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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

Articles
June 1, 2003
Skilled Migration Abroad or Human Capital Flight?
By B. Lindsay Lowell
Articles
June 1, 2003
Comprehensive Visitor Tracking Program Moves Forward
By Maia Jachimowicz
Articles
June 1, 2003
Remittances, the Rural Sector, and Policy Options in Latin America
By Manuel Orozco
Articles
May 1, 2003
Ashcroft: Undocumented Immigrants Subject to Indefinite Detention
By Maia Jachimowicz and Ramah McKay
Articles
May 1, 2003
Family Reunification
By Ramah McKay
Articles
May 1, 2003
Justice, Homeland Security Departments Announce Changes
By Maia Jachimowicz, Ramah McKay
Articles
May 1, 2003
What Immigrants Say About Life in the United States
By Steve Farkas
Articles
May 1, 2003
Immigration and National Security Post-Sept. 11: Updated Chronology
By MPI Staff

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Recent Activity

Articles
June 1, 2003

Skilled Migration Abroad or Human Capital Flight?

B. Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown University sketches the big picture of skilled migration, touching on both negative impacts and positive feedback for developing states.
Articles
June 1, 2003

Remittances from the United States in Context

MPI Research Assistant Kevin O'Neil outlines key aspects of remittances from the United States.
Policy Briefs
June 2003

Does 'Smarter' Lead to Safer? An Assessment of the Border Accords with Canada and Mexico

The events that unfolded in the U.S. on September 11 generated a renewed sense of urgency over border management. Bilateral Smart Border agreements were reached between the U.S. and Canada as well as the U.S. and Mexico in December 2001 and March 2002. This report tracks the implementation of these border accords and seeks to evaluate their effectiveness.

Articles
May 1, 2003

Immigration and National Security Post-Sept. 11: Updated Chronology

This updated timeline of key developments since September 11 tracks the latest connections between immigration and national security.
Articles
May 1, 2003

What Immigrants Say About Life in the United States

Steve Farkas, Senior Vice President of the research group Public Agenda, reveals some of the findings of a new survey on the attitudes of immigrants in America.
Articles
May 1, 2003

Justice, Homeland Security Departments Announce Changes

Justice Department Allows Indefinite Detention of Undocumented Immigrants... Homeland Security Department to Replace NSEERS... Special Registration Deadline Passes for Fourth Group of Foreign Visitors... Immigrants Killed While in U.S. Military Earn Posthumous Citizenship... Student Adjustment Act Reintroduced to Congress... Immigration Bureaus of DHS Receive Additional Funding...
Articles
May 1, 2003

Family Reunification

MPI’s Ramah McKay examines the family reunification program, which accounts for approximately two-thirds of permanent immigration to the U.S. each year.
Articles
May 1, 2003

Ashcroft: Undocumented Immigrants Subject to Indefinite Detention

Justice Department Allows Indefinite Detention of Undocumented Immigrants... Homeland Security Department to Replace NSEERS... Special Registration Deadline Passes for Fourth Group of Foreign Visitors... Immigrants Killed While in U.S. Military Earn Posthumous Citizenship... Student Adjustment Act Reintroduced to Congress... Immigration Bureaus of DHS Receive Additional Funding...

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