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Protecting the DREAM: The Potential Impact of Different Legislative Scenarios for Unauthorized Youth
The 2017 legislative proposals to grant status to Dreamers could cover up to 2.1 million conditional status holders and 1.7 million eventual green-card recipients, MPI estimates.
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.
From Emigration to Asylum Destination, Italy Navigates Shifting Migration Tides
Italy has shifted from a country of emigration to a frontline asylum destination, receiving more than 335,000 irregular arrivals in 2015 and 2016.
Haitian Immigrants in the United States
The Haitian immigrant population in the United States tripled between 1990 and 2015, to reach 676,000.
The Education and Work Profiles of the DACA Population
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients hold higher-skilled jobs and more education than unauthorized peers—gains DACA program termination would largely reverse.
The Philippines: Beyond Labor Migration, Toward Development and (Possibly) Return
With more than 10 million Filipinos living abroad as of 2017, the Philippines has integrated labor migration into long-term national development planning.
Cuban Migration: A Postrevolution Exodus Ebbs and Flows
Cuba's post-1959 exodus has produced one of the most sustained migration flows to the United States, unfolding in five distinct waves over six decades.
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.
Refugees and Asylees in the United States
The United States resettled 84,994 refugees in fiscal year (FY) 2016, even as the Trump administration moved to sharply curtail future refugee admissions in its first term.
