July/August 2007












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Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions
August 28 — Of the 15.36 million union members in 2006, 12 percent were foreign born. MPI's Chuncui Velma Fan and Jeanne Batalova examine the data on immigrants and labor unions from 1996 to 2006.
Germany Strives to Integrate Immigrants with New Policies
With reforms to its 2005 immigrant integration law and the unveiling of a National Integration Plan, Germany expects to improve integration and come closer to the European Union's Common Basic Principles on immigrant integration. MPI's Eric Leise reports.
 
Denmark: Integrating Immigrants into a Homogeneous Welfare State
As Ulf Hedetoft of Aalborg University and the Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark explains, the question of how to handle cultural and religious differences has come to dominate the Danish political agenda.
Alternative Immigration Reforms Follow Failed Legislation
August 15 — MPI's Aaron Matteo Terrazas reports on the decision to increase enforcement of existing immigration law, the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, employment-based green cards, and more. Full Story
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Eludes Senate, Again
July 16 — MPI's Aaron Matteo Terrazas reports on the death of the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill, employment visa suspension, delays to land and sea border entry passport requirements, and more. Full Story
El Salvador: Despite End to Civil War, Emigration Continues
July 26 — Thousands of Salvadorans fled the country during its civil war in the 1980s, many of them to the United States. The government is focused on engaging its diaspora but also must deal with immigrants from neighboring countries and issues around human trafficking. El Salvador Resource Page.
In 2005, 15 percent of all US health-care workers were foreign born. Click here for more information.
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