Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-174) and index.

Illegal immigration creates large fiscal costs for US taxpayers / Robert Rector and Jason Richwine -- Criminal illegal immigrants are a growing problem / Federation for American Immigration Reform -- US legal immigration policies are a problem too / Ann Coulter -- Illegal immigration benefits America / Johnny Angel Wendell -- There is no immigration crisis / Kurt Schlichter -- Illegal immigrants are really guest workers. We just pretend otherwise / Eric Posner -- Immigration laws are enforced now more than ever / Immigration Policy Center -- President Barack Obama has merely shifted priorities in immigration enforcement / PolitiFact.com -- President Barack Obama has dismantled US immigration enforcement laws / Bob Dane and Kristen Williamson -- President Barack Obama's deferred action program has weakened immigration enforcement / Jessica Vaughan -- The Obama administration has weakened interior enforcement of immigration laws / Federation for American Immigration Reform -- Granting illegal immigrants a path to citizenship would boost US and state economies / Robert Lynch and Patrick Oakford -- There are many reasons to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants / Ed Krayewski -- Most Americans support allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the United States / Pew Center for People and the Press -- A path to citizenship for illegal immigrants would cost US taxpayers trillions / Carrie Dann -- The DREAM Act would cost taxpayers billions of dollars / Steven A. Camarota -- Chapter overview / Brianna Lee -- The facts support immigration reform with a path to citizenship / Ann Garcia -- The Senate's proposed immigration reform will shrink the deficit and grow the US economy / Doug Elmendorf -- Proposed immigration reforms will bring more highly skilled workers into the US economy / Marco Rubio -- Just and humane immigration reform will bring immigrants out of the shadows / Timothy Dolan -- The Senate's proposed immigration reform reinforces failed immigration policies / Rosemary Jenks -- Comprehensive immigration reform will not fix our immigration system / James Carafano -- Immigration reform will not solve the problem of declining cheap labor from Mexico / Daniel B. Wood.