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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.

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Commentaries

Canada's New Tech Talent Strategy Takes Aim at High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States

Canada’s Tech Talent Strategy is highly unusual for its explicit targeting of visa holders in another country. Opening a dedicated stream specifically for high-skilled immigrants in the United States who hold an H-1B visa is the latest salvo in a growing global competition for talent—one in which some countries are racing ahead of the United States in terms of policy dynamism, as this commentary explores.

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Commentaries

The Los Angeles Declaration Could Represent a Big Step for Real Migration Cooperation across the Americas

The Los Angeles Agreement on Migration and Protection signed by leaders from 20 countries across the Western Hemisphere at the 2022 Summit of the Americas marks a significant step forward in creating a common language and a coherent set of ideas for more cooperatively managing migration movements across a region that has seen very significant mobility in recent years, as this commentary explains.

Recent Activity

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October 1, 2003
Visitor Tracking Technology Faces Obstacles
By Maia Jachimowicz
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October 1, 2003
The Foreign Born from Mexico in the United States in 2000
By Elizabeth Grieco
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Fact Sheets
September 2003
Immigration Since September 11, 2001
By  Elizabeth Grieco, Deborah W. Meyers and Kathleen Newland
Articles
September 1, 2003
Chicago's Immigrants Break Old Patterns
By Rob Paral
Articles
September 1, 2003
Security Concerns Spur Policy Changes
By Maia Jachimowicz
Articles
August 1, 2003
Government Widens Efforts to Scrutinize Foreign Visitors
By Maia Jachimowicz
Articles
August 1, 2003
Security at U.S. Borders: A Move Away from Unilateralism?
By Deborah Meyers
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August 1, 2003
African-born Residents of the United States in 2000
By Jill Wilson

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Recent Activity

Articles
October 1, 2003

Visitor Tracking Technology Faces Obstacles

Machine-Readable Passport Requirement Delayed One Year... California Allows Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain Driver's License... US-VISIT Confronts Criticism, Potential Setbacks... Annual Cap for H-1B Visa Holders Slashed... New Citizenship Office Chief Appointed... TPS Extended for Burundians and Sudanese, Terminated for Sierra Leonians...
Fact Sheets
October 2003

Unauthorized Immigration to the United States

This fact sheet provides an estimate and brief description of the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States in 2003.

Articles
September 1, 2003

Security Concerns Spur Policy Changes

Visa Waiver Transit Programs Suspended... State Dept. Adds Visa Categories for Border Students... Ridge Names Citizenship and Immigration Ombudsman... State Dept. Requires Online Applications for Visa Lottery... Temporary Protected Status Extended for Liberians...
Articles
September 1, 2003

Chicago's Immigrants Break Old Patterns

Rob Paral of Roosevelt University's Institute for Metropolitan Affairs examines the key role of recent immigrants in one of the United States' largest cities.

Fact Sheets
September 2003

Immigration Since September 11, 2001

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, changes to visa policies, new security procedures, and measures to combat fraud contributed to a shift in the traditional composition of immigration flows. This report highlights recent data on immigrants to the U.S. and offers key analysis of what these figures mean in terms of U.S. policy.

Articles
August 1, 2003

African-born Residents of the United States in 2000

MPI’s Jill Wilson provides an in-depth look at the United States’ population of people born in Africa.

Articles
August 1, 2003

Security at U.S. Borders: A Move Away from Unilateralism?

MPI Policy Analyst Deborah Waller Meyers examines the Smart Border agreements signed by the U.S. with Canada and Mexico in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Articles
August 1, 2003

Government Widens Efforts to Scrutinize Foreign Visitors

State Dept. Tightens Rules on Visa Applicant Interviews... Agreements With Chile, Singapore Open Door to Trade in Services... DHS Fully Implements Foreign Student Tracking System... TPS Extended for Montserratians, Salvadorans, Somalians... DHS Expands Efforts to Deport ‘Predatory’ Criminal Aliens...

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