8 U.S.C. § 1364 : US Code - Section 1364: Triennial comprehensive report on immigration

Search 8 U.S.C. § 1364 : US Code - Section 1364: Triennial comprehensive report on immigration

(a) Triennial report
The President shall transmit to the Congress, not later than
January 1, 1989, and not later than January 1 of every third year
thereafter, a comprehensive immigration-impact report.
(b) Details in each report
Each report shall include - 
(1) the number and classification of aliens admitted (whether
as immediate relatives, special immigrants, refugees, or under
the preferences classifications, or as nonimmigrants), paroled,
or granted asylum, during the relevant period;
(2) a reasonable estimate of the number of aliens who entered
the United States during the period without visas or who became
deportable during the period under section 237 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1227]; and
(3) a description of the impact of admissions and other entries
of immigrants, refugees, asylees, and parolees into the United
States during the period on the economy, labor and housing
markets, the educational system, social services, foreign policy,
environmental quality and resources, the rate, size, and
distribution of population growth in the United States, and the
impact on specific States and local units of government of high
rates of immigration resettlement.
(c) History and projections
The information (referred to in subsection (b) of this section)
contained in each report shall be - 
(1) described for the preceding three-year period, and
(2) projected for the succeeding five-year period, based on
reasonable estimates substantiated by the best available
evidence.
(d) Recommendations
The President also may include in such report any appropriate
recommendations on changes in numerical limitations or other
policies under title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.] bearing on the admission and entry of such
aliens to the United States.