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The United States, with its large and changing immigrant population, has an enormous stake in international migration. Equally important is the impact that US immigration policies have on the rest of the world. With the interests of so many people hanging in the balance, it is crucial that the US immigration policy debate be guided by reliable data and analysis. The US in Focus page aims to provide easy access to this information.
Spotlight
Mexican Immigrants in the United States
February 22 — Mexican immigrants have claimed the top spot among all immigrant groups in the United States since the 1980 census. In 2008, the country's 11.4 million Mexican immigrants accounted for 30.1 percent of all US immigrants and 10 percent of all Mexicans. MPI's Aaron Terrazas examines their socioeconomic characteristics, where they live, and the size of the Mexican-born unauthorized population.

Haitian Immigrants in the United States
January 15 — The 535,000 Haitian immigrants residing in the United States in 2008 accounted for 1.4 percent of all US immigrants and the fourth-largest immigrant group from the Caribbean. MPI's Aaron Terrazas examines their socioeconomic characteristics, where they live, and the size of the Haitian-born unauthorized population.
Country Profile
Immigration and the United States: Recession Affects Flows, Prospects for Reform
Immigration to the United States continued steadily from the 1970s until the recent recession, which also diminished a sense of urgency to enact immigration reform legislation. MPI's Kristen McCabe and Doris Meissner provide a comprehensive look at major legislation and events affecting US immigration, the size and attributes of the immigrant population, and policy changes under the Obama administration. U.S. Resource Page
Feature
Moving to the Land of Milk and Cookies: Obesity among the Children of Immigrants
September 1 — Obesity rates among children have risen dramatically in the United States. As analysis of a nationally representative study shows, children of newly arrived immigrants are particularly vulnerable to this growing health problem. Jennifer Van Hook, Kelly S. Balistreri, and Elizabeth Baker report.

Data Resources for the United States
Maps of the Foreign Born Maps of the Foreign Born in the US
View maps of the distribution of the five largest foreign-born groups in the United States by county.

Whos Where Who's Where in the United States?
Find out where different foreign-born groups live in the United States.

State Map State Data on the Foreign Born
Generate fact sheets with information on the states and regions of the United States.

US Historical Trends
Important building blocks to help you better understand US immigration trends and patterns.

Global Data Center Country and Comparative Data
Generate tables and graphs to analyze international migration data for the United States and other countries.

Previous Articles
The Basics of E-Verify, the US Employer Verification System

Immigrants in the United States and the Current Economic Crisis

Material Support to Terrorism — Consequences for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the United States

Selecting Economic Stream Immigrants through Points Systems

After-School Institutions in Chinese and Korean Immigrant Communities: A Model for Others?

Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America

Studying Second-Generation Immigrants: Methodological Challenges and Innovative Solutions

US State and Local Governments Respond to Federal Inaction on Immigration

US Immigration Reform: Better Luck Next Year

Today's Immigration Policy Debates: Do We Need a Little History?

Becoming American/Becoming New Yorkers: The Second Generation in a Majority Minority City

The Second Generation in Early Adulthood: New Findings from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study

Why Immigrants Lack Adequate Access to Health Care and Health Insurance

America's Emigrants: US Retirement Migration to Mexico and Panama

The People Perceived as a Threat to Security: Arab Americans Since September 11

Family Obligation Among Children in Immigrant Families

Rethinking the Last 200 Years of US Immigration Policy

Debunking the Myth of Immigrant Criminality: Imprisonment Among First- and Second-Generation Young Men

Immigration Reform and the Catholic Church

American Immigration Reform from a Scandinavian Perspective

Central Americans and Asylum Policy in the Reagan Era

National Policies and the Rise of Transnational Gangs

Second-Generation Mexicans: Getting Ahead or Falling Behind?

Countering Terrorist Mobility

From Horseback to High-Tech: US Border Enforcement

The Changing Face of the Gulf Coast: Immigration to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama

Characteristics of the European Born in the United States

Immigrant Children, Urban Schools, and the No Child Left Behind Act

The Global Struggle with Illegal Migration: No End in Sight

Solving the Unauthorized Migrant Problem: Proposed Legislation in the US

The Declining Enforcement of Employer Sanctions

Unauthorized Migrants Living in the United States: A Mid-Decade Portrait

"One Face at the Border" - Is It Working?

The US Refugee Program in Transition

US Detention of Asylum Seekers and Human Rights

Placing American Emigration to Canada in Context


Policy Beat
Increasing Evidence That Recession Has Caused Number of Unauthorized Immigrants in US to Drop
March 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the decreasing size of the unauthorized immigrant population, a ruling against immigration provisions in an Oklahoma law, the rise in detained immigrants with criminal convictions, and more.

Policy Beat in Brief
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Asylum for German Homeschooling Family...
Haitian TPS Applicants...
US-Cuba Immigration Talks...
Online Visa Applications for Nonimmigrant Visas...
Reversal in Female Genital Mutilation Asylum Case...

State and Local Policy Beat in Brief
Massachusetts Lawsuit over Immigrant Health Care...
Police Policy in Chandler, AZ...
Maricopa County, AZ, Lawsuit...
Previous Spotlights

• Mexican Immigrants in the United States

• Haitian Immigrants in the United States

• Salvadoran Immigrants in the United States

• Immigrant Women

• Immigration Enforcement in the United States

• Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States

• Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States

• Spotlight on Naturalization Trends

• Spotlight on Refugees and Asylees in the United States

• Older Immigrants in the United States

• Middle-Class Immigrant Households in the United States

• Iraqi Immigrants in the United States

• African Immigrants in the United States

• Korean Immigrants in the United States

Characteristics of the Foreign Born in the US
• College-Educated Immigrant Workers in the United States

• Immigrants in the US Armed Forces

• Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions

• The Recently Arrived Foreign Born in the United States

• Foreign-Born Health-Care Workers in the United States

• The Foreign Born in the Armed Services

• Spotlight on Foreign Born in Areas Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

• Foreign-Born Self-Employed in the United States

• College-Educated Foreign Born in the US Labor Force

• Educational Attainment of the Foreign Born in the United States

• Sex Ratios of the Foreign Born in the United States

• English Abilities of the US Foreign-Born Population

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

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

• Immigrant Women

Foreign-Born Populations by Country/Region of Origin
• Filipino Immigrants in the United States

• Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States

• Indian Immigrants in the United States

• Chinese Immigrants in the United States

• Mexican Immigrants in the United States

• Spotlight on the Foreign Born of Pakistani Origin in the United States

• Detailed Characteristics of the Caribbean Born in the United States

• Spotlight on the Iranian Foreign Born

• Detailed Characteristics of the South American Born in the United States

• The Central American Foreign Born in the United States

• Characteristics of the Asian Born in the United States

• Characteristics of the African Born in the United States

• Characteristics of the European Born in the United States

• The Foreign-Born Hmong in the United States

• The Foreign Born from Korea in the United States

• The Foreign Born from the Dominican Republic in the United States

• The African Foreign Born in the United States

• The Foreign Born from Canada in the United States

• Spotlight on Haitians in the United States

• Mexican Immigrants in the US Labor Force

• The Foreign Born from Vietnam in the United States

• The Foreign Born from China in the United States

• The Foreign Born from India in the United States

• The Foreign Born from the Philippines in the United States

• The Foreign Born from Mexico in the United States

• African-born Residents of the United States

• Foreign-Born Hispanics in the United States

• Hispanos nacidos en el extranjero que viven en los Estados Unidos

Immigrants and Immigration and Social Policies in the US
• Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States

• Spotlight on Naturalization Trends in Advance of the 2008 Elections

• Spotlight on Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors

• The Second Generation in the United States

• Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States

• Spotlight on Naturalization Trends

• Spotlight on Limited English Proficient Students in the United States

• Who Does What in US Immigration

• The US Refugee Resettlement Program

• Naturalization in the United States

• Family Reunification

• Iraqi Immigrants in the United States

• 'Special Registration' Program

• Immigrants and Welfare Use

Remittances and Development
• Remittances from the United States in Context

Statistics on US Immigration
• Immigration Enforcement in the United States

• Spotlight on Refugees and Asylees in the United States

• Spotlight on Legal Immigration to the United States

• Spotlight on Immigration Enforcement in the United States

• Spotlight on Legal Immigration to the United States

• Spotlight on Refugees and Asylees in the United States

• US Immigration Statistics in 2003

• Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors

• Temporary High-Skilled Migration
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