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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

Articles
April 1, 2004
Policy Changes Target Border Security
By Sarah Margon, Maia Jachimowicz
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Reports
March 2004
De la casa natal a la casa propia: inmigración y la posibilidad de ser propietario de vivienda en las zonas urbanas de los Estados Unidos
By  Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Brian Ray
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Reports
March 2004
Hispanic Challenge? What We Know About Latino Immigration
By  Philippa Strum and Andrew Selee
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Reports
March 2004
The Department of Homeland Security's First Year: A Report Card on Immigration
By  T. Alexander Aleinikoff
Articles
March 1, 2004
Bush Boosts Immigration Enforcement in FY2005 Budget
By Maia Jachimowicz, Sarah Margon
Articles
March 1, 2004
Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Force in 2000
By Elizabeth Grieco, Brian Ray
Articles
March 1, 2004
U.S. Temporary Worker Programs: Lessons Learned
By Doris Meissner
Articles
March 1, 2004
From Traitors to Heroes: 100 Years of Mexican Migration Policies
By Jorge Durand

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Recent Activity

Reports
April 2004

Immigrants and Homeownership in Urban America: An Examination of Nativity, Socio-Economic Status and Place

This report analyzes the housing status of immigrants in the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States with respect to homeownership. In addition, it examines the factors that appear to influence homeownership among immigrants, and the programs and initiatives that can encourage homeownership among these groups.

Articles
March 1, 2004

From Traitors to Heroes: 100 Years of Mexican Migration Policies

Jorge Durand examines Mexico's long history of and ambivalent attitude toward migration to the U.S..

Articles
March 1, 2004

U.S. Temporary Worker Programs: Lessons Learned

MPI Senior Fellow and former INS Commissioner Doris Meissner examines the challenges and opportunities, past and present, posed by temporary migrant labor programs.

Articles
March 1, 2004

Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Force in 2000

MPI’s Elizabeth Grieco and Brian Ray outline the characteristics of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. workforce.

Articles
March 1, 2004

Bush Boosts Immigration Enforcement in FY2005 Budget

Bush Proposes $40.2 Billion FY2005 DHS Budget... Judge Faults Adjustment Delays for Approved Asylees... H-1B Cap Reached Months Before End of FY2004... Fee Increase Proposed for Immigration Applications and Services...
Articles
March 1, 2004

Mexican Immigration to the U.S.: The Latest Estimates

Jeffrey Passel of the Urban Institute provides a context for understanding the presence of roughly 5.3 million unauthorized Mexican immigrants in the United States.
Articles
March 1, 2004

Mexico-United States Migration: A Long Way To Go

Mexican negotiators seek shared responsibility over U.S.-Mexico migration issues, according to Gustavo Mohar, former chief negotiator for migration affairs at the Mexican Embassy in the U.S..

Articles
March 1, 2004

The Mexico Factor in U.S. Immigration Reform

MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou maps out the historic challenges and opportunities in U.S.-Mexico relations in the wake of President Bush's immigration reform proposal.

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