New ProCon.org Website Brings Together Over 200 Top Immigration Experts to Determine Solutions to Illegal Immigration in America

Amnesty, Deportation, U.S.-Mexico Border Wall, Net Effect on U.S. Economy,
and Recent Congressional Legislation Debated Using Pros and Cons Format

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at
ProCon.org solicited perspectives from over 200 diverse immigration experts
to create an in-depth and nonpartisan exploration of the primary question
"What are the solutions to illegal immigration in America?"

The results of this research are available at http://www.immigrationprocon.org
- the 12th website launched by ProCon.org.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates that 11.6 million
unauthorized immigrants live in America as of January 2006. Whether and how
to reduce that number has become a focus of debate throughout the United
States.

To explore this debate, the ProCon.org website poses 49 specific
questions in topics ranging from taxes and the economy to Minutemen and
militarizing the borders to driver's licenses and amnesty.

Each question has corresponding pro and con statements from individuals
and organizations with clear and relevant opinions on that specific topic.
Each one of those sources has a corresponding biography so that readers can
examine the background, affiliations, education, and other pertinent
information about each source.

Examples of the 200+ sources referenced by ProCon.org include: Michael
Chertoff, Bill Clinton, Jim Gilmore, John McCain, National Council of La
Raza, Phyllis Schlafly, Urban Institute, and dozens of scholars,
economists, politicians, attorneys, activists, and immigrant groups.

Some interesting facts highlighted on the website include:

* 186,000 undocumented immigrants were deported in 2006 according to U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That same year there were an
estimated 11.6 million undocumented immigrants living in America.

* 57% of the unauthorized immigrant population in America (as of 2006) is
from Mexico.

* An estimated 3.1 million American children have at least one illegal
alien parent.
Managing Editor of ProCon.org, Kamy Akhavan, commented:

"As more and more of our readers asked us to tackle illegal
immigration, we knew that Americans needed an unbiased and simple way to
understand this topic and make informed choices on the matter.

The ideological factions battling over illegal immigration issues
seemed unable or possibly unwilling to understand other perspectives, so we
presented their competing statements side-by-side in a nonpartisan format.

We invested about 1,500 hours and tens of thousands of dollars
researching the issue, interviewing experts, getting great quotes, and
compiling hard to find data in an easy to use format.

We're proud of the result, and we believe that our website will be a
valuable tool for policy makers, journalists, scholars, students, and
anyone generally interested in learning more about illegal immigration."

For more information visit http://www.immigrationprocon.org or contact the
Managing Editor.

About ProCon.org

ProCon.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) public charity whose
mission is "Promoting education and informed citizenship by presenting
controversial issues in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format."

ProCon.org's purpose is educational, and it does not express opinions
on its research projects. Instead, ProCon.org researches issues that are
complicated and important and works to present them in a balanced,
comprehensive, and straight forward pro-con format.

The organization formed in 2004, and has since brought its unique
pro-con perspective to a variety of controversial issues including medical
marijuana, the Iraq war, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, electronic
voting machines, the ACLU, the origins of sexual orientation, the phrase
"under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, and others.

For more about ProCon.org visit: http://www.procon.org/aboutus.htm
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