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North America

North America

United States
Canada
Mexico

North America is a dynamic migration region, with the United States home to more immigrants than any other country in the world, the Mexico-U.S. corridor the globe's top migration corridor, and Canada a leading destination for migrants. Research collected here focuses on everything from visa policy and border management to immigrant integration, national identity, the demographics of immigrants in the region and their educational and workforce outcomes, and ways to more effectively use migration policy as a lever for national and regional competitiveness.

Aerial view of Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas
Reports

Building a New Regional Migration System: Redefining U.S. Cooperation with Mexico and Central America

Addressing regional cooperation around migration will be among the immigration challenges and opportunities facing the incoming Biden administration. This report examines how movement between the United States, Mexico, and Central America has evolved in recent decades, and lays out a four-part strategy to expand opportunities for legal migration, address humanitarian protection needs, improve enforcement, and mitigate some of the forces driving people to emigrate.

Recent Activity

Policy Briefs
July 2010
DREAM vs. Reality: An Analysis of Potential DREAM Act Beneficiaries
By  Jeanne Batalova and Margie McHugh
Articles
July 1, 2010
Tiempo de moderar el optimismo: comparando experiencias de migracion y desarrollo en Mexico y Marruecos
By Hein de Haas, Simona Vezzoli
Articles
July 1, 2010
Il est temps de tempérer les espoirs : Comparaison des expériences en matière de migration et développement au Maroc et au Mexique
By Hein de Haas, Simona Vezzoli
Multimedia
June 30, 2010
Marc Rosenblum Testimony Video: Immigration and U.S. Immigration Policy
Multimedia
June 24, 2010
7th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
Articles
June 15, 2010
Political Considerations Surround Decision to Deploy National Guard to Southwest Border
By Muzaffar Chishti, Claire Bergeron
Multimedia
June 14, 2010
Migration and Occupational Health: Shining a Light on the Problem
Multimedia
June 9, 2010
Discussion on Possible Solutions for Refugees and IDPs

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Spotlight
July 1, 2004
Educational Attainment of the Foreign Born in the United States in 2000

This Spotlight examines the educational attainment of the five largest immigrant groups in the United States, including those from Mexico, the Philippines, India, China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan), and Vietnam. According to the results of Census 2000, 62 percent of all foreign born in the United States have at least a high school education. Other measures of educational attainment, such as college or graduate degrees, vary widely by country of origin. The data presented in this Spotlight were derived from the U.S. Census 2000 1 Percent Public Use Micro-Sample (PUMS) file.

July 1, 2004
IRCA: Lessons of the Last U.S. Legalization Program

Many news reports and commentators in the United States link immigration, especially when unauthorized, to negative economic effects, cultural fragmentation, and issues of national security. As a result of these perceived negative consequences, resistance to immigration, especially unauthorized immigration, appears to have increased. Others stress the benefits to this country of continuing immigration.

Policy Beat
June 1, 2004
Democrats Introduce Immigration Reform Bill
MPI's Maia Jachimowicz outlines the newly proposed immigration reform legislation: Safe, Orderly, Legal Visas and Enforcement Act of 2004 (SOLVE).
Spotlight
June 1, 2004
The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program
MPI Associate Policy Analyst Erin Patrick provides the latest figures on the U.S. refugee resettlement program, which is still operating well below traditional levels long after being thrown into crisis by the Sept. 11 attacks.
Spotlight
May 1, 2004
Naturalization in the United States in 2002

MPI's Sarah Margon outlines the latest developments affecting U.S. migration policy, including the application of the US-VISIT program to nationals of visa-waiver countries.

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Recent Activity

Articles
July 1, 2010

Il est temps de tempérer les espoirs : Comparaison des expériences en matière de migration et développement au Maroc et au Mexique

English version | Versión espanol

Articles
July 1, 2010

Tiempo de moderar el optimismo: comparando experiencias de migracion y desarrollo en Mexico y Marruecos

English version | Version française

A lo largo de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, Marruecos y México se han convertido en fuentes de fuerza laboral migrante, mayoritariamente de poca calificación, en los Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea.

Policy Briefs
July 2010

DREAM vs. Reality: An Analysis of Potential DREAM Act Beneficiaries

Slightly more than 2.1 million unauthorized immigrant youth and young adults could be eligible to apply for legal status under the 2010 DREAM Act, though historical trends indicate that perhaps fewer than 40 percent would obtain legal status because of a variety of limitations. This policy brief offers detailed estimates of potential DREAM Act beneficiaries.

Video
June 30, 2010

Marc Rosenblum Testimony Video: Immigration and U.S. Immigration Policy

Testimony of Marc Rosenblum, MPI Senior Policy Analyst, before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
Video
June 24, 2010

7th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

The conference, co-sponsored by Georgetown Law, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and the Migration Policy Institute, focused immigration and refugee law and policy.
Articles
June 15, 2010

Political Considerations Surround Decision to Deploy National Guard to Southwest Border

MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on President Barack Obama's decision to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border, the continued debate over Arizona's immigration law, the State Department's 2010 trafficking report, increased U.S. immigration application fees and more.

Audio
June 14, 2010

Migration and Occupational Health: Shining a Light on the Problem

This briefing focuses on migrants higher rates of on-the-job injuries.

Articles
June 9, 2010

Indian Immigrants in the United States in 2008

The 1.6 million Indian immigrants in the United States are the country's third-largest immigrant group and one of its best educated and fastest growing during the 2000s. MPI's Aaron Terrazas and Cristina Batog use the latest federal data to explore the population's size, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics.

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