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Countering Terrorist Mobility
With Congress considering immigration reform, Susan Ginsburg argues that it's time to examine how counterterrorism strategy relates to border security and how terrorist mobility can be hindered.

Migration, Integration, and Security in the UK Since July 7
The July 7, 2005, suicide bombings in London's transport system were carried out mainly by men born and raised in the United Kingdom. James Hampshire and Shamit Saggar of the University of Sussex explain how subsequent policy discussions are linking immigration issues to UK security concerns.

Second-Generation Mexicans: Getting Ahead or Falling Behind?
Of the 5.7 million children of immigrants under age 10 in the United States, 37 percent of them are of Mexican origin. Recent data shed light on their prospects for integration and social and economic mobility, according to Roger Waldinger and Renee Reichl of the University of California Los Angeles.

Characteristics of the Asian Born in the United States
The Asian born accounted for more than a quarter of the total US foreign-born population in 2000. MPI's David Dixon looks at the social and economic profiles of the foreign born from Eastern, Southeastern South Central and Western Asia.

The immigration-security connection in both the US and the UK leads our features this month. The Source also profiles Ghana and examines the prospects of second-generation Mexicans in the US, characteristics of the Asian born, and Bush's proposals for immigration-related funding.
Ghana
Perhaps best known for its brain drain and the related success of its diaspora, Ghana also has an important role in West African migration patterns, past and present. Micah Bump of Georgetown's Institute for the Study of International Migration takes a detailed look at a country in transition. Ghana Resource Page

MPI's Julia Gelatt reports on funding for immigration in Bush's 2007 budget proposal, the State of the Union Address, upcoming immigration debate in the Senate, expedited removal along the northern border, and more. Full Story

US Industrial Transformation and New Latino Migration
William Kandel of the USDA and Emilio Parrado of Duke University take stock of the complex interaction between migration and the US meat-packing industry.
The foreign born from India represent the third-largest immigrant group in the United States. Click here for more information.
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