Between Integration and Exclusion: Migrant Women in European Labor Markets March 23 — Women migrate to Europe for many reasons and through a variety of pathways. Utilizing research carried out for the FeMiPol project, Maria Kontos of the Institute for Social Research at Goethe University explores how various factors affect the social and labor market integration of migrant women in European countries. Unanswered Questions Surround ICE's Secure Communities Program March 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti, Claire Bergeron, and Lang Hoyt report on the Secure Communities program, a new State Department initiative allowing the same-sex partners of US diplomats to apply for J-1 visas, additional funding for immigration agencies in the proposed 2012 Homeland Security budget, and more. Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States March 8 — Immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa are more likely than the overall foreign-born population to be proficient in English, to have a college degree, and to be naturalized US citizens. MPI's Aaron Terrazas uses the latest federal data to explore the population's size, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics. The Difficulties of US Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation In the United States, asylum on the basis of sexual orientation was first granted in 1994. Swetha Sridharan of the Council on Foreign Relations explains why US immigration law focuses on sexual identity rather than sexual conduct, and what this distinction has meant for asylum seekers.

Re-envisioning Security and the Movement of People March 1 — In the post-9/11 era, policymakers have increasingly used migration policy tools to strengthen national security. This piece highlights civil rights and liberties issues that point to the need to re-envision the relationship between security and mobility, and discusses a proposal to "secure human mobility." Filling Labor Shortages through Immigration: An Overview of Shortage Lists and their Implications February 23 — Many governments use shortage lists to either facilitate or discourage economically-motivated immigration into particular occupations or fields, but the practice of doing so raises a variety of practical and philosophical questions. MPI's Madeleine Sumption discusses the challenges of maintaining shortage lists and developing immigration policies around them. Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans South American Immigrants in the United States African Immigrants in the United States Chile: A Growing Destination Country in Search of a Coherent Approach to Migration France's Expulsion of Roma Migrants: A Test Case for Europe United Kingdom: A Reluctant Country of Immigration Greece: A History of Migration Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Australia's Boat People: Asylum Challenges and Two Decades of Policy Experimentation Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Mexico: The New Migration Narrative Mexican Immigrants in the United States 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 African Immigrants in the United States African-born Residents of the United States Reassessing the Impacts of Brain Drain on Developing Countries Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans

Filipino immigrants make up nearly 12 percent of the 650,000 foreign-born veterans of the US armed forces, making them the second-largest immigrant group to have served in the military after the Mexican born (12.8 percent).

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