Re-envisioning Security and the Movement of People February 28 — In the post-9/11 era, policymakers have increasingly used migration policy tools to strengthen national security. This piece highlights civil rights and liberties issues that point to the need to re-envision the relationship between security and mobility, and discusses a proposal to "secure human mobility." Filling Labor Shortages through Immigration: An Overview of Shortage Lists and their Implications February 23 — Many governments use shortage lists to either facilitate or discourage economically-motivated immigration into particular occupations or fields, but the practice of doing so raises a variety of practical and philosophical questions. MPI's Madeleine Sumption discusses the challenges of maintaining shortage lists and developing immigration policies around them. Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: A Growing Phenomenon with Few Easy Solutions January 24 — Destination countries of unaccompanied child migrants struggle with many questions related to why children migrate, how they should be received and processed, and whether they should be protected, integrated, or returned to their home countries. Amanda Levinson of ThirdSpace Consulting provides the context within which unaccompanied child migration occurs, and analyzes the policy response of the United States and European destination countries. Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States There were nearly 40 million temporary admissions to the United States in 2008, more than 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.

Quiet Demise of the Virtual Fence February 15 — In this month's Policy Beat, MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the termination of the Secure Border Initiative Network, the status of the USCIS Transformation project, and more. Immigrants in New-Destination States February 6 — Over the past two decades, the settlement patterns of immigrants in the United States have changed as an increasing number of the foreign born are choosing to make states in the southern and middle regions of the country their home. MPI's Aaron Terrazas profiles the immigrants in these "new-destination" states and compares them to the rest of the foreign-born population. Finland's Balancing Act: The Labor Market, Humanitarian Relief, and Immigrant Integration January 31 — Arno Tanner of the Finnish Immigration Service and the Universities of Helsinki and Tampere discusses the historical and current state of migration to and from Finland, and the country's immigration policy priorities going forward. Finland Resource Page. Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans 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 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 Immigration Enforcement in the United States Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Mexican Immigrants in the United States 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 Immigration and the United States: Recession Affects Flows, Prospects for Reform African Immigrants in the United States Caribbean Immigrants in the United States African-born Residents of the United States

Filipino immigrants make up nearly 12 percent of the 650,000 foreign-born veterans of the US armed forces, making them the second-largest immigrant group to have served in the military after the Mexican born (12.8 percent).

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