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Identity Theft |
Immigration and Emigration
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Injuries
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Identity Theft

Federal Trade Commission: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft:
DETER, DETECT, DEFEND

URL: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft//
"This website is a one-stop national resource to learn about the crime of identity theft." [07/06]

How Identity Theft Works (howstuffworks.com)
URL: http://money.howstuffworks.com/identity-theft5.htm

Straightforward and simple explanations, links to credit bureaus.
[07/06]
Identity Theft: Electronic Fact Sheet, Social Security Administration
URL: http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/idtheft.htm
Quick link brochures to help the ID theft victim.
[07/06]
Identity Theft is a Crime (Presidential Task Force)
URL: http://www.idtheft.gov/
Reports, links. [07/06]
National Data on ID Theft
URL: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/reference-desk/national-data.html

Statistics from 2000 >> present, other data: choose Reference Desk on the navigation bar.
[07/06]
Phishing Scams, Identity Theft, and Credit Card Fraud
URL: http://worldwidespam.info/phishing/
Frequently updated listing of scams. [10/06]

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: Nonprofit Consumer Information and Advocacy Organization

URL: http://www.privacyrights.org
Lots of information and resources including sample letters to use for differing circumstances.
[07/06]
US Postal Service: Identity Theft
URL: http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/idthft_ncpw.htm
Tips to safeguard your mail. [07/06]


Immigration and Emigration

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
URL: http://www.cis.org/
"The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization founded in 1985. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States." Website includes current news articles and common topics in immigration, which link to full-text essays on each of the topics.
[02/06]
Immigration: The Demographic and Economic Facts
URL: http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-immig.html
The Cato Institute and the National Immigration Forum have brought together 40 organizations to sponsor publication of this 1995 report by Julian L. Simon. Note: this report is dated, but may contain valid resource materials. CATO Institute publications.
[02/06]
Migration News
URL: http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/links_mn.php
Links to discussion documents on immigration, with link to Migration News, a periodical with full-text articles on migration.
University of California, Berkeley Center for German and European Studies. [02/06]
USCIS Home Page
URL: http://uscis.gov
USCIS -- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website. Complete information. Click on Laws and Regulations for the Immigration and Nationality Act.
[11/06]


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Injuries

Scientific Data, Surveillance, & Injury Statistics
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/osp/data.htm
Statistics and reports about fatal and nonfatal injuries.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. [02/06]
National Safety Council, SC.org
URL: http://www.nsc.org
Educate and influence people to prevent accidental injury and death.
[08/08]

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