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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.
From Horseback to High-Tech: US Border Enforcement
Border control has evolved from a low-tech, one-agency exercise focused strictly on the Southwestern border to a far broader concept. Deborah Waller Meyers provides a detailed look at border-enforcement strategies and policies since the 1980s.
Almost one-third of employed Filipino-born women had health-care and related occupations in 2006. Click here for more information.
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