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Diverse Streams: African Migration to the United States
Black African immigrants rank among the best-educated U.S. immigrant groups, yet their earnings lag those of natives despite high employment and strong English skills.
The Development and Fiscal Effects of Emigration on Mexico
Mexico's fiscal balance benefits from emigration—GDP rose 8.8 percent and tax collection 7.4 percent between 1990 and 2000, driven by remittances and labor market effects.
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
Mexico was the origin for 29 percent of U.S. immigrants in 2010, while in 1960 no single national-origin group exceeded 15 percent.
Bipartisan Measures Urge Use of a Temporary Worker Program to Admit Irish Immigrants
Bipartisan U.S. measures earmarking E-3 temporary worker visas for Irish nationals reflect a congressional turn toward targeted, standalone immigration bills.
The Educational Trajectories of English Language Learners in Texas
English Learners (ELs) who exit language programs within three years outperform long-term peers, but poverty and race shape college outcomes more than language status.
Questions Arise with Implementation of Obama Administration's New Prosecutorial Discretion Policy
An Obama administration policy to deprioritize certain removals is the first to require a comprehensive review of the roughly 300,000 pending immigration court cases.
Capitol Verite: Inside Immigration Policymaking
Six years of filming U.S. congressional immigration debates revealed that reform hinges less on policy design than on context, luck, and political will.
Prosecutorial Discretion: A Progress Report on Implementing New Guidelines and Policies
A discussion on the use of prosecutorial discretion and the review by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of all current cases in the removal pipeline and on the docket of immigration courts, with U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Deputy General Counsel; the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review in the U.S. Department of Justice; and ICE's Director of Field Legal Operations in the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.
Backstage Pass: Q&A with Makers of Acclaimed, Fascinating Documentary on U.S. Immigration Debate
U.S. public opinion shifted from broadly pro-immigration to deeply suspicious over six years of filming, gradually squeezing out the space for congressional compromise.
Doris Meissner discusses U.S. Immigration Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MPI Senior Fellow Doris Meissner discusses U.S. immigration policy during the Fireside Forum on Foreign Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The other participants are Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera and Douglas Savage, Assistant Director of the Institute of World Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
