Jeanne Batalova

Senior Policy AnalystManager, Migration Data Hub

Jeanne Batalova is a Senior Policy Analyst at MPI and Manager of the Migration Data Hub, MPI's flagship resource providing user-friendly access to the most current U.S. and global immigration data and maps in interactive formats. 

Her areas of expertise include U.S. immigration, demographic, and workforce trends; the impacts of immigration and immigrant integration policies on the supply of health-care professionals and demand for health-care services; highly skilled immigration and international student policies and trends in the United States and internationally; and postsecondary credentials and upskilling of first- and second-generation immigrant youth and young adults.

She was a 2023 Bertelsmann Foundation Fellow on the Future of Work.

Dr. Batalova earned her PhD in sociology, with a specialization in demography, from the University of California-Irvine; an MBA from Roosevelt University; and bachelor of the arts in economics from the Academy of Economic Studies, Chisinau, Moldova.

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    Investing in the Future: Higher Ed Should Give Greater Focus to Growing Immigrant-Origin Student Population

    Eighty percent of the increase in U.S. college enrollment between 2000 and 2021 came from U.S.-born students with immigrant parents or first-generation immigrant students. This population, often overlooked, should receive significantly more focus as leaders in higher education and workforce development seek to deliver a skilled workforce for a rapidly changing U.S. labor market, this commentary argues.

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    Colombian Immigrants in the United States

    Colombia's U.S. immigrant population has grown nearly sixfold since 1980; a recent surge in irregular border crossings signals deepening pressures from conflict and economic crisis at home.

    People carry a giant Colombian flag at a parade in Washington, DC

    Inmigrantes colombianos en los Estados Unidos

    La población de inmigrantes colombianos en Estados Unidos se ha multiplicado casi por seis desde 1980; el reciente aumento de los cruces fronterizos irregulares revela el agravamiento de las presiones derivadas del conflicto y la crisis económica en el país.

    Varias personas portan una bandera gigante de Colombia en un desfile en Washington, DC.

    Canada's New Tech Talent Strategy Takes Aim at High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States

    Canada’s Tech Talent Strategy is highly unusual for its explicit targeting of visa holders in another country. Opening a dedicated stream specifically for high-skilled immigrants in the United States who hold an H-1B visa is the latest salvo in a growing global competition for talent—one in which some countries are racing ahead of the United States in terms of policy dynamism, as this commentary explores.

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    Refugees and Asylees in the United States

    U.S. refugee admissions are rebounding after the pandemic but remain far below the formal cap, while the asylum backlog topped 1.3 million cases in May 2023.

    A refugee family in Phoenix.

    Inmigrantes centroamericanos en los Estados Unidos

    Los 3.8 millones de inmigrantes centroamericanos en Estados Unidos en 2021 se enfrentan a importantes barreras socioeconómicas, mientras que el elevado número de llegadas a la frontera y la dependencia de las remesas indican un estrechamiento de los lazos regionales.

    Banderas de las naciones centroamericanas en una marcha en San Diego.

    Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States

    Nearly 2.8 million immigrants worked in the U.S. health-care sector in 2021, representing disproportionately high shares of physicians, surgeons, and home health aides. This article offers a demographic and socioeconomic profile of foreign-born workers in health care.

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