International Students

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To Stay or Not To Stay: The Calculus for International STEM Students in the United States

International students were one-third of all U.S. STEM doctorates in 2013. Yet rigid visa pathways and green-card backlogs pushed many to consider other countries, harming U.S. competitiveness.

Doctors as Taxi Drivers: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States

A report release and presentation of first-ever U.S. estimates on the actual economic costs of skill underutilization for immigrants, their families, and the U.S. economy, in terms of forgone earnings and unrealized federal, state, and local taxes.

International Students in the United States

In SY 2014-15, 975,000 international students were in the United States, with growth concentrated in a handful of states and STEM-heavy fields.

College-Educated Immigrants in the United States

In 2014, 10.5 million college-educated immigrants boosted the U.S. STEM and health workforce even as many were unable to fully utilize their skills.

Emigration Trends and Policies in China: Movement of the Wealthy and Highly Skilled

China's high-skilled outflows are accelerating as low-skilled emigration stagnates, with government reforms inadvertently deepening that divide.

White House Uses Many Levers of Power to Effect Change as Obama and Congress Remain Deadlocked on Immigration

The Obama administration’s 2015 executive actions reshaped U.S. immigration enforcement and legal pathways even as courts and Congress pushed back.

Indian Immigrants in the United States

In 2013, 76 percent of Indian immigrants in the United States held at least a bachelor's degree.

Digging Deeper Into Executive Action: A Further Examination of the Impacts

A discussion of some of the less examined aspects of President Obama's executive actions on immigration, with respect to immigration enforcement, legal immigration, and immigrant integration.

Scientists, Managers, and Tourists: The Changing Shape of European Mobility to the United States

European migration to the United States now centers on highly skilled scientists, managers, and professionals; it remains low profile in U.S. policy debates.

Eight Policies to Boost the Economic Contribution of Employment-Based Immigration

Eight policy levers, from visa design to integration and local engagement, can significantly boost the economic contribution of labor migration to the United States.