Congress Addresses Immigration But Appears Unlikely to Pass Piecemeal Bills May 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on new immigration reform bills, the veto of Arizona's enforcement bill, remittances to Latin America, and more. 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. 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.    Macedonia: At a Quiet Crossroads Spared the interethnic conflict that ripped through the Balkans in the early 1990s, Macedonia is now a candidate for EU membership. As such, Macedonia's approach to emigration, transit migration, trafficking, asylum, and ultimately immigration will receive more scrutiny in the future.

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. Mexican Immigrants in the United States April 23 — In 2006, more than 11.5 million Mexican immigrants resided in the United States, accounting for 30.7 percent of all US immigrants. MPI's Jeanne Batalova examines the number of Mexican immigrants in the United States, their socioeconomic characteristics, where they live, and the size of the Mexican-born unauthorized population. 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. 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 Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors 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

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