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The Federation for American Immigration Reform seeks to improve border security, to stop illegal immigration, and to promote immigration levels consistent with the national interest—more traditional rates of about 300,000 a year.

MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels.

NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health.

The Forum is dedicated to embracing and upholding America’s tradition as a nation of immigrants. It advocates, and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees and are fair to and supportive of newcomers to our country.

NumbersUSA seeks to examine numerical levels of annual legal and illegal immigration and to educate the public about the immigration-reduction recommendations from two national commissions of the 1990s..

Border Control is dedicated to ending illegal immigration by securing our nation's borders and reforming our immigration policies We seek to seal our borders against drugs, disease, illegal migration and terrorism...

To address the needs and rights of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of migrants in community life

International trade in goods and services has grown rapidly in recent decades. Most countries impose tariffs on imports, which protect domestic industries from overseas competition but distort world markets.

CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement.

The mission of the Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies is to increase public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism.

Expanding global trade is one of the keys to building a stronger economy at home and promoting better relationships abroad. Trade is also one of America's best weapons in fighting poverty and hunger in the world's poorer nations.

The National Foreign Trade Council is the premier business organization advocating a rules-based world economy.

The Institute attempts to anticipate emerging issues and to be ready with practical ideas, presented in reader-friendly formats, to inform and shape public debate.

The birth-place of three religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and numerous civilizations, the Middle East is strategically located between Europe and Asia. Brookings experts are following the unrest that is widespread in the region, in addition to offering recommendations on how to deal with the continuing issues of nuclear proliferation, security and development.

From politics to energy to economics, CSIS analyzes the myriad foreign policy and national security issues related to the Middle East.

The Council is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders...

Our mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

As the center of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths; the world's main source of petroleum; and a religious, political, and ethnic tinderbox, the Middle East plays a considerable role in world affairs. RAND research on the region covers a wide range of cultural, economic, educational, military, and political topics, including in-depth examinations of Qatar, Palestine, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Israel.

The Saban Center conducts original research and develops innovative programs to promote a better understanding of the policy choices facing American decisionmakers in the Middle East.

Cato's regulatory studies program sets forth a market-oriented vision of "regulatory rollback" that relies on the incentive forces of private property rights to create competitive markets and to provide consumer information and protection.

Common Cause is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest.

Americans have an interest in government running efficiently and keeping the interests of the people first and foremost. The Heritage Foundation's research on government reform is aimed at finding solutions to reach these goals.

The Family Research Council (FRC) champions marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society.

The Heritage Foundation is committed to defending, promoting and supporting the historical role of the family as the basic unit of every civil society, and marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman.

The Human Rights Campaign advocates on behalf of GLBT Americans, mobilizes grassroots actions in diverse communities, invests strategically to elect fair-minded individuals to office and educates the public about GLBT issues.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) families deserve the same respect, recognition and protection as all other families. Family recognition and the many rights and protections it provides is essential to the well-being of our families.

AARP is committed to working with both political parties to help ensure that Social Security remains strong for all Americans

Social Security, pensions, and retirement accounts should work together to help Americans amass the assets necessary to provide income security in retirement, without burdening future generations.

Currently, more money is collected in Social Security taxes from workers than is paid out to retirees – but that ratio will reverse in just a few years when the “baby boomers” start to retire.

The organization today has hundreds of thousands of members and volunteers nationwide. Its plan supports sound economic research, education of citizens and community leaders, and grassroots mobilization efforts.

We believe in a system in which taxes are simpler, fairer, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax. We believe that power should be minimized.

Citizens for Tax Justice is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to fair taxation at the federal, state, and local levels.

The National Taxpayers Union's is a nonprofit, non-partisan citizen group whose members work every day for lower taxes and smaller government at all levels.

For almost 50 years the Foundation has focused on a wide range of educational programs which address critical challenges to U.S. foreign policy, national security and the global economy.

Since 9/11, the United States has worked to prevent future attacks by going after terrorist havens abroad, imposing more stringent regulation on who is allowed into the country, inspecting baggage on airliners, and increasing intelligence surveillance.

GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source of background information and developing news stories in the fields of defense, space, intelligence, WMD, and homeland security.

Research in the Homeland Security Program supports numerous governmental agencies at the federal, state and local levels and entities in the private sector.