Many news reports and commentators in the United States link immigration, especially when unauthorized, to negative economic effects, cultural fragmentation, and issues of national security. As a result of these perceived negative consequences, resistance to immigration, especially unauthorized immigration, appears to have increased. Others stress the benefits to this country of continuing immigration.
This Spotlight examines the educational attainment of the five largest immigrant groups in the United States, including those from Mexico, the Philippines, India, China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan), and Vietnam. According to the results of Census 2000, 62 percent of all foreign born in the United States have at least a high school education. Other measures of educational attainment, such as college or graduate degrees, vary widely by country of origin. The data presented in this Spotlight were derived from the U.S. Census 2000 1 Percent Public Use Micro-Sample (PUMS) file.
MPI Associate Policy Analyst Erin Patrick provides the latest figures on the U.S. refugee resettlement program, which is still operating well below traditional levels long after being thrown into crisis by the Sept. 11 attacks.
MPI's Sarah Margon outlines the latest developments affecting U.S. migration policy, including the application of the US-VISIT program to nationals of visa-waiver countries.
DHS Releases New Rules for Immigration Detainees...
Changes Proposed for Visa-Waiver Countries...
Supreme Court Hears Cases on Citizen and Non-Citizen Terrorism Suspects...
Government Commission Calls Post-Sept. 11 Immigration Policies Ineffective...
William Kandel of the USDA and Emilio Parrado of Duke University take stock of the complex interaction between migration and the U.S. meat-packing industry.
Cap on H-2B Visas Reached...
Border Initiative to Use Predator Drones...
Border Restrictions Eased for Some Mexicans...
DHS Issues Rules for Safe Third-Country Agreement...
Jeffrey Passel of the Urban Institute provides a context for understanding the presence of roughly 5.3 million unauthorized Mexican immigrants in the United States.
Bush Proposes $40.2 Billion FY2005 DHS Budget...
Judge Faults Adjustment Delays for Approved Asylees...
H-1B Cap Reached Months Before End of FY2004...
Fee Increase Proposed for Immigration Applications and Services...
MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou maps out the historic challenges and opportunities in U.S.-Mexico relations in the wake of President Bush's immigration reform proposal.
MPI Senior Fellow and former INS Commissioner Doris Meissner examines the challenges and opportunities, past and present, posed by temporary migrant labor programs.
Mexican negotiators seek shared responsibility over U.S.-Mexico migration issues, according to Gustavo Mohar, former chief negotiator for migration affairs at the Mexican Embassy in the U.S..
MPI's Maia Jachimowicz outlines the latest developments affecting U.S. migration policy, focusing President George W. Bush's announcement regarding undocumented immigrants.
First Phase of US-VISIT Becomes Operational...
Ridge Discusses Need to Legalize Undocumented Population...
Canada Creates Ministry as Counterpart to DHS...
Settlements Expected in Two IRCA Class-Action Lawsuits...
