Timeline of migration-related nongovernmental organizations in the United States
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This page provides a timeline of major organizations not affiliated with the United States government, that deal with migration-related matters for the United States. Some of them have a more global focus. The list includes:
- Think tanks for research or advocacy, on any side of the issue (for migration, against migration, for more selective migration, etc.)
- Research or advocacy centers in existing universities or think tanks
- Legal resource groups (that provide legal information and services to migrants, potential migrants, and those related to them)
- Grassroots/community organizing efforts
- Mailing lists, websites, and other forums where people congregate to discuss these issues
Full timeline
Year | Month and date (if available) | Event type | Organization type | Details |
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1920 | Launch | Legal advocacy | The wikipedia:American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a nonprofit focused on civil liberties advocacy, launches.[1] Although the ACLU does not advocate for any particular immigration policy, it engages in civil liberties litigation against many immigration enforcement approaches. | |
1946 | October 14 | Launch | Professional association | The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) launches.[2] |
1979 | January 2 | Launch | Restrictionist think tank | The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) launches. John Tanton plays a key founding role. |
1979 | Launch | Pro-immigrant advocacy think tank | The National Immigration Law Center (NILC), an organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants in the United States, launches.[3] | |
1982 | Launch | Pro-immigrant advocacy think tank | The National Immigration Forum launches.[4] | |
1983 | Launch | Anti-immigrant advocacy group | The American Immigration Control Foundation (AICF), an advocacy group for low immigration levels, launches.[5] | |
1985 | Launch | Restrictionist think tank | The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a think tank with the tagline "low-immigration, pro-immigrant", is founded.[6] | |
1986 | Launch | Anti-immigration litigation | The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) launches as a litigation arm of the Federation for American Immigration Reform FAIR).[7] | |
1987 | Launch | Pro-immigrant advocacy think tank | The American Immigration Council (AIC), a nonprofit that does immigration research and promotes pro-immigration and pro-immigrant policies in the United States, launches.[8] | |
1996 | December | Launch | Restrictionist think tank | NumbersUSA is founded by Roy Beck, initially with a launch of the website NumbersUSA.com.[9] |
1999 | March | Launch | Academic research center | The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS), a center that focuses on global migration, including migration to and from North America, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, launches at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under Dr. Wayne Cornelius.[10] |
1999 | Launch | Restrictionist website | VDARE, a website covering United States politics and culture, and with a focus on advocating for reduced immigration to the United States, is launched.[11] | |
2000 | May 1 | Launch | Newsletter | Immigration Daily, a daily newsletter focusing on immigration law and related issues, has its first issue.[12] |
2001 | Launch | Research think tank | The Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a think tank focused on analysis of migration worldwide, is founded in Washington, D.C. by Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Kathleen Newland.[13] | |
2004 | August | Launch | Border monitoring | The Minuteman Project launches. It is a group of private individuals in the United States to extrajudicially monitor the United States – Mexico border's flow of illegal aliens. |
2005 | Launch | Advocacy group and discussion forum | Immigration Voice, a group to advocate for immigration policies more friendly to high-skilled immigrants, launches.[14] The website also hosts a wiki and discussion forum to help people understand immigration law. | |
2006 | Launch | Academic research center | The International Migration Institute is founded at Oxford University.[15] | |
2008 | Launch | Legal defense and assistance | The International Refugee Asistance Project (IRAP) launches as a project by five students at Yale Law School.[16] | |
2011 | June 22 | Launch | Immigrant experience discussion | Jose Antonio Vargas launches Define American, a nonprofit organization intended to open up dialogue about the criteria people use to determine who is an American.[17] |
2015 | July | Launch | Grassroots movement | Cosecha (English website: http://movimientocosecha.com/, Spanish website: lahuelga.com) launches publicly. It is a non-violent movement for the "permanent protection, dignity and respect" of unauthorized aliens in the United States.[18] |
References
- ↑ "About the ACLU". Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About AILA". American Immigration Lawyers Association. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "What We Do". National Immigration Law Center. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About". National Immigration Forum. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About". American Immigration Control Foundation.
- ↑ "About the Center for Immigration Studies". Center for Immigration Studies. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About Us". Immigration Reform Law Institute. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About the American Immigration Council: Honoring our Immigrant Past, Shaping our Immigrant Future". American Immigration Council. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About Us. Moderates, conservatives & liberals working for immigration numbers that serve America's finest goals". NumbersUSA. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About CCIS". Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ Sanneh, Kalefa (July 24, 2013). "A Sermon on Race from National Review". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Immigration Daily". May 1, 2000. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Mission". Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
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- ↑ "History of IMI". Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Our History". Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant". New York Times. June 22, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Information". Cosecha. Retrieved March 28, 2017.