USCIS Receives 163,000 H-1B Applications for Fiscal Year 2009 April 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on H-1B visas, Real ID regulations, proposed guest worker programs in Arizona and Colorado, and more. 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.    Migrant Hometown Associations and Opportunities for Development: A Global Perspective  HTAs are active throughout the United States, Europe, and parts of East Asia. Manuel Orozco and Rebecca Rouse of the Inter-American Dialogue provide an overview of HTAs and look at the development role they play.

Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States March 17 — There were nearly 34 million temporary admissions to the United States in 2006, 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. 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 Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy New Estimates of the Undocumented Population in the United States Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America 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 Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America Today's Immigration Policy Debates: Do We Need a Little History? Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors Foreign-Born Hispanics in the United States

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