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Growing Competition for Skilled Workers (and Foreign Students)
In 2005, the U.S. Senate voted to raise the annual H-1B cap to 95,000 as Australia, Canada, and European countries stepped up global recruitment of skilled workers and foreign students.
Bush Puts Immigration Reform Back on Agenda, Approves Funding for DHS
The Bush administration outlined a three-part immigration reform plan in October 2005 and signed a $30.8 billion Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill for FY 2006.
Colombia: In the Crossfire
Armed conflict and economic crisis have driven millions of Colombians abroad and displaced an estimated millions more internally between 1985 and 2005.
Migration's Unrealized Potential: The Report of the Global Commission on International Migration
Released in 2005, the Global Commission on International Migration report offered recommendations on migration and governance.
Canada: Policy Changes and Integration Challenges in an Increasingly Diverse Society
Canada relies on immigration for growth, but its skills-focused selection model has produced a gap between newcomers' credentials and their labor market outcomes.
Immigrant Children, Urban Schools, and the No Child Left Behind Act
Children of immigrants represented one in five U.S. K-12 students in 2005.
Spotlight on Foreign Born in Areas Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita affected more than 130,000 foreign-born residents in the United States in 2005.
The Netherlands: Death of a Filmmaker Shakes a Nation
Theo Van Gogh's 2004 murder by a Dutch-born Moroccan exposed failures in the Netherlands' multicultural model and prompted new integration and immigration restrictions.
Aftermath of Katrina Affects Immigration Enforcement
After Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suspended employer sanctions.
Morocco: From Emigration Country to Africa's Migration Passage to Europe
Morocco had over 2.3 million nationals abroad in 2000, was receiving $3.6 billion in remittances by 2003, and was becoming a key transit route for sub-Saharan migrants bound for Europe.