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Intermarriage in the Second Generation: Choosing Between Newcomers and Natives
Intermarriage rises across generations for Asian and Hispanic Americans.
House Calls for Tighter Internal Enforcement and Border Fence, USCIS Claims to Meet Backlog Reduction Deadline
The U.S. Congress passed border fencing and enforcement bills in fall 2006, while Boeing was awarded a $2.5 billion virtual fence contract.
Assimilation Models, Old and New: Explaining a Long-Term Process
Three assimilation frameworks—classic, racial/ethnic disadvantage, and segmented—compete to explain immigrant integration.
Studying Second-Generation Immigrants: Methodological Challenges and Innovative Solutions
Without a public sampling frame, the second generation is a "hidden population.”
Becoming American/Becoming New Yorkers: The Second Generation in a Majority Minority City
A 1999 survey found New York's second generation outperforming native minorities in education and employment while embracing a "New Yorker" rather than "American" identity.
The Second Generation from the Last Great Wave of Immigration: Setting the Record Straight
European second-generation progress was slower and more contested than often remembered.
The Second Generation and Self-Employment
Self-employment among second-generation immigrants in the United States is fairly stable across generations.
The Second Generation in the United States
About 31 million U.S. residents in 2006 were children of immigrants.
The Lebanese Crisis and Its Impact on Immigrants and Refugees
The 2006 war in Lebanon displaced nearly 1 million people and exposed the precarious status of migrant workers and refugees lacking legal protections.
Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States
Total U.S. nonimmigrant admissions tripled from 9.5 million in 1985 to 32 million in 2005; tourists and business travelers made up nearly nine in 10 arrivals.