Signs of Change in Immigration Enforcement Policies Emerging From DHS March 16 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on 287(g) partnerships, immigration measures in the economic stimulus package, the surge in Mexican asylum seekers, and more. Feedback and Belonging: Explaining the Dynamics of Diversity January 26 — The idea of belonging is a powerful lens for examining immigrant integration. Geoff Mulgan of the Young Foundation in the United Kingdom outlines 10 key feedback circuits, including the economy, culture, and physical environment, from which people receive messages about belonging.

Iraqi Immigrants in the United States March 5 —The 102,000 Iraqi immigrants residing in the United States in 2007 accounted for just 0.3 percent of all US immigrants. MPI's Aaron Terrazas examines their socioeconomic characteristics, where they live, and the category of admission of the Iraqi-born immigrant population. Pay to Go: Countries Offer Cash to Immigrants Willing to Pack Their Bags Uncovering the Emigration Policies of the Catholic Church in Mexico Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States Immigration Enforcement in the United States New Estimates of the Undocumented Population in the United States Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy The US Refugee Resettlement Program Today's Immigration Policy Debates: Do We Need a Little History? Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates The US Refugee Resettlement Program Ecuador: Diversity in Migration New Estimates of the Undocumented Population in the United States Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions Today's Immigration Policy Debates: Do We Need a Little History? Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors Foreign-Born Hispanics in the United States Trafficking in Women from Nigeria to Europe In search of a better life, thousands of Nigerian women have signed emigration "pacts" with smugglers before going to Europe, where they are coerced into prostitution. Jørgen Carling of the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo explains.

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