Integration

Immigration Policy and Less-Skilled Workers in the United States: Reflections on Future Directions for Reform

The mixed impacts of less-skilled immigration suggest the need for legal channels, flexible visa numbers, and job portability reforms to build a more adaptive system.

Communicating More for Less: Using Translation and Interpretation Technology to Serve Limited English Proficient Individuals

Language access technologies offer agencies cost-effective options. The right tool depends on client volume, languages, and exchange type.

Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States

In 2009, 38.5 million immigrants made up 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, with Mexican-born immigrants accounting for 29.8 percent of all foreign born.

Painful Cuts to Integration Budgets - Even in Places Committed to Immigrant Integration

Recession-era austerity cut immigrant integration budgets across Europe and U.S. states in 2010.

Top Languages Spoken by English Language Learners Nationally and by State, 2009

A 2009 analysis of Census data finds U.S. English Learner students speak more than 150 languages, with Spanish dominant nationally and in 28 states.

Updated Estimates of the 2010 DREAM Act

Of 1.9 million potential beneficiaries under the 2010 DREAM Act, about 755,000 would be likely to meet the requirements for permanent status.

Prioritizing Integration

H-1B Temporary Skilled Worker Program

The recession drove H-1B petition filings down by nearly 20 percent between 2007 and 2009.

Migration and Immigrants Two Years after the Financial Collapse: Where Do We Stand?

Two years after the 2008 global financial collapse, immigrants faced steeper job losses and squeezed integration budgets. But countries saw little large-scale return.

Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States

In 2008, Vietnamese immigrants had a naturalization rate nearly double the foreign-born average, a legacy of the population’s predominantly refugee origins.