Includes reports on immigration and migration.

Objectives: "To compare the Medicaid enrollment of U.S.-born citizens to non-citizen immigrants who immigrated before 1996, both before and after welfare reform, and to determine if variation in state Medicaid policies modified the effects of welfare reform on immigrants." Methodology section may be helpful. Subsequently published as an article in Health Services Research, 2004 Oct 39(5): 1509-1526.

Includes reports on immigration and migration.

The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), within the Office of Policy of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information needed to assess the effects of immigration in the United States.

"This paper explores various methodological issues relating to immigrant health, including the definition of an immigrant, the
assessment of immigrant status, and sampling and recruitment strategies for studies relating to immigrant health."

Velikonja, Joseph.  "Italian Immigrants in the United States in the Mid-Sixties." International Migration Review: Vol. 1, No. 3, Special Issue: The Italian Experience in Emigration, p. 25-37.

This article by Dr. Joseph Velkonja discusses the history of Italian Immigration with a focus on the mid-sixties.  The article points out that the immigration and expansion of Italians in America increased exponentially due to the new Immigration act of the mid 1960s.  Prior to this, not many new immigrants were allowed into the country, which kept the amount of Italians in America at a small level.  Between the years of 1952 to 1965, the annual quota allowed for Italian Immigrants was 5,666, however these immigration laws were lifted, and an exponential increase of Italians entered the United States followed.

In addition to immigration, this article discusses Italian American’s expansion across the United States.  Much of the expansion was related to economic reasons.  Although many Italian Americans stayed on the eastern seaboard, others relocated to the Midwest and the West coast in cities such as Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles.  It is also shown that there was a greater number of second generation Italian Americans who expanded westward.

Much of these things directly relate to the plot of the movie.  The small number of Italians allowed into the country allowed for these citizens to create families and create a basis of power and influence on these Italian neighborhoods.  In addition, at the end of the movie, the Corleone family decides to move to Las Vegas due to the economic potential that the city and casinos possess.  Finally, Michael Corleone is second generation Italian American, thus this migration mimics the trend that this article’s statistics show.

The plot of the movie is a reflection of society during the post war era.  This correlation leads to a realistic plotline and helps one understand the overall state of society.

This is a two-volume reference work covering non-indigenous cultural groups currently living in the United States.