The Source thanks its $25-and-up donors - see who's on the list! Arizona Employer Sanctions Law Takes Effect January 16 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on Arizona's employer sanctions law, a Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative passport provision delay, H-2B caps, and more. The Proposed European Blue Card System: Arming for the Global War on Talent? January 7 — The European Union's recent proposal aims to attract highly skilled migrants by granting them access to all EU labor markets — but with some important limitations. Elizabeth Collett of the European Policy Centre explains the basics of the Blue Card proposal, the questions it raises, and national-level reactions. Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America Since 1983, the United States has resettled more than 1.6 million refugees. Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson of The Brookings Institution present the first report on US metropolitan destinations, where the vast majority of refugees were placed between 1983 and 2004.

Spotlight on Naturalization Trends in Advance of the 2008 Elections January 16 — In 2006, nearly 15.2 million naturalized citizens were eligible to vote in the United States. MPI's Claire Bergeron and Jeanne Batalova examine naturalization trends. 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. Past Week Past Month Mexican Immigrants in the United States Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants in the United States Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrants in Suburban America North Korea: Understanding Migration to and from a Closed Country Central Americans and Asylum Policy in the Reagan Era USCIS Receives 163,000 H-1B Applications for Fiscal Year 2009 Ecuador: Diversity in Migration Spotlight on the Foreign Born of Pakistani Origin in the United States

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