming UNITE HERE. The union represents more than 450,000 active members and more than 400,000 retirees throughout North America. UNITE HERE boasts a diverse membership, comprised largely of immigrants and including high percentages of African-American, Latino, and Asian-American workers. The majority of UNITE HERE members are women. Links to resources for immigrant members can be found at http://www.unitehere.org/resources/stewardres.asp#immigrant.

United Farm Workers of America
http://www.ufw.org
Founded by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta in 1962, the UFW represents thousands of farm workers in the U.S. and several other states.  Website contains action alerts, legislative information, research reports, video and audio archives, union buying guide and new releases.  Available in Spanish.

United Food and Commercial Workers Union
http://www.ufcw.org/worker_political_agenda/immigration/index.cfm
immigration/index.cfm
The UFCW represents 1.4 million workers primarily in retail food, meatpacking, poultry, and other food processing industries.  The website contains information on immigration issues, organizing campaigns,  various reports, FAQ’s and worker resources.

Coalition of Immokalee Workers
http://www.ciw-online.org/
The CIW is an organizing project among workers in Florida’s farm labor industry, including large numbers of  Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian immigrants.  Website includes photo and video archives, action alerts, editorials/cartoons, and statistics.

The National Immigration Law Center
http://www.nilc.org/
A litigation and advocacy group that conducts policy analysis, impact litigation and provides publications, technical advice, and trainings to a broad constituency of legal aid agencies, community groups, and pro bono attorneys. Website includes information on current issues, a national conference, community education resources and access to several publications and an excellent link page.

The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
http://www.nnirr.org/
An Oakland based national coalition of immigrant advocacy and organizing groups that coordinates campaigns for civil and human rights, including legalization and cessation of militarization and the U.S. – Mexico borders. Website includes useful fact sheets, reports, an back issues of the networks newsletter.  Also available in Spanish.

The National Council of La Raza
http://www.nclr.org/
A member based litigation and lobbying group based in Washington D.C. that fights to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Latino Americans. Website includes publications, position statements, advocacy resources, and programmatic information on immigration and other issues.

American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/ImmigrantsRights/ImmigrantsRightsMain.cfm
A national litigation, lobbying, and education organization dedicated to protecting constitutional rights, including extensive programs on immigrants’ rights.  Website includes ACLU materials relating to immigration, including briefing papers and position statements.  Link to an archive of materials presented to Congress via correspondence or in-person testimony.

Sweatshop Watch
http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/
Sweatshop Watch is an Oakland based coalition of labor, community, civil rights, immigrant rights, women's, religious & student organizations, and individuals committed to eliminating sweatshop working conditions. Website includes action guides, current news, and FAQ’s on garment industry.

The Citizenship Project
http://www.newcitizen.org/
A Salinas, California-based network of self-help and advocacy groups, launched by Teamster’s Local 890.  Website includes resources for FAQs, ongoing campaigns, a bill of rights for immigrant and migrant communities, organizing guide, photo and audio archives.

Korean Immigrant Worker’s Advocate
http://kiwa.org/
Advocacy group based in Los Angeles.  Website contains information on current campaigns and projects, publications, action guides, and FAQ’s, and event calendar.

Central American Resource Center
http://www.carecen-la.org/
A national organization dedicated to proving services to and empower Central American communities in the U.S.  Program areas include: immigration legal services and advocacy; youth and family technology and education; and civic participation and economic integration. Site linked is LA chapter.

California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
http://www.crlaf.org/
A California based legal advocacy group working to protect the rights of farm workers. Website contains information on several topics related to immigrant workers, which include fact sheets, legal cases, resources and publications.

California Institute for Rural Studies
http://www.cirsinc.org/index.html
A Davis based research organization that studies and finds solutions for the problems of workers in California’s agricultural industry. Website includes the center’s publications, information on current campaigns and research, as well as links to several informational and legal sources.

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates
http://aiwa.org/
An Oakland based organization dedicated to organizing and empowering low-income, limited English speaking Asian immigrant women workers. Website includes information on their program areas of leadership, health and safety, and youth development.

Immigration Demographics and Legalization

Fix, Michael and Jeffrey S. Passel. 1994. Immigration and Immigrants: Setting the Record Straight. The Urban Institute.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/setting.pdf

Fix, Michael and Jeffrey S. Passel. Trends in Noncitizens' and Citizens' Use of Public Benefits Following Welfare Reform: 1994-1997. The Urban Institute.
http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=408086&renderforprint=1

Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raul, et al. 2001. Comprehensive Migration Policy Reform in North America: The Key to Sustainable and Equitable Economic Integration. North American Integration and Development Center, UCLA.
http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/ImmigReform83001.PDF

Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics. Various statistical reports and fact sheets available.
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/publications/index.htm

Johnston, Paul. 2001. "Rethinking Cross-Border Employment in Overlapping Societies: A Citizenship Movement Agenda." Forum for Transnational Employment. California Institute for Rural Studies.
http://www.cirsinc.org/fte/Chapters4.pdf

North American Integration and Development Center, UCLA. 2000. The Extent, Pattern, and Contributions of Migrant Labor in the NAFTA Countries: An Overview.
http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/pubs&news/public/wp_008_00/
wr00800intro.html

Papademetriou, Demetrios G. 2002. An Immigration and National Security Grand Bargain with Mexico. Migration Policy Institute.
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/bargain.pdf

Simon, Julian L. 1997. Immigration: The Demographic and Economic Facts
Measuring the Fallout. Cato Institute and the National Immigration Forum.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-immig.html

Smith, James P. and Barry Edmonston, ed. 1997. The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration. Panel on the Demographic and Economic Impacts of Immigration, National Research Council. Ordering information available at:
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5779.html


Labor Shortages, Agriculture, and Guestworker Initiatives

California Institute for Rural Studies. 2001. Forum for Transnational Employment. Papers by Rafael Alarcón, Rick Mines, Manuel García y Griego, Monica Heppel, Demetrios Papademetriou, Paul Johnston, Phil Martin.
http://www.cirsinc.org/fte.html

California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation. National Clearinghouse On Agricultural Guest Worker Issues.
http://www.crlaf.org/gworkers.htm

California Institute for Rural Studies. 2000. Suffering in Silence: A Report on the Health of California's Agricultural Workers.
http://www.cirsinc.org/pub/SuffReport.pdf

Fagnoni, Cynthia M. 2000. H-2A Agricultural Guestworkers: Status of Changes to Improve Program Services. Health, Education, and Human Services Division U.S. General Accounting Office.
http://www.gao.gov/archive/2000/he00134t.pdf

Garcia y Griego, Manuel. 2001. Mexico and U.S. Guest Worker Programs in 2000. California Institute for Rural Studies.
http://www.cirsinc.org/fte/Chapters2.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, U.S.-Mexico Migration Panel. 2001. Mexico-U.S. Migration: A Shared Responsibility.
http://www.ceip.org/files/pdf/M%20exicoReport2001.pdf

Gwynn , Douglas B, et al. California's Rural Poor: Trends, Correlates, and Policies. California Institute for Rural Studies.
http://www.cirsinc.org/pub/rural.html

Hahamovitch, Cindy. 1999. The Politics of Labor Scarcity: Expediency and the Birth of the Agricultural "Guestworkers" Program. Center for Immigration Studies.
http://www.cis.org/articles/1999/back1299.pdf

Heppel, Monica and Demetrios Papademetriou. 2001. "Government Intervention and the Farm Labor Market: How Past Policies Shape Future Options. Forum for Transnational Employment. California Institute for Rural Studies.
http://www.cirsinc.org/fte/Chapters3.pdf

Joyner, Carlotta C. 1997. H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program: Changes Could Improve Services to Employers and Better Protect Workers. Health, Education, and Human Services. Division U.S. General Accounting Office.
http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/pubs/gao-h2a.pdf

Martin, Philip. 2000. Guest Worker Programs for the 21st Century. Center for Immigration Studies.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2000/back400.html

Martin, Philip L. and J. Edward Taylor. April, 1995. Guest Worker Programs and Policies. Urban Institute Research Paper. Ordering information available at:
http://www.uipress.org/Template.cfm?Section=
Bookstore&Template=/Ecommerce/ProductDisplay.cfm&
ProductID=2927

Martin, Philip, et al. June 14-15, 2006. Proceedings of the "Immigration Reform and Agriculture" conference, Washington, D.C.
http://migration.ucdavis.edu/cf/index.php

Mines, Rick. 2001. Families Devalued by Guest Worker Programs. California Institute for Rural Studies Summer 2001 Newsletter.
http://www.cirsinc.org/rcr/rcrsh.pdf

Muñoz, Cecilia. 2000. Statement on H.R. 4548, the "Agricultural Opportunities Act" Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration.
The National Council of La Raza.
http://judiciary.house.gov/legacy/muno0615.htm

Papademetriou, Demetrios G. and Monica L. Heppel. 1999. Balancing Acts: Toward a Fair Bargain on Seasonal Agricultural Workers. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ordering information available at:
http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/clientpr/carnegie/
balancing_act.htm

U.S. Department of Labor. 2000. Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (1997-1998): A Demographic and Employment Profile of United States Farmworkers.
http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/agworker/report_8.pdf

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy. 1997. A Profile of U.S. Farm Workers: Demographics, Household Composition, Income and Use of Services. Prepared by: Richard Mines, Susan Gabbard, and Anne Steirman
http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/agworker/report/main.htm

U.S. Department of Labor. The National Agricultural Worker Survey.
Updated March 2001.
http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/agworker/naws.htm

Yeoman, Barry. 2001. "Silence in the Fields: An investigation into the operation of the H-2A program in North Carolina." Mother Jones Magazine (Jan.-Feb. 2001).
http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JF01/farm.html


Employer Sanctions and Employee Verification

Anderson, Annelise. 1986. Illegal Aliens and Employer Sanctions: Solving the Wrong Problem. Stanford University, Hoover Institution.
http://andrsn.stanford.edu/Other/illegal.html

Bacon, David. 2001. Employer Sanctions - The Political Economy of Undocumented Immigration.
http://labornet.org/viewpoints/dbacon/sanctions.html

Bansak, Cynthia and and Steven Raphael. 1998. Immigration Reform and the Earnings of Latino Workers: Do Employer Sanctions Cause Discrimination? UC San Diego.
ftp://weber.ucsd.edu/pub/econlib/dpapers/ucsd9820.pdf

Briggs, Vernon J. 1990. "Employer Sanctions and the Question of Discrimination: The GAO Study in Perspective." International Migration Review 24(4) Winter 1990.

Calavita, Kitty. 1982. California's "Employer Sanctions" : The Case of the Disappearing Law. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego 1982. Ordering information available at:
http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu/publications/pubs_immigration.shtml

Calavita, Kitty. 1990. "Employer Sanctions Violations." Law and Society Review 24(4).

Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Clinton R. Shiells, and B. Lindsay Lowell. " 1995 Immigration Reform: The Effects of Employer Sanctions on Wages." Journal of Labor Economics. July 1995.

Crane, Keith, et al. 1990. The Effect of Employer Sanctions on the Flow of Undocumented Immigrants to the United States. The Urban Institute. Ordering information available at:
http://www.rand.org/cgi-bin/Abstracts/e-getabbydoc.pl?JRI-03

Decker, Melissa. 1993. Understanding Employer Sanctions: Effective Law or Political Ploy? North American Forum, Stanford University.

DeWind, Josh, 1990. Employment Obstacles Experienced by Foreign-born workers in New York City because of the Employer Sanctions Provisions of IRCA. U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Ordering information available at:
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/programs/oiea/diprtx.htm

Donato, Katherine, Jorge Durand, and Douglass S. Massey. 1992. " Changing Conditions in the U.S. Labor Market: Effects of the IRCA of 1986." Population Research and Policy Review, 11: 93-115.

Fix, Michael. 1990. Enforcing Employer Sanctions: Challenges and Strategies.
The Urban Institute. Ordering information available at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_reports-immigration/JRI04/

Fix, Michael. ed. 1991. The Paper Curtain: Employer Sanctions' Implementation, Impact, and Reform. Rand Corp. University Press of America.

Fry, Richard, Lindsay Lowell; and Elhum Haghighat. 1995. "Impact of Employer Sanctions on Metropolitan Wage Rates." Industrial Relations 34(3).

High, George B. 1993. Employer Sanctions, Tax Violations, and Household Workers: Facing the Issues? Center for Immigration Studies.
http://www.cis.org/articles/1993/back393.html

Lowell, Lindsay B, Jay Teachman; and Zhongren Jing. 1995. "Unintended Consequences of Immigration Reform: Discrimination and Hispanic Employment." Demography, 34(4): 617-628.

Martin, Philip and Mark Miller. 2001. Employer Sanctions: French, German, and US Experiences. International Labour Organization.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/migrant/
download/research/imp/imp36.pdf

Mereson, Amy. 1988. Immigration Reform Act: Employer Sanctions and Discrimination Prohibitions: A Guide for Workers, Employers, and their Advocates. 2nd ed. New York, N.Y.: ACLU.

North, David S. 1994. "Enforcing the Minimum Wage and Employer Sanctions."
Annals of the American Association of Political and Social Science (AAAPSS) vol. 534 July, 1994.

Perotti, Rosanna. 1994. "Employer Sanctions and the Limits of Negotiation."
Annals of the American Association of Political and Social Science (AAAPSS) vol. 534.

Papademetriou, W. Demetrios G. 1991. Employer Sanctions and U.S. Labor Markets: Second Report. U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 1991. Ordering information available at:
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/programs/oiea/diprtx.htm

Sorensen, Elaine and Frank D. Bean. 1994. "The Immigration Reform and Control Act and the Wages of Mexican Origin Workers: Evidence from Current Population Surveys." Social Science Quarterly, 75(1): 1-17.

United States Congress Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. 1995. Worksite Enforcement of Employer Sanctions: Hearing Before the Subcommittee, 104th Congress, 1st Session.

United States Congress Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. Employer Sanctions: Hearing Before the Subcommittee 103rd Congress, 1st Session, June 16, 1993.

United States Congress Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs. 1993. The Implementation of Employer Sanctions: Hearings Before the Subcommittee. 102nd Congress.

United States General Accounting Office. 1987. Immigration Reform: Status of Implementing Employer Sanctions After One Year: Report to Congress.

Vialet, Joyce C. 1992. Employer Sanctions and Illegal Immigration: A Review of Recent Major Publications. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Organizing

Brecher, Jeremy, and Tim Costello. 1996. “A ‘New Labor Movement’ in the Shell of the Old?” Labor Research Review.

Ching Yoon Louie, Miriam. 2001. “Just-in-Time Guerilla Warriors: Immigrant Workers’ Centers, in Sweatshop Warriors. South End Press.

Delgado, Hector L. 1993. New Immigrants, Old Unions: Organizing Undocumented Workers in Los Angeles. Temple University Press.

De Paz, Jose. 1993. “Organizing Ourselves.” Labor Research Review. 12:25-32.

Figueroa, Hector. 1998. “Union Organizing of Immigrant Workers in the Nineties,” pp 87-98, in Not Your Father’s Union Movement: Inside the AFL-CIO, edited by Jo-Ann Mort. Verso.

Gomez-Quinones, Juan. 1994. “Labor Conflict and Attempts at Organizing”, pp 65-96; in Mexican American Labor 1790-1990. University of Mexico Press.

Gordon, Jennifer. 1995. “We Make the Road by Walking: Immigrant Workers, The Workplace Project, and the Struggle for Social Change,” Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Vol. 30. 

Hermanson, Jeff. 1993. “Organizing for Justice: ILGWU Returns to Social Unionism to Organize Immigrant Workers.” Labor Research Review.

Heskin, Allan David and Robert A. Hefner. 1987. “Learning about Bi-lingual, Multicultural Organizing.” Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences.

Ross, Andrew (ed.). 1997. No Sweat: Fashion, Free Trade, and Rights of Garment Workers. Verso.