United States

Immigrants' Costs and Contributions: The Effects of Reform

Congressional Negotiations Stall while Bush Administration Pushes Enforcement, Integration

With House-Senate negotiations on immigration reform pushed to September 2006 at earliest, the Bush administration ramped up border and workplace enforcement as a stopgap.

Family Obligation Among Children in Immigrant Families

Among immigrant youth, a strong sense of family obligation supports well-being and academic drive but can delay college completion when family finances are limited.

Civic Contributions: Taxes Paid by Immigrants in the Washington, DC, Metro Area

Immigrant households in the Washington, DC metro area contributed nearly $10 billion in taxes in 2000—paying at roughly the same rate as native households.

The U.S.-Mexico Border

The U.S.-Mexico border region has poverty rates double the national average; migrant deaths hit a record 473 in FY 2005 as crossings shifted to Arizona's remote desert routes.

Senate Approves Scaled-Back Immigration Bill, President Calls for National Guard on Border

The U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill in May 2006 by a 62-36 vote, adding amendments to cap temporary workers at 200,000 annually and strengthen border fencing.

Spotlight on the Iranian Foreign Born

Shaped by the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian-born U.S. population of 283,000 in 2000 tended to be highly educated and high-earning, with over half living in California.

Debunking the Myth of Immigrant Criminality: Imprisonment Among First- and Second-Generation Young Men

In 2000, foreign-born men in the United States were imprisoned at one-quarter the rate of native-born men.

Rethinking the Last 200 Years of U.S. Immigration Policy

Since colonial times, active recruitment, racial exclusions, and diplomacy shaped who entered the United States, well before the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act.

Another Way to Assess the Second Generation: Look at the Parents

Premigration class standing explains more than half of the second-generation college attainment gaps across 31 groups in the United States.