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What Kind of Work Do Immigrants Do? Occupation and Industry of Foreign-Born Workers in the United States
Immigrant workers spanned a wide range of occupations in 2002, but workers from Mexico and Central America were concentrated in construction and other labor-intensive industries.
DHS May Axe Special Registration of Foreign Visitors
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) moved to end Special Registration and President George W. Bush signed expedited military naturalization in 2003.
Poverty Grows Among Children of Immigrants in U.S.
More than 21 percent of children of immigrants in the United States were in poverty in 2000, well above the native rate.
Rediscovering Resettlement
Can strengthening U.S. and EU refugee resettlement programs help address concerns over security, the volume and diversity of arrivals, and use of the welfare state?
The Foreign Born from India in the United States in 2000
Idaho led all U.S. states in the rate of Indian immigrant growth in the 1990s, as the population surpassed 1 million nationally by 2000.
DHS Secures Funding, Authority in Visa Matters
The U.S. Congress approved a $37.6 billion Homeland Security budget in October 2003, as the agency assumed oversight of visa policy.
The Foreign Born from the Philippines in the United States in 2000
Filipino immigrants in the United States totaled 1.4 million in 2000; 49 percent lived in California.
U.S.-Canada-Mexico Fact Sheet on Trade and Migration
This 2003 fact sheet maps the deep trade and migration ties binding the United States, Canada, and Mexico—documenting bilateral commerce, NAFTA visa flows, and immigration trends.
The Foreign Born from Mexico in the United States in 2000
Numbering 9.9 million in 2002, Mexicans were the largest U.S. immigrant group.