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Talent, Competitiveness, and Migration
Book release and discussion with MPI's President; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program Director; Population Reference Bureau Senior Demographer and Conrad Taeuber Chair of Public Information; and Committee for Economic Development Senior Vice President and Director of Research.
Talent, Competitiveness, and Migration
This book release and discussion focused on the accumulation of talent and its effects on economic growth and migration trends.
Immigration Controversy Lands in the Middle of Health-Care Reform Debate
All 2009 health-care reform bills maintained the five-year Medicaid bar for lawful permanent residents, leaving an estimated 4.2 million uninsured.
Paper Citizens - A Book Discussion on the Illicit Market for Citizenship in the Developing World
Discussion with book author Dr. Kamal Sadiq, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Irvine, and Susan Ginsburg, MPI Director of the Mobility and Security Program.
Immigrants and Health Care Reform: What's Really at Stake?
Uninsured immigrants use emergency care at low rates; excluding them from U.S. health reform raises safety net costs while adding minimally to overall costs if they are included.
Immigrating from Facts to Values: Political Rhetoric in the U.S. Immigration Debate
Effective immigration messaging relies on shared values and everyday language, more than facts. Authentic, tailored messages reach more voters than a single argument.
Memo to President Obama Regarding Immigration Policy
A balanced immigration agenda should secure borders, restore legality through earned legal status, and modernize legal immigration channels, a U.S. advocate argues.
Promoting Stalemate: The Media and U.S. Policy on Migration
U.S. media coverage of immigration from 1980 to 2008 was dominated by illegality and crisis, fueling polarization and contributing to repeated policy stalemate.
The Politics of Immigration, and the (Limited) Case for New Optimism: Perspectives from a Political Pollster
Post-2008 openings for U.S. immigration reform are real but narrow; anti-reform intensity that polls miss still makes comprehensive reform politically difficult, a leading pollster argues.
Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States
U.S. nonimmigrant admissions reached a recent high of 39.4 million in FY 2008, with India alone accounting for 38 percent of all H-1B worker arrivals.