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Is the United States Bad for Children’s Health? Risk and Resilience among Young Children of Immigrants
Children of Mexican immigrants start life with health advantages, but those advantages erode in early childhood as poverty, food insecurity, and limited access take hold.
Migración Mexicana a los EE.UU.: Factores Económicos Subyacentes y Posibles Escenarios de Flujos Futuros
Los flujos netos de mexicanos a EE.UU. crecerán post-crisis pero no alcanzarán los niveles de los 90; la demanda sectorial estadounidense es el principal factor explicativo.
Recognizing Foreign Qualifications: Emerging Global Trends
Rising temporary migration is outpacing traditional licensing frameworks globally, and partial recognition models show promise but risk stranding migrants in limbo for years.
How Can Talent Abroad Induce Development at Home? Towards a Pragmatic Diaspora Agenda
Highly skilled diaspora members can catalyze institutional development at home, but only when engagement strategies are pragmatic and tailored to local conditions.
Preparing the Children of Immigrants for Early Academic Success
Despite outperforming expectations set by family socioeconomic disadvantage, the children of immigrants enter U.S. school at greater risk than peers, and early intervention is key to reversing that.
Skills, Professional Regulation, and International Mobility in the Engineering Workforce
Engineering credential recognition remains fragmented worldwide, and mutual recognition initiatives have made slow progress, with poorly understood impacts on mobility.
Shaping Our Futures: The Educational and Career Success of Washington State’s Immigrant Youth
Washington State's immigrant youth show a stark achievement gap: college attainment is high in some groups, but only 53 percent of English Learners graduate on time.
Health Care for Immigrant Families: Current Policies and Issues
Low-income immigrants use health care far less than U.S. -born peers even when insured. Proposed reform would bar legalizing immigrants from coverage for up to a decade.
Remaking the U.S. Green Card System: Legal Immigration under the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
The Senate's 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bill would grow skills-based green cards nearly fourfold while preserving family admissions.
Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally: Leveraging Migration & Human Capital in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America
Shifting demographics and slowing emigration from Mexico and Central America demand a new U.S. regional strategy, this final report of the Regional Migration Study Group makes clear.
