Iowa Raid Raises Questions about Stepped-Up Immigration Enforcement June 16 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on criminal arrests at a recent ICE raid, medical care in ICE custody, H-2B visas, and more. Women Migrants in Detention in Mexico: Conditions and Due Process June 2 — Approximately 400,000 migrants transit through Mexico each year in order to reach the United States, many of them women from Latin America. Gabriela Diaz and Gretchen Kuhner explain how the detention system's structure and new detention procedures affect women. Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrants in Suburban America April 30 — Traditional gateways like New York and Los Angeles still attract immigrants. But metro areas including Atlanta, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Austin, Texas, have become new destinations for immigrants as Audrey Singer, Susan W. Hardwick, and Caroline B. Brettell explain.

Chinese Immigrants in the United States June 16 — In 2006, about 1.6 million Chinese immigrants resided in the United States. MPI's Aaron Matteo Terrazas and Bhavna Devani examine their socioeconomic characteristics, where they live, and the size of the Chinese-born legal and unauthorized population. Immigrants in the US Armed Forces May 15 — About 65,000 immigrants serve across the US military's four branches, and more than two-thirds are naturalized citizens. MPI's Jeanne Batalova examines where these immigrants are from and the policies that grant them citizenship. Past Week Past Month Women Migrants in Detention in Mexico: Conditions and Due Process America's Emigrants: US Retirement Migration to Mexico and Panama Chinese Immigrants in the United States Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates A New Century: Immigration and the US Filipino Immigrants in the United States Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants in the United States Unauthorized Migrants Living in the United States: A Mid-Decade Portrait The Difficulties of US Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrants in Suburban America    Family Obligation Among Children in Immigrant Families  Both first- and second-generation children's sense of obligation provides meaning in their lives as they attend school and adjust to American society. Andrew Fuligni of the University of California, Los Angeles explains.

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