Jeanne Batalova
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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Leaving Money on the Table: The Persistence of Brain Waste among College-Educated Immigrants
As of 2019, 2 million college-educated immigrants were underemployed in the United States, with race, English proficiency, and legal status the key predictors of this brain waste.
Refugees and Asylees in the United States
U.S. refugee admissions hit historic lows in fiscal year (FY) 2020 amid changing Trump policies, even as global displacement reached a record 80 million.
Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States
Nearly 1.2 million Dominican immigrants lived in the United States in 2019, making them the fourth-largest Hispanic immigrant group.
COVID-19 and the State of Global Mobility in 2020
In 2020, COVID-19 sharply curtailed global mobility, slashing international flights and leaving nearly 3 million people stranded by mid-year.
The Integration of Immigrant Health Professionals: Looking beyond the COVID-19 Crisis
In 2019, about 270,000 immigrant and refugee health professionals in the United States were underemployed. This brief examines barriers and reforms to better tap their skills.
Immigrants from Asia in the United States
Following the end of exclusionary laws, migration from Asia to the United States has risen since the mid-1960s. As of 2019, migrants from Asia represented nearly one-third of U.S. immigrants.
American Dream and Promise Act of 2021: Who Is Potentially Eligible?
These MPI estimates offer insight into how proposed legislation could affect different populations.
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
This data compendium offers statistics on some of the key questions around immigration and immigrants in the United States, who numbered 44.9 million in 2019.
A Deeper Look at the DREAMers Who Could Feature in the Legalization Debate in Congress
The DREAM Act of 2021 could represent one of the narrower legalization measures with better prospects for passage in a narrowly divided Congress. MPI's latest estimates of the DREAMers who could gain conditional and then permanent legal status are offered here, as are the share of DREAMers who feature in another ongoing conversation, around essential workers in the U.S. labor market overall as well as in the health-care sector.
International Students in the United States
The United States hosted 1.1 million international students as of the 2019-20 school year, but enrollment declined for the first time in years due to higher costs and Trump restrictions.
