Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Russian Federation Sweden United Kingdom United States Mexico's Presidential Election: Implications for US Immigration Policy Both of the leading presidential candidates said during the campaign that Mexico needed to create more and better jobs to stem migration - but their approaches to the problem differ. Susan Gzesh of the University of Chicago reports. The Lebanese Crisis and Its Impact on Immigrants and Refugees This summer's conflict between Israel and Hezbollah displaced Lebanese but also affected Lebanon's hundreds of thousands migrant workers and refugees. MPI's Kara Murphy reports on these groups and highlights the Lebanese diaspora's efforts to help. Why Immigrants Lack Adequate Access to Health Care and Health Insurance Leighton Ku of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explores the key issues and research concerning immigrants' access to private health insurance, public health insurance, and to health care in general. America's Emigrants: US Retirement Migration to Mexico and Panama Little is known about Americans who have retired to Latin America. MPI's David Dixon, Julie Murray, and Julia Gelatt examine the US retiree population in Mexico and Panama by looking at census and visa data as well as by interviewing American retirees in various communities. The Changing Face of the Gulf Coast: Immigration to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama The post-Katrina migration of Mexican and other Latin American migrants to the southern Gulf states is the continuation of a trend that began in the early 1990s. Katharine Donato and Shirin Hakimzadeh of Rice University detail the region's past and present immigration patterns.

The crisis in Lebanon was the summer's major migration story, and the Source provides the latest information on refugees and immigrants in the region. We also look at Mexico's presidential election, Iran's complex migration issues, immigrant access to health care, American retirement migration to Latin America, and the latest naturalization and temporary nonimmigrant numbers. Don't miss our handy overview of newly released 2005 ACS data on the foreign born. Iran Iran has long connected the great civilizations of Asia, the Near East and the Mediterranean. But since the Islamic Revolution, hundreds of thousands of highly skilled Iranians have emigrated while millions of refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq have entered the country. Shirin Hakimzadeh takes a detailed look at Iran's past and present migration issues. Iran Resource Page MPI's Julia Gelatt reports on Congressional action on immigration reform, the costs of the Senate-passed reform bill, new Census data on the US foreign-born population, proposals for greater scrutiny of immigration judges' performance, changes in immigration policy for Cubans, and more. Full Story Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States The total number of nonimmigrants admitted to the US more than tripled between 1985 and 2005. MPI's Jeanne Batalova outlines the definition of nonimmigrants and takes a detailed look at admissions data. Spotlight on Naturalization Trends Over 604,000 immigrants received US citizenship in 2005. MPI's Jeanne Batalova takes a detailed look at the latest naturalization trends in the United States.

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