The Basics of E-Verify, the US Employer Verification System April 30 — Just a fraction of all US employers use E-Verify, a federal system that checks potential employees' immigration status and their eligibility to work. MPI's Marc Rosenblum explores E-Verify's history, how it works, and the arguments for and against making it mandatory. Push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform Grows, But Several Obstacles Remain April 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the Obama administration and immigration reform, the shift in enforcement policy, additional resources for the US-Mexico border, fewer requests for H-1B visas, and more. Immigrants in the United States and the Current Economic Crisis April 1 — Immigration flows to the United States have noticeably slowed in the last year, raising fundamental questions for policymakers and analysts about the effect the economic crisis is having on inflows and return migration. MPI's Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Aaron Terrazas assess the potential impacts by examining recent data, the likely behavior of immigrants, and immigration history.

Middle-Class Immigrant Households in the United States April 15 — The middle class has received considerable attention during the current economic crisis. About 15 million people resided in middle-class immigrant households in 2007, and three-quarters of all children in such households were native-born US citizens. MPI's Aaron Terrazas examines where the heads of middle-class immigrant households are from, when they arrived in the United States, their occupations, and other characteristics. Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Immigration and the United States: Recession Affects Flows, Prospects for Reform TOP 10 MIGRATION ISSUES OF 2006 Issue #5 All about the Border Belgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration African Immigrants in the United States Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States African Immigrants in the United States Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India Sweeping Senate Bill Sets the Stage for Fundamental Overhaul of US Immigration System Plyler v. Doe: Still Guaranteeing Unauthorized Immigrant Children's Right to Attend US Public Schools African Immigrants in the United States Caribbean Immigrants in the United States Mexican Immigrants in the United States Immigration and the United States: Recession Affects Flows, Prospects for Reform African-born Residents of the United States The Tibetan Diaspora: Adapting to Life outside Tibet (Part II) Tibetans have integrated into Asian and Western societies since 1959 with different types of outcomes. In Part II of our two-part series, Seonaigh MacPherson, Anne-Sophie Bentz, and Dawa Bhuti Ghoso examine integration experiences, the diaspora's political success, the gaps between those in Tibet and Tibetans abroad, and what lies ahead for the Tibetan diaspora.

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