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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Temporary High-Skilled Migration
In FY 2000, 1.1 million people entered the United States on temporary visas, many of them highly skilled.
Settlement Patterns of the Foreign Born in the United States: Results from Census 2000
While the U.S. states of California, New York, and Texas held the largest numbers of immigrants in 2000, fastest growth came in the South.
Immigrants and Welfare Use
The 1996 U.S. welfare reform cut about 935,000 noncitizens from government benefits.
Immigrant Women in the United States in 2000
In 2000, immigrant women in the United States tended to be older and more likely to be citizens than foreign-born men, but had higher poverty rates and lower labor force participation.