Questions Arise with Implementation of Obama Administration's New Prosecutorial Discretion Policy February 29 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the Obama administration's new prosecutorial discretion policy and proposed new rule for unlawful presence waivers, a new plan to promote US tourism, the newly designated H-2A and H-2B countries, and more. Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States February 15 — There were more than 46 million nonimmigrant (temporary) admissions to the United States in 2010, the highest number in nearly three decades. MPI's Alicia Lee and Jeanne Batalova outline the definition of nonimmigrants and take a detailed look at the admissions data of US tourists, international students, temporary workers, and other nonimmigrants. For Love and Money: Second-generation Indian Americans 'Return' to India Indian immigrants in the United States may not want their US-born children to live and work in India, but some members of the second generation are 'returning' to their parents' homeland for economic and personal reasons, as Sonali Jain of Duke University explains.

Capitol Vérité: Inside Immigration Policymaking February 22 — Documentary filmmakers Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini, the team behind the acclaimed How Democracy Works Now series that explores the battle over comprehensive immigration reform in the 2000s, discuss what it was like to experience Washington, DC and the policymaking process from an insider's perspective. Backstage Pass: Q&A with Makers of Acclaimed, Fascinating Documentary on US Immigration Debate February 7 — In 2001, filmmakers Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini embarked on a journey that took them across the country and into the offices of the US Capitol, local town halls, high-level negotiations, election races, and activist rallies, all to tell one large and complex story: how the US policy process — particularly in immigration reform — really works. Joyce Matthews, editor of the Migration Information Source, recently caught up with Michael and Shari for a candid conversation about their ambitious project and what they took away from their six years filming the US immigration debate. Foreword by Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President of the Migration Policy Institute. Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Immigration and the United States: Recession Affects Flows, Prospects for Reform African Immigrants in the United States TOP 10 MIGRATION ISSUES OF 2006 Issue #5 All about the Border Australia's Boat People: Asylum Challenges and Two Decades of Policy Experimentation Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States Immigration Enforcement in the United States Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Mexican Immigrants in the United States Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India Sweeping Senate Bill Sets the Stage for Fundamental Overhaul of US Immigration System Caribbean Immigrants in the United States Plyler v. Doe: Still Guaranteeing Unauthorized Immigrant Children's Right to Attend US Public Schools Immigration and the United States: Recession Affects Flows, Prospects for Reform African Immigrants in the United States African-born Residents of the United States

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