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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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