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U.S. Government
Internet Resources
- Hathitrust Catalog (Digitized records, including government publications, from many research libraries)
- Ellis Island National Monument
- Immigration Records & Privacy (December 10, 2015 National Archives YouTube Video Presentation)
- Labor Department Resources
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs (Concerned with combating child labor internationally)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (Provides and analyzes data on the U.S. labor force and related topics)
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)(Focuses on occupational safety matters)
- Wage & Hour Division Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
- Data.census.gov/ (Provides access to various U.S. population figures by national origin and geographic area).
- Census Bureau-U.S. Foreign Born Population (Current Data & Estimates)
- Census of Governments (Census Bureau resource containing federal, state, and local government financial information)
- Census Quick Facts (Provides national, state, and county data for cities and towns with populations over 5,000)
- Census Flows Mapper (Provides county-to-county U.S. migration flow maps from 2006-2019 from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS).
- Historical U.S. Population Census (1790-2020)
- My Community Explorer (Provides economic and demographic data visualizations about communities including resilience)
- GovInfo U.S. Govt. Publishing Office resource providing access to federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information resources such as congressional bills, the Federal Register, and Congressional Record.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- U.S.Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)
- Report Immigration Fraud (USCIS)
- U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)
- Southwest Land Border Encounters (CBP)
- U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Homeland Security Dept. Inspector General
- Justice Dept. Inspector General
- ProQuest Statistical (Purdue Users Only)
- ProQuest Congressional Serial Set (Purdue Users Only) Includes Dillingham Commission immigration reports from 1910-1913 and other immigration policy documentation.
- National Academy of Science
- National Archives Immigration Records
- National Archives Naturalization Records
- Office of Immigration Statistics
- State Dept. Bureau of Consular Affairs (Visa Information)
- State Dept. Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons