Keeping Up
The following resources will be helpful in maintaining current information re- lated to the demographics of your location, the United States, and your state; immigration issues and policies; and poverty:
United States Census 2010 http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
Department of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm
Poverty: United States Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/ poverty
Bishaw, A., & Macartney, S. (2010). Poverty: 2008 and 2009. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey Briefs. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov, July 7, 2011.
Bishaw, A. (2011). Areas With Concentrated Poverty: 2006–2010. American Com- munity Survey. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/ac- sbr10-17.pdf, February 26, 2011.
DeNavas-Walt, C., Proctor, B. D., & Smith, J. C. (2010). Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov, July 7, 2011.
Howden, L. M., & Meyer, J. A. (2011). Age and Sex Composition: 2010. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved from http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/ operations/cb11-cn147.html, May 30, 2011.
Humes, K. R., Nicholas, A. J., & Ramirez, R. (2011). Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010. Census Briefs. p. 4. Retrieved from http://2010.cen- sus.gov/2010census/data/, June 26, 2011.
Lee, J. (2011). Annual Flow Report U.S. Naturalizations: 2010. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administra- tion, Office of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/gc_1302103955524. shtm, June 1, 2011.
Monger, R. & Yankay, J. (2011). U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2010 Annual Flow Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Office of Homeland Security, Office of Immi- gration Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publi- cations/gc_1301497627185.shtm, June 1, 2011.
Nilsen, S. (2007). Poverty in America: Report to Congressional Requesters. Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office. Retrieved from www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt, July 21, 2007.
RapidImmigration. (2012). Significant Historic Dates in U.S. Immigration. Retrieved from http://www.rapidimmigration.com/1_eng_immigration_ history.html, February 25, 2011).
U.S. Census Bureau. (2011). Preliminary Estimate of Weighted Poverty Thresh- olds for 2011. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/ data/threshld/index.html, April 12, 2011.
U.S. Census Bureau. (2010). American Community Survey. Retrieved from http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview. xhtml?fpt=table, December 16, 2011.
U.S. Census Bureau. (2006). Current Population Survey. Annual Social and Eco- nomic Supplement. Last revised: August 29, 2006. Retrieved from http:// pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/pov/new35_000.htm.
U.S. Census Bureau. (2001). Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/popest/ national/asrh/NC-EST2009-asrh.html, December 16, 2011.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (2011). Learn about the United States: Quick Civics Lessons for the Naturalization Test 2011. Retrieved from www. uscis.gov/citizenship, July 7, 2011.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (2007). Press Release. Administration and Bipartisan Group of Senators Reach Bipartisan Agreement on Com- prehensive Immigration Reform. Washington, DC: Department of Home- land Security. p. 1. Retrieved from http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/ pr_1179511978687.shtm, March 1, 2008.
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