The Basics
We hope you will find the resources here useful as you seek to learn more about the phenomenon of international migration and some of the 281 million people globally who live outside their country of birth.
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Estimating the DREAMer Populations That Could Benefit under Senate Legalization Proposals, February 2018
MPI estimates provide a sense of who could potentially gain legal status under the various DREAM Act-type bills considered in the Senate in February 2018.
Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States
Nearly 1.2 million immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa lived in the United States in 2016.
Cuban Immigrants in the United States
In 2016, nearly 1.3 million Cubans lived in the United States, with arrivals surging as migrants anticipated the end of preferential U.S. immigration protections.
MPI Estimates of Potential Beneficiaries under the 2017 DREAM Act and the Recognizing America’s Children Act
These MPI estimates provide a sense of the unauthorized populations that could potentially gain legal status under proposed legislation.
MPI Estimates of Unauthorized Populations That Could Benefit under Different DREAM Legalization Bills
These estimates offer insight into who could potentially gain legal status under the various DREAM Act-type bills introduced in Congress in 2017.
Chinese Immigrants in the United States
Chinese immigrants were the third-largest foreign-born group in the United States in 2016 and were the leading source of international students on U.S. college campuses.
Indian Immigrants in the United States
Indian immigrants, who made up the second-largest foreign-born group in the United States in 2015, tend to be younger and more highly educated than immigrants overall.
Haitian Immigrants in the United States
The Haitian immigrant population in the United States tripled between 1990 and 2015, to reach 676,000.
MPI Estimates of Who Might Benefit under 2017 DREAM Act Bills in Congress
Learn which unauthorized immigrant populations could potentially be covered under the DREAM Act.
Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States
Immigrants filled roughly one in six U.S. health-care jobs in 2015, concentrated at both ends of the occupational spectrum. Yet these workers are largely overlooked by U.S. visa policy.
