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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.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other leaders at the 2022 Summit of the Americas
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

Articles
January 1, 2003
The New Immigrant Survey in the U.S.: The Experience over Time
By Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, and James P. Smith
Articles
December 1, 2002
Homeland Security Department Gets Green Light
By Deborah Waller Meyers
Doris Meissner
Articles
December 1, 2002
Interview with Doris Meissner
By MPI Staff
Articles
December 1, 2002
Characteristics of the Foreign Born in the United States: Results from Census 2000
By Elizabeth Grieco
Articles
November 1, 2002
Temporary High-Skilled Migration
By Maia Jachimowicz, Deborah Waller Meyers
Articles
November 1, 2002
Legislation Introduced to Legalize Undocumented Workers
By Deborah Waller Meyers
Articles
October 1, 2002
Settlement Patterns of the Foreign Born in the United States: Results from Census 2000
By Elizabeth Grieco
Articles
October 1, 2002
Court Challenges Secrecy in Post-Sept. 11 Deportation Proceedings
By Deborah Waller Meyers

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Recent Activity

Articles
January 1, 2003

Data Sources on the Foreign Born and International Migration at the U.S. Census Bureau

This article maps out the key features of three of the primary U.S. Census Bureau data resources used to research immigration: the census itself, the American Community Survey, and the Current Population Survey.
Articles
December 1, 2002

Characteristics of the Foreign Born in the United States: Results from Census 2000

This Spotlight by Elizabeth Grieco, MPI Data Manager, examines some of the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States.
Articles
December 1, 2002

Interview with Doris Meissner

MPI Senior Fellow Doris Meissner, former head of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, shares her perspective on changes in U.S. migration policy since September 11, the prospects for an immigration agreement with Mexico, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Articles
December 1, 2002

Homeland Security Department Gets Green Light

Department of Homeland Security Bill Clears House and Senate... Registration of Foreigners to Expand... Bishops Advocate on Behalf of Migrants... President Signs Border Commuter Bill... Recent Caribbean Arrivals Highlight Inequities in U.S. Policy...
Articles
November 1, 2002

Temporary High-Skilled Migration

Globalization has made the international mobility of high-skilled workers a vital issue for the United States. MPI's Maia Jachimowicz and Policy Analyst Deborah W. Meyers explain the complicated visa system for high-skilled temporary workers.
Articles
November 1, 2002

Legislation Introduced to Legalize Undocumented Workers

House Democrats Propose Legalizing Undocumented Workers... Appeals Court Allows Secret Deportation Hearings... Laser Visas Now Required for Mexican Border Crossers... U.S. Accepting Applications for Annual Diversity Lottery... Fees Rise for Visitor Visas
Articles
October 1, 2002

Court Challenges Secrecy in Post-Sept. 11 Deportation Proceedings

Court Rules Secret Deportation Hearings Unconstitutional... Major Changes to Board of Immigration Appeals... New LPRs Break One Million Mark... U.S., Canada Agree to Final Draft of Safe Third Country Agreement... Refugee Admissions Fall Below Target... President Signs Child Status Protection Act...
Articles
October 1, 2002

Settlement Patterns of the Foreign Born in the United States: Results from Census 2000

Although the foreign born remain concentrated in certain states, many immigrants are moving into "non-traditional" areas. Elizabeth Grieco, MPI Data Manager, has prepared a spotlight on their settlement patterns.

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