Statistics on U.S. Immigration: An Assessment of Data Needs for Future Research (1996)
Chapter: Front Matter
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Acknowledgments
Many people contributed time and expertise to the workshop, and the Committee on National Statistics and the Committee on Population appreciate their cooperation and assistance. In particular, Michael Teitelbaum served most ably as chair of the workshop, and he and the workshop participants contributed many thoughts and comments to the shaping of this report. Thanks are due to those who presented papers at the workshop: Barbara Anderson, Frank D. Bean, M. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Michael Greenwood, Guillermina Jasso, Douglas Massey, Mark Rosenzweig, Rubén Rumbaut, James P. Smith, Marta Tienda, and Michael White. The papers presented at the workshop served as the starting point for major sections of this report and are noted in the relevant sections. The workshop also benefited from the valuable and stimulating comments of panelists on the papers: Robert Bach, William Butz, Thomas Espenshade, W. Parker Frisbie, Robert Gardner, Sherrie Kossoudji, Alejandro Portes, Brian Roberts, Mary Waters, and Karen Woodrow. Special appreciation is due to those who assisted as rapporteurs: Jeffrey Passel, Lindsay Lowell, Lisa Roney, Steve Sandell, and Robert Warren.
Workshop participants realized the importance of having an ongoing discussion of changing demands for immigration statistics and especially the ways in which federal agencies attempt to respond to those data needs. One outcome of the workshop was the formation of the Interagency Taskforce on Immigration, at which representatives of federal agencies with an interest in immigration have met regularly since December 1992 under the sponsorship of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Robert Warren, research coordinator of the
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