USCIS Receives 163,000 H-1B Applications for Fiscal Year 2009 April 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on H-1B visas, Real ID regulations, proposed guest worker programs in Arizona and Colorado, and more. How are the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policies Evaluated? April 9 — The impact and costs of migration policies are often unknown. Solon Ardittis of Eurasylum and Frank Laczko of the International Organization for Migration look at the obstacles to evaluation and how governments should evaluate their migration policies.    How Los Angeles Deflected Mexican Immigrants to the American Heartland In the 1990s, Mexican immigrants began to leave California, Texas, and Illinois for the so-called new settlement states where they had not previously resided. As Ivan Light of UCLA explains, their reasons for leaving or bypassing Los Angeles were both economic and political..

Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States March 17 — There were nearly 34 million temporary admissions to the United States in 2006, twice the number in 1990. MPI's Jeanne Batalova outlines the definition of nonimmigrants and takes a detailed look at admissions data and data limitations. Source Spotlights are often updated as new data become available. Please click here to find the most recent version of this Spotlight. North Korea January 7 — Economic, social, and political conditions have pushed North Koreans to illegally leave their country and migrate to South Korea, China, Russia, and elsewhere. MPI's Hiroyuki Tanaka examines humanitarian and economic migration flows from North Korea, and the situation of North Koreans living abroad. North Korea Resource Page. Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Immigration and the United States: Recession Affects Flows, Prospects for Reform TOP 10 MIGRATION ISSUES OF 2006 Issue #5 All about the Border Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans Belgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration African Immigrants in the United States Australia's Boat People: Asylum Challenges and Two Decades of Policy Experimentation Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India Sweeping Senate Bill Sets the Stage for Fundamental Overhaul of US Immigration System Plyler v. Doe: Still Guaranteeing Unauthorized Immigrant Children's Right to Attend US Public Schools Mexican Immigrants in the United States African Immigrants in the United States Caribbean Immigrants in the United States Immigration and the United States: Recession Affects Flows, Prospects for Reform African-born Residents of the United States

In 2006, Mexico, China, the Philippines, India, and Cuba were the top five countries of birth of lawful permanent residents in the United States. Click here for more information.

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