Immigration has been and remains an important and controversial issue in U.S. history and contemporary public policy. Purdue Libraries have numerous government documents on immigration with most of these being in the HSSE Library. Subject headings to search for government documents on immigration in the Library Catalog include:

Emigration and Immigration
Emigration and Immigration Law--United States
Illegal Aliens--United States
Refugees-Government Policy--United States
United States--Emigration and Immigration--Government Policy

The principal index for U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36. An online version of this index covers 1976-present. Another similiar index is the GPO Index located on the Purdue Libraries Indexes page. Other useful indexes to U.S. Govt. information include Checklist of United States Publications 1789-1909 HSSE REF 016.353 Un36, Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering congressional publications, CIS U.S. Serial Set Index HSSE REF 328.73 C761c and the online Digital United States Congressional Serial Set, CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index 1833-1969 HSSE REF 348.731 C76, CIS Index to Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990, and CIS Index to Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996.

Reference publications dealing with immigration include:

Other executive branch and independent U.S. Govt. publications dealing with immigration are:

The U.S. Congress also produces a variety of publications on immigration. Examples include:

Internet Resources

Increasing volumes of U.S. Government information can be found on the Internet. A  locally accessible master index of government Internet resources can be found at www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/. Other useful WWW sources of U.S. government immigration information are:

Selected State Government Sites

Selected International and Foreign Government Sites