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Recent Posts
Trump Administration tightens H-1B rules
Impact of immigration of U.S. population growth since 1965
What happened with the caravans?
why the decline in unathorized persons?
The higher educated immigrant
Trump vs. Biden on immigration
Local roadmaps for immigration
Target: 1,700,000 new green cards a year vs. 780,000 in 2020
The Asian voter
If Dems win the WH and Senate, perhaps a surprise in immigration policy?
Immigrants and ethnic diversity: decline of social trust and rise of Trump?
More on Public Charge, Part Two
ESL suffering from pandemic
More on Public Charge, Part One
Countries trying to manage their emigrants
Quick review of Hispanic vote potential in November
Do Hispanics use the term “Latinx”?
The Love Connection, Part Two
The Love Connection, Part One
Ellis Island then and now
Latinx voting preferences in six swing states.
Unauthorized immigration in Europe far less than U.S.
The Indian community in Middlesex County NJ
The Republican Platform on Immigration
The rise of the Indian immigrant elite in the United States
Australia’s COVID-19 immigration crisis
Kamala Harris’ family and intermarriage across the U.S.
Black domestic workers and COVID
Indian caste discrimination in America?
How the administration plans to estimate non-citizen numbers
Archives
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2020 (117)
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October(11)
Trump Administration tightens H-1B rules
Impact of immigration of U.S. population growth since 1965
What happened with the caravans?
why the decline in unathorized persons?
The higher educated immigrant
Trump vs. Biden on immigration
Local roadmaps for immigration
Target: 1,700,000 new green cards a year vs. 780,000 in 2020
The Asian voter
If Dems win the WH and Senate, perhaps a surprise in immigration policy?
Immigrants and ethnic diversity: decline of social trust and rise of Trump?
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September(11)
More on Public Charge, Part Two
ESL suffering from pandemic
More on Public Charge, Part One
Countries trying to manage their emigrants
Quick review of Hispanic vote potential in November
Do Hispanics use the term "Latinx"?
The Love Connection, Part Two
The Love Connection, Part One
Ellis Island then and now
Latinx voting preferences in six swing states.
Unauthorized immigration in Europe far less than U.S.
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August(10)
The Indian community in Middlesex County NJ
The Republican Platform on Immigration
The rise of the Indian immigrant elite in the United States
Australia’s COVID-19 immigration crisis
Kamala Harris' family and intermarriage across the U.S.
Black domestic workers and COVID
Indian caste discrimination in America?
How the administration plans to estimate non-citizen numbers
Jobs occupied by low wage immigrants to decline
American immigration policy and global talent
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July(12)
Bangladeshi workers in the Gulf and the pandemic
USCIS crises
Marriage based green cards
If undocumented are not counted for House seats
Coming decline of international students this coming academic year
Jaw dropping forecast of world population trends
Biden position on immigration
Reforming pandemic aid
Ban on temporary work visas - H-1B visas
Look who wins the Nobel Prizes and MacArthur Fellowships
Four ways immigration has become more difficult
Look closely at the actual trends in immigration....
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June(11)
Housecleaning workers in America
Making sense of the latest immigration order
El Salvador’s crisis in remittances
Crisis in college STEM enrollment
SCOTUS: Trump cannot now terminate DACA
Hong Kong citizens to the United Kingdom?
Meatpacking plants update
Asian American voters on a rapid rise
The Federal safety net: what citizens and non-immmigrants need
The worldwide rise of the educated
Racial intermarriage trends
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May(12)
Immigrants in the IT field - what states depend on them
Popular misperceptions about immigration
Why the anti-migration sentiment in Eastern Europe
California's pandemic relief for unauthorized persons
The unheralded rise of immigrant worker status since 2000
the slowest demographic growth ever
The essential workforce and immigrants
Collapse of world remittances 5 13 20
the Pandemic and the plight of ten million workers
CDC’s report on meat processing plants
Global migration and disease spreading
Mixed status couples locked out of COVID-19 aid
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April(14)
Update on meat processing, COVID-19 and immigrant workers
The shutdown of immigration explained
How will unauthorized workers get COVID-19 healthcare?
Trump's immigration ban exposes the vital need for immigrant workers.
The virus is shutting down meat processing plants
The future role of skilled immigrants
Barring asylum seekers but not others
Work visa holders out of luck for unemployment compensation
India’s migrant workers and the pandemic
Lower benefits to guest farmworkers sought by Trump
Immigrants among essential workforces
American employers drew unauthorizated Hispanics into the U.S.
Study: Skilled immigration's effect on employment in U.S. companies
Countries which import skilled workers
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March(15)
Collapse of remittances to labor exporting countries?
Unauthorized workers excluded from $2T rescue package
Temporary farm workers and the COVID 19 crisis
Immigration enforcement of Public Charge rule suspended for COVID 19
COVID 19's impact re: international students
Hispanic voters -- more of them, better educated
Immigration to America in five stories
The Michigan Compact
Where non-English speaking is dominant
2 of 5 recent green card awardees might be rejected today
Why do refugees take such a long time to gain employment?
Germany’s persistent dependence on foreign workers
Coronavirus and non-citizen immigrants
Sanders' ambivalence on immigration
Update on severe restrictions on asylum processing at Mexican border
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February(12)
Anti-immigration in early 20th C mainly cultural in nature
Sanders’ success with Latino voters in Nevada
Mulvaney confirms labor shortages
Further on the mystery of Nigeria’s visa ban
Innovation in Silicon Valley and immigrant migration
Why Trump must beat up on sanctuary cities
Survey: Why do Central Americans want to migrate?
The new public charge rule part 2
Why was Nigeria added?
Impact of new “Public Charge” rule – part 1
EB-5 reforms, update
U.S. population growth
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January(9)
Coronavirus and Chinese travel to U.S.
What Hispanics think of Trump
Chinese immigration to the U.S.
The Hispanic electorate in Nov 2020
Rick Wilson on immigration in the 2020 Presidential campaign
Hotels: 8 million workers, many of them immigrants
How big a problem is birthright tourism?
Temporary visa volume has been declining
Globalization = mass migration
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2019 (142)
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December(5)
Trends in migration since 1960
Venezuelan refugee crisis bigger than the Syrian crisis
Bi-partisan farmworker bill passes House
A refugee from Liberia in Montana politics
Increased migration of doctors and medical students
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November(10)
The farm worker crisis
Are visa overstays a problem?
Sanders' immigration policy
Miller on Confederate memorabilia
Regions vary in immigrant experience
Family medicine doctors --- immigrants needed
The Virginia elections and the rise of the educated naturalized immigrant
How many Americans live in Mexico?
Iowan attitudes about unauthorized immigrants
Revival of proposal for immigrant farm workers
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October(10)
Foreign language speakers has surged 1980- 2018. 45% of them are U.S.born.
Survival Migration
Choking off immigration to Texas
Latinos in America Today: economics
Two new Trump policies on refugees
The new health insurance requirement
Latinos in America Today: demographics
Eastern European countries quietly recruiting guest workers
Wider gap between Reps and Dems over immigration
How Indians and other Asian-Americans have voted in 2016
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September(9)
What are DACA recipients thinking these days?
Where Brazilians emigrate to
Europe’s future population and migration
America’s refugee program in danger of total collapse
Guatemala, asylum applications, and the safe third country concept
How anti-immigrant rumors work for Trump
EB-5 program to be drastically revised
Immigrant representation in Congress
Ukraine’s remittance economy
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August(9)
Major delays in student visas
Poland trying to bring back its citizens
Filipino workers around the world
question for today
Dairy workers: at least half are immigrants
Insightful profile of an immigrant family
Very few asylum applications are accepted
Sharp increase in temporary worker denials
Expect most climate change-related migration to be relatively local
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July(13)
Forum participants support immigrants, want laws obeyed
A man from Louisiana waiting to get into the U.S.
Revisiting the hourglass of immigrant workers
Spotlight on migration to the Persian Gulf States
The death of immigration vision among Democrats
Stephen Miller won: the leadership changes in immigration enforcement explained
If electoral districts were based only on citizens or eligible voters
Recent Mexican immigrants more likely to be college educated
“They are not from Norway, let’s put it that way”
Why the border crisis now?
How the detention center crisis blew up: timeline
Our foreign-born population divided into four segments
Numbers game at the Brownsville border
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June(12)
Global explosion in refugees
Farmers desperate for guest workers
More Hispanic and Asian men work
E Verify: a few facts 2006 -2018
Mixed feelings in Canada about immigration
Who voted in 2018?
Compare Canada's plans for immigration vs the U.S.
Massive increases in global remittance flows
What the U.S. - Mexico agreement says
poorly educated workers sort into different jobs by origin
Trump goal: Increase the cost of migration to the U.S.
What states are people deported from?
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May(16)
How these new tariffs on Mexican imports will impact the U.S.
Beto O'Rourke's Immigration Plan
Major origins of current Asian immigrants to U.S.
Where were deported people deported to?
Boston's demographic global revitalization since 1990
Growth of non-white voting population
Latest poll on racial/ethnic diversity
Bopha Malone
What Trump’s merit based system might look like
One undocumented family member would throw families out of public housing
Oath of Allegiance
The administration “is dismantling the infrastructure” of refugee resettlement
Medical care for the 13,000 migrant children in U.S. custody
A Century Ago America Built Another Kind of Wall
The aging of the white race in America
More undocumented from Mexico
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April(15)
Half of pop growth in U.S. is by immigrants
Deported to Mexico
Why aren’t Dem candidates talking about immigration?
One author on immigration and threats to liberal democracy
National opinions about immigration
Top immigrant occupations
Where to migrants live in the world?
Letter from two former American ambassadors
The crisis at the Mexican border
Trump creating an opportunity for Democrats to lead on immigration
The divergence over immigration
Interviews with caravan members on Mexico / Guatemala border
Dreamers: key demographics
What Deported Mexican face when back in Mexico
Liberian special status extended for 12 months
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March(14)
Huge impact of immigrant Asians on social mobility
Poll: weak support for legal immigration
Deportation of a long time American resident to Liberia
Atlantic Monthly article calls for reduced immigration
Florida compact on immigration
Caribbean immigrants in U.S.
Foreigners in prison Part Two
Foreigners in prison Part One
Majority of Americans would fail citizenship test
Frederick Douglass -- a "composite" America
Where Americans migrate to
Toronto destination for high tech immigrants
More on the Texas voter fraud folly
Picking strawberries by machine instead of immigrant worker
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February(14)
Undocumented immigrants and violent crime
Faith based organizations for refugees and immigrants worldwide
Unauthorized immigrant population by state
Childbirths by immigrant mothers
50 years of ethnic workforce change in NYC.
National workforce growth and tight labor markets
Immigrant-related students account for 100% of student pop growth
Spotlight on Australia
Immigrant representation in Congress: 68
Skyrocketing remittance growth
Texas’ fantasy about non-citizens voting
The Government Accountability Office analyzes physical border security
Immigrant dairy workers have higher rates of work injuries
U.S. remittances to countries heavily influenced by income of immigrants in U.S.
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January(15)
What Wall supporters really want: close down immigration
unauthorized Mexican residents are long term residents
The standoff
Japan turns to immigrants
Immigrants: outdoor sculpture in Montreal
A mosque in Nebraska
Utah: a model for domestic and global migration
Dreamer wins Rhodes Scholarship
Some popular conceptions on illegals, crime and the wall
U.S. stands out for positive views on immigration
Worldwide migration: those actively planning to migrate
Worldwide in-migration: the most desired countries
Worldwide out-migration: the hardest impacted areas
A migration researcher on the proposal for The Wall
Immigration pressures on Europe vs U.S.
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2018 (202)
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December(18)
San Joaquin Valley
Murder rates in Central American countries are declining
Some Central American counties depend on remittances
Why high skilled immigration is so strong
Demographic transformation of the U.S. workforce
Why Trump is fighting over The Wall
Have immigrant workers stopped reporting work injuries?
A Comprehensive immigration policy: Dreamers
A Comprehensive Immigration Policy: internal immigration law enforcement
A Comprehensive Immigration Policy: The Mexican border
A Comprehensive Immigration Policy: undocumented immigrants
A Comprehensive Immigration Policy: Legal Immigration
A Comprehensive Immigration Policy: Oversight
increase in American workforce due to immigration
Unauthorized immigrants today are fewer, longer tenured
Numbers of birthright births have declined.
“What Happens If Your Parents Don’t Come Home Today.”
Latino concerns about life under Trump
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November(19)
Mexican Border apprehensions high
Surge of foreign students going into employment
Trudeau on Canada’s superior immigration policy
Home Care Workers and Immigration
Legal grounds for denying entry to US.
One employer’s hiring of foreign born workers
Mid terms: pro-diversity voters
Why one Syrian refugee wanted to come to the U.S.
Visa denial rate is up under Trump
Migrant Justice Suit against ICE
Where non-citizens can vote
Time line of the citizen census question
Hispanic vote in mid-term elections
Persian Gulf guest worker programs
What the Dems in the House need to do on immigration
ICE enforcement partnerships have driven Hispanic kids from schools
Hispanic voters in Florida growing fast
Why Trump focuses on immigration so much - survey data
Examples of sanctuary city programs
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October(21)
Farm labor shortages in California
Youth in America today
The underclass scenario in immigration
Rising number immigrants who are college grads and/or speak English
The last attempt at comprehensive immigration reform, in 2013
Germany and immigration today
Immigrant representation in Congress
Very low wage workers by country of origin
Green cards by way of chicken factories
The big wave of Italian immigrants
Hispanic purchasing and voting power
Labor law violations and low wage immigrant workers
A much higher estimate of undocumented persons in U.S.
Immigrants in the military
Trump interior enforcement summarized
The New American Workforce Project
Young Latinos in the US today
Rich countries need to improve immigration policies
What the New Testament says about the undocumented
A vision for immigration: think multigenerational.
Who lives with a non-citizen?
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September(17)
No workforce deal in NAFTA
Health insurance among Californians with Mexican backgrounds
Dominican doctor in Boston
Public Charge Rule proposal
Wage earnings and education Mexicans in U.S. vs. native born workers.
Religious vs. non-religious Trump voters and immigration
ICE: a thumbnail history
We don't plan for native-born workforces
Striking misperceptions about immigration
Business Roundtable grades U.S. poorly on immigration policy
A 2017 Census report on immigration trends.
Sweden and immigration: a lot has to do with jobs
Brett Kavanaugh’s court record on Immigration
El Salvador and the U.S.
Can Mexico be more prosperous?
Immigrants dropping out of support programs
Immigration in context of a more threatening world
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August(18)
Italian immigrants murderers?
Profile of Dallas and immigrants
Stephen Miller in profile
700 million people want to migrate
Immigration waves and anti-liberalism
New York City immigrants today
Worksite investigations by ICE are up
Nixon and Ocasio-Cortez on abolishment of ICE
Allegations of voter fraud are spurious
People vastly overestimate the size of the illegal population
Today's Europeans in the U.S.
Abraham was an immigrant
Asylum seekers at border face stronger headwinds 8 21 18
Waiting times for green cards
Military spouses vulnerable to deportation
Balkanization of immigration management
Attitudes about immigration by region
Transformation of Mexico in one generation
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July(19)
200 years of immigration to the U.S. in one graphic
A Unitarian view’s on immigration
Recent rapid immigrant-growing states
Goodlatte farm bill opposed by California farmers
Who are these young deportees in Mexico?
Continued widespread support for DACA
The Democratic Party and Latinos
Three questions about refugees and asylees
Displaced persons rising fast in the world
Which children do better than their parents, by race/ethnicity
Religious affiliation of immigrants
Inter-racial inter-ethnic marriage in U.S.
How to de-toxify the immigration issue
Immigrants in construction -- key facts
Why do Central Americans migrate?
Trump's Four Pinocchios Score on his crime figures
White population began to decline in 2016
America's great internal migration
Re-Definition of ‘Public Charge’ Could Drastically Slash Family Immigration
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June(20)
Modern day slavery legislation
How an African sought asylum at the Tijuana / U.S border
House to vote on farm guest worker bill in July
Immigrant dairy farmers in Vermont
Republicans aim to cut immigration by 40%
Temba Maqubela, immigrant from South Africa
What is the impact of E-Verify?
Immigrants commit fewer crimes
Two out of 400,000 plus crossing the border illegally
ICE inspections of employers at a pace of 219% of last fiscal year
David Brooks on the Republican Party losing its humanity
Nigerians in the U.S.
Fear of immigrants
The guest worker proposal in the House
New evidence of firm creation by immigrants
How busy are immigration court judges?
Undocumented population in U.S.
From college to green card for foreign students
Four questions about illegal crossings at the Mexican border
Bipartisan Senate sentiment for moderate immigration reform
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May(17)
Immigration seen more favorably, especially by Democrats
Croatians and the Louisiana oyster industry
Wealthy Chinese are coming to the U.S.
Crab crisis in Maryland due to lack of Mexican workers
A potential slim House majority for moderate immigration reform
Mirjana Kulenovic
Sub-Saharan immigrants grew 26% since 2010
Trump: "I want a merit-based immigration system."
Immigration and the workforces of advanced economies
Immigrants: no increase in crime
The current bipartisan immigration bill
Downturn in foreign doctors wanting to come to U.S.
Immigrants, global cuisine and restaurants
How long in US before deported?
Public opinion on a wall with Mexico
Who speaks other than English at home?
Vibrancy of immigrant owned small businesses
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April(14)
Children of immigrants in science talent competitions
What counts in immigration success is local
Federal judge defends DACA
Bean Station TN raid of April 5 and aftermath
How the heart of Silicon Valley compares
Every day perceptions when immigrants arrive in large numbers
Snapshot of Dominicans in the United States
32% of U.S. Nobel prizes won by immigrants
Half of H-1B workers in five metro areas
Project to translate immigration documents into Spanish
Pervasive slowing of legal immigration
As Hispanic population rises, Spanish language use falls
The U.N. origins for the Temporary Protected Status program
Census experts argue against inclusion of citizenship question
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March(9)
The Census crisis
The end of discretion in ICE enforcement
Foreign students in US from boom to decline
Idaho dairies dependent on undocumented workers
Who are the Mexicans being deported?
Crossing the Mexican border illegally
Immigrants and meat packing in rural Texas
Past versions of Trump’s “crime and rapists” speech
Deportations leaving American children behind
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February(10)
Undocumented population continuing to decline
No agency pays attention to immigration needs
Four questions about foreign language speakers in the U.S.
Foreign trained doctors in the U.S.
Arrests of undocumented immigrants in Boston are up 50%
Outsourcing hospital jobs to India
Immigration bills -- today's voting
ICE arrests expand to ensnare long term, peaceful residents
Republican point system for ranking immigrants
Digging into the Trump plan to cut immigration
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January(20)
Republican initiative to boost skilled immigration
Polling results support compromise deal in midst of agreements, disputes
Deal on immigration reform?
New White House statement on immigration reform
El Salvadoran immigrants and Temporary Protected Status
40 years in U,S, Michigan doctor faces deportation
White voters and immigration
30 years of Republican migration towards immigration restriction
More immigrants are becoming citizens
Four questions about chain migration
Immigration top problem for Reps, not for Dems
Illegal workers pay into Social Security, rarely benefit
Recent events show that comprehensive reform will not happen
Where American immigrants came from, a dynamic display
Africa Is Sending Us Its Best and Brightest
Roadmap for DACA deal
Six Questions about the Limited English Proficient (LEP) Workforce
Non immigrant visitors to the U.S.
How the Koreans in New York City evolved
Public charge policy changes could severely reduce green cards
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2017 (121)
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December(9)
A year of Trump and immigration
World migration trends
The economics of dreamers
A typical day at U.S. borders
The “Northern Triangle” immigrants
In the Political Battle Over Immigration, Trump Is Winning
Mexican educational assimilation in the US
US withdraws from UN migration pact
Canada's success with immigration
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November(4)
Foreign students here, American students abroad
Executive Branch tightens up legal immigration
Biggest settlement ever for hiring undocumented workers
Trump voters and the sharp rise of cultural diversity from nil
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October(8)
Foreign temp farm workers close to 10% of farm wage workforce
Potential DREAMERs - over one million
Profile of leader of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Congress to act by itself on DREAMERS?
Trump sets annual refugee cap lower than ever
Immigration behind Trump victory in 2016
Ben and Jerry's agrees to compact with dairy workers
What is chain migration?
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September(6)
Illegal border crossings declined by less than reported
Puerto Ricans in a nutshell
Attracting PhD talent to the US
Immigrants over-represented in creativity in U.S.
California Labor Commissioner nixes ICE interference
Nobel prizes, faculty appointments, and immigrants to the U.S.
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August(10)
Unauthorized workers in Harvey clean-up: out of luck
School students: 23% are from immigrant families
The Raise Act's point system
Wake up call on immigration policy
Pro Publica / NPR expose of Florida deportations of injured workers
English language skills of low skilled immigrants
Immigration a lifeline for Midwestern cities
American farms hire more Mexicans on temp visas
Refugees in America, in historical context
Cut immigration proposals – today and in 1997
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July(7)
Mass Supreme Court: Detaining is unconstitutional
The Trump Adminstration's enforcement changes
Skilled immigrant workers and our economic future
Labor shortages driving up demand for temp foreign workers
One quarter of second gen children at risk of losing parents by deportation
Multiracial and multiethnic babies: 14% of all infants
Do non-citizens vote in American elections? Recent evidence says no.
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June(9)
Australia: immigrant nation
New Brain Gain for the U.S.
"If John Cunningham is not safe, no one is safe.”
Trump extends, withdraws protections of unauthorized persons
Changing the business model of seasonal business?
A Cambodia-born state representative in Massachusetts
role of immigration in new workers, 1977 - 2026
Mexican Crab pickers along Chesapeake Bay
Deportations for non-criminals soar
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May(9)
Thinking of African Americans as an immigrant group not well assimilated
Recent immigrants have diversified American religion
Portrait of an immigrant from Africa
Snapshot of immigration in Washington State
Poll on perceptions of threats to American culture
Trump's economic growth is dependent on immigrants
Trump's 3 Pronged Immigration strategy
Fear among vulnerable immigrants
Sold for Parts: Pro Publica's report on chicken processing workers
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April(10)
Frederick Douglass argues for the Chinese immigrant and "composite nationality"
Trump admin targets temporary skilled foreign workers
Low wage Mexican immigration on the way down
Iraqi Christians learn American civic culture
Camarota's argument for less immigration
Day laborers who are injured
Unauthorized dairy workers in Vermont in a time of Trump
Six Million Children of unauthorized parents
Foreign healthcare workers in the U.S. - one out of six
Do high skilled immigration policies work? - Yes
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March(14)
Immigration in Iowa Congressman Steven King's district
As expected, wages on the rise on California farms
Yang Chen
U.S. demographic future relatively bright
Merit based immigration system supported, criticized, by Right and Left
Trump-leaning evangelicals are more anti-immigration.
What is happening to the migration crisis in Europe?
Impact of foreign IT workers
Trump can already claim a slow down in immigration
Drop off in foreign grad student applications
Change in education level of immigrants past and present
Immigration: Trump's cornerstone policy initiative
7,000 doctors from six banned countries in U.S.
Administration’s inconsistences on temporary work visas
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February(19)
Barriers to productive employment by skilled immigrants
Enforcement only strategy: dark times for farming
Where immigrants come from
Sanctuary Cities: the legal battle
Trump re-setting expectations about unauthorized population
Community colleges and immigrant education
ICE sweeps in February 2017 and March 2015
Draft Executive Order on means testing of legal Immigrants
Immigration from Muslim-dominant countries - shapshot
Facts about immigration in California
Types of visas issued by the U.S. in 2016
The Wonder that is Silicon Valley
New analysis of the rare event: foreign terrorism
Do immigrants incur relatively more work injuries?
The long shadow of the 1965 immigration act
Possible language of immigration bill for April
Survey: What does it take to be American?
Recent polling on immigration
Refugees and domestic terrorism: the facts
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January(16)
Trump admin stopped short of rescinding Dreamers executive order
Muslims in America: why terrorism risk is low compared to Europe
Trump Administration greatly expands scope of unauthorized persons to be targeted.
The world trade in human capital
Video of Trump signing immigration orders and responses to them
Dreamers, other unauthorized persons, and their economic contribution today and tomorrow
Profile of an illegal immigrant, now a citizen
World immigration key numbers
Cuban immigration in a nutshell: dramatic changes
Application for citizenship denied for having a "big mouth"
Senator Jeff Sessions on immigration
Melons, pickles and post-Bracero employer response
State of ICE – local law enforcement collaboration
Why do people immigrate to the U.S.?
Summary of the immigration commission created by President Carter
Senator Cotton on immigration
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2016 (96)
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December(5)
Portrait of a refugee
Widespread labor violations in Los Angeles' garment industry
New Americans at work: Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD
FAIR's agenda for immigration in 2017
What happens when immigrants leave farming?
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November(10)
How immigration looks better in San Jose, CA than in Green Bay. WI
How will police departments respond to more aggressive deportation?
Internal migration in China
Muslim immigrants: welcome to Thanksgiving
Trump's evolving deportation plans
Muslims in America: why so little terrorism?
820,000 illegal criminals instead of Trump's 2 million
State restrictions on immigration: a surprising finding
Trump on 60 Minutes about deportation
The Hispanic vote on November 8
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October(4)
Births by undocumented mothers decline
Foreign-born workers, from HS drop-outs to CEOs
Gradations of farm workers by national origin and ethnicity
The global flow of top talent today
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September(13)
A brief analysis of the new NAS report on immigration economics
Why have immigrants at all?
What Hispanic poultry workers in North Carolina say about their work
The home care workforce and immigrants
A graph showing the Obama administration's enforcement of immigration law
Proposal: a new bilateral worker agreement between U.S. and Mexico
Expanding exposure to immigrants, 1990 to 2014
Why did we get so many illegal residents?
A Value-Added Immigration Policy, such as Canada's
If undocumented farm workers gained legal status...
STEM employment in the U.S. and foreign workers
Do poorly educated immigrant workers compete with or complement their native-born peers?
Trump overestimates by ten times the crime rate of aliens
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August(18)
Why immigration policy is so elusive
A case study of mechanization and lower demand for immigrant workers
An intoxicating error
Do foreign-born health workers compete with native-born workers or reduce labor shortages?
Trump’s limited options in immigration
Column: Serious Debate About Immigration Is Needed
Breitbart and Trump’s immigration ideas
Community colleges and immigrants
Stemming demographic winter: Immigrants slow population decline in many counties
Why have immigration? David Miller on immigration policy
The "Turbo Tax" for Green Cards and Citizenship
Limited English Proficiency in US: one in ten workers
The Hispanic vote in Arizona in 2016
1995 and 1996: when Immigration was almost curtailed
More on Melania Trump
Farmworker Justice
Did Melania Trump break immigration laws in the 1990s?
What low skills jobs do immigrants and native Americans appear to compete for?
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July(16)
Hispanic formal education gap has greatly narrowed.
Why have immigration? One in a series
Children of immigrants: 88% born here, 1/3 with a native born parent
Opinions stable but partisanship sharper on immigration since mid 1990s.
Old industrial cities and recent immigration
Americans like diversity, a lot more than do Europeans
Impact of out-migration of undocumented workers from Arizona
Extraordinary visual of international migration
Survey: how people differ in opinions about immigration
Six common features of the 1920s and the 2010s on immigration sentiment
How to find data on immigrants in your area fast
Foreign-born workers in U.S to rise from 16% to 20% of workforce
"Bring Back the Melting Pot" ideal, Michael Lind writes
Early talk about immigration reform in 2017
Proflle of permanent resident visas (green cards) in 2014
The Immigration Film Festival in D.C. Oct 20 - 23
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June(7)
How work visa policies evade public oversight
A dark report on American attitudes
Remittances from foreign-born in U.S.: up 455% from 1990
The needed housing construction boom and immigrant workers
Demographic winter in the Midwest: too few immigrants
Asian American voters this November
Footloose college graduates around the world
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May(12)
President Johnson and the 1965 immigration reforms
A Somali refugee's encounter with meatpacking work
H-1B and the IT job market in California
How America ranks worldwide in migration
Donald Trump on illegals and the Wall
Felipe Vieira: a defrauded EB-5 investor
Immigration an overlooked factor in the shrinking middle class
Milestones in foreign-born farm workers in America, 1900 - 2016
Amazing visualization of U.S. immigration since 1820
Census Bureau Infographic on Mexico, India and China immigration
Virginia and the Presidential Vote: more influenced by Hispanics and Asians
Some facts on immigrants in high skilled jobs
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April(11)
Poll: Trump vs Clinton supporters on immigration
Mexican workers and American farms, 1945 - 2015
English proficiency rising among young Hispanics
"Why [Mexican] Border Enforcement Backfired"
Why do we accept refugees?
EB-5 train wreck in Vermont
Snapshot of an immigrant: Ana Ramos Martinez
Borjas on immigration's impact on U.S. labor markets
Educational status of new immigrants has been sharply rising.
Do immigrant workers win big from a $15 minimum wage?
Use this tool to track migration trends by state since 1900
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2015 (6)
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May(3)
Profile of domestic workers in the U.S.
Construction fatalities fall on immigrant workers
Trends in the undocumented workforce
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April(1)
ACLU protests treatment of injured undocumented workers
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March(1)
OSHA's critique of workers' comp
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January(1)
States that allow undocumented workers workers' comp benefits
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2014 (20)
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December(4)
The Diversity Explosion
In your state, how many undocumented immigrants?
Notable facts about undocumented immigrants
Arguments pro and con re legality of Executive Actions
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November(6)
Pew Hispanic Center's estimates for the Executive Action
Some specifics about the Obama Administration’s “Executive Actions”
How Obama devised his Executive Order
Impact of the Executive Order on workers' compensation
Reagan and Bush Sr. used executive orders for immigrants
Chronology of recent news about Executive Orders to come
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June(2)
Food manufacturing workers in NYC
Undocumented workers ensnared by workers comp
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May(1)
California’s undocumented immigrants use fewer health services
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March(1)
Health coverage and health literary among adult Hispanics
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February(3)
Home Economics: the lives of domestic workers
Trends in state immigration laws, from punitive to constructive
No immigration reform? Big cutbacks in farm production, higher food prices
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January(3)
Importance of work safety training in native language
More on Pro Publica’s temp worker report: higher injury risk
Pro Publica’s investigation of temporary labor: Raiteros
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2013 (43)
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December(3)
Most of construction fall fatalities in New York are foreign-born workers
A free guide to immigrant worker safety and health
Lazarus - like resurrection of immigration reform?
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November(5)
We need joint workforce planning with Mexico
Business and Labor Leaders send letter to Washington
An end to draconian state laws that target undocumenteds?
Does lack of English cause work injuries?
Why training foreign-born workers in their native language is important
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October(2)
Remittance flows: new World Bank report
The Year of Immigrant Workers and their work injury risks
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September(5)
Many work deaths expected from a project in Qatar
Why we must address immigrant work safety now
Migration of skilled workers from under-developed countries: is it harmful?
Cooperation between OSHA and Latin American consulates
Ethnic networks in Southern California
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June(4)
Temporary agricultural workers: no workers comp coverage?
Strategies of opponents to immigration reform
prospects for immigration reform: good
House Republicans to Undocumented Residents: Drop Dead
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May(1)
Temporary staffing firm and low wage immigrants
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April(4)
Key points in Gang of 8's immigration reform bill
IT workers and H-1B visas: necessary or a scam?
Immigrant workers unaware of workers compensation
Reforms to Legal immigration of low skilled workers
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March(1)
Latino voters and immigration
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February(7)
Reforming temporary worker programs
Remittances from the United States: big, getter fairer
Congressional seats: ready to go Red with slight change in Hispanic voting
The transformation of Mexican farm labor supply to the U.s.
New facts about unauthorized immigrants
Do undocumented workers pay taxes? Answer: Most do today.
Is the STEM problem a fiction?
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January(11)
Five things economists know about immigration
President Obama’s immigration reform plans Jan 29 2013
Senators’ statement of principles on immigration reform
Non-English preference speakers in the U.S doubled since 1980
Introduction to H-2A temporary agricultural worker program
Asian immigrants adding largest numbers to workforce
Chamber of Commerce for comprehensive immigration reform
Introduction to H-2A temporary agricultural worker program
Temporary worker programs: Introduction
Wealth of 2011 data on foreign born workers
Key findings about immigration’s economic impact
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2012 (25)
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December(7)
Capsule Profile of the Immigrant Worker
Colorado’s surge of Latino voters: sea change in state politics
The "Texas Immigration Solution": Guest worker programs
The Colorado Compact
Large share of small business owners are immigrants
High immigration rates for the future do not fix our aging problem
What are the facts of the decline in the immigrant birth rate?
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November(10)
Nine principles of immigration reform
Trafficking: what is it?
Immigration reform prospects for 2013
Indian immigrants and American hotels
The emerging Latino voting bloc in Arizona
Ten politicans to watch on immigration reform
Asian Americans overwhelmingly for Obama
Latinos delivered for Democrats on Tuesday
Last minute update on Latino voting power
Bloomberg Magazine: lunacy of immigration policy for educated immigrants
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October(5)
Net Labor flow from Mexico to U.S. turns positive again
Snapshot of Indian immigrants: fast growing, highly educated
Importance of Hispanic vote in November
Dream Act: employment and economic impact
Race matters in award of workers comp benefits
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June(1)
Labor force impact of new Obama policy will be large
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April(1)
Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less
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January(1)
Immigrant farm workers in New Mexico given a legal boost
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2011 (29)
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December(2)
Questionable coverage by workers comp for migrant workers
Alabama now reaping the harvest of its immigration law
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October(1)
Colorado farmer can’t find local workers to replace Hispanic immigrants
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August(2)
NY Times editorial about Alabama Law
Alabama’s Immigration law dissected
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July(3)
further on impoverishment of Hispanics
Recession Study Finds Hispanics Hit the Hardest
In-migration from Mexico has dried up
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June(1)
To boost economy, boost immigration
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May(3)
IT CEOs pitch for a better immigration policy
Tougher ICE enforcement against employers
Supreme Court: key provision in Arizona immigration law is OK
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April(5)
The Latino Electorate in 2010: More Voters, More Non-Voters
Civil rights suits against temporary worker visa violators
More on Utah's new immigration related laws
Critique of H-2A farmworker visa program
Welfare use among immigrants
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March(6)
Hispanic population now 16% of total
The Utah Compact on immigration
New guest worker and other legislation from Utah
E-Verify soon available to individuals
Portrait of Middle Eastern and North African immigrants
The immorality of denying workers comp benefits to illegal workers
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February(2)
States may bar workers comp for illegal immigrants
Estimate of illegal immigrant population in 2010
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January(4)
Analysis of the 287(g) program
workers comp benefits for injured illegal workers: where are we?
"Close to Slavery" ; guest worker programs
State house battles in 2011 over illegal immigration
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2010 (44)
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December(2)
Will New Mexico farm workers finally be covered by workers comp?
Web of Mass. employer abuses of immigrant worker rights
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November(2)
20% of households speak a language other than English at home
The occupational risks of older Hispanic workers
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September(4)
Immigrant workers in four key sectors: brilliant analysis
A question to readers of Working Immigrants
The Feds crack down on restaurants
Illegal immigration inflow down sharply
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August(5)
Farm Workers' "Take our job" campaign
A brief overview of compensation rights of illegal workers
Another analysis of the Bolton ruling on the Arizona Law
What Judge Bolton ruled what was unconstitutional in the Arizona law
Ohio legislation to bar illegal workers from collecting workers comp
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July(5)
Foreign born workforce growth and distribution
Legal analysis of the Arizona law
Obama’s “silent” raids to enforce immigrant laws
DOJ sues to void new Arizona immigration law
Text of Obama's speech on immigration reform 7/1/10
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June(3)
Paranoia about immigrants: case study in Tennessee
Obama Administration to sue Arizona
ICE targetting five states
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May(1)
A profile of residents of Mexican origin
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April(8)
The new Arizona law outlined
DHS estimates of illegal immigrant population in 2009
Fact sheet on Arizona and Hispanics
Green card activity, 2009
How foreign college students become American workers
What Reid said to predict immigration reform
Joel Kotkin on immigration
Schumer / Graham plan for immigration reform
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March(3)
Health insurance coverage among Hispanics
H-2B Guest worker woes
Immigration reform "on ice"
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February(5)
Illegal immigrants and healthcare coverage
injury in migrant housing covered by workers compensation
Profile of Haitian immigrants and workers
illegal population dropped in 2009
The recession's inpact on immigration
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January(6)
Mexican program to support its citizens in U.S.
Illegal worker awarded workers comp benefits in legal twist
A new book on immigrant entrepreneurs
Expose of criminal behavior by immigration detention officials
Poor labor protections for low wage labor in Los Angeles
NY Times editorial on immigration reform
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2009 (68)
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December(3)
How a New Jersey town lost one third of its population due to a crackdown
How do illegal immigrants fit into the American economy?
Expanded auditing of American employers re: illegal workers
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November(5)
NIOSH Blog on of immigrant worker safety and health
How do and will immigrants get health insurance?
High injury rates among hotel housekeepers
ICE says 17,500 people trafficked into the US each year
Important 2008 statistics about immigration
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October(5)
H-1B work visas go begging
New York City’s Immigrant-related policies
Expose of private prisons for immigration violators
“Wrong Paths to Immigration Reform”
Healthcare insurance coverage for legal and illegal immigrants
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September(4)
Global Workers Defender Network
Study of low income workers in New York City: violations of worker protections
New study on exploitation of low wage workers
Immigration reform priorities of the administration
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August(4)
health uninsured rates among immigrants: far higher
immigrant employment and unemployment -- figures
Obama expects immigration reform legislation later this year
E-Verify push: update
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July(6)
Another study of foreign born entrepreneurs in the U.S.
Mexican inmigration off, few are returning there
Did ICE enforcement lead to worker unionization at Smithfield?
Global remittances to decline by 7% - 10% this year
Federal program to deputize local law immigration enforcement cut back
The Obama policy: no more showboat raids
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June(9)
Global trend: multicultural societies due to immigration
Immigration reform: Republicans demand guest worker program
The nursing shortage, now back in the news
Update on Global Workers Justice Alliance
Obama to scale back on Real ID
Spotlight on immigrants in Virginia
A note on E-Verify
Immigration reform prospects are up
New California program to assist in workers comp benefits
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May(9)
New York City trains illegal workers for better jobs
Immigrant wages compared to native worker wages in New England
immigrant carwashers in Los Angeles
Postville IA today
DHS press release about new enforcement guidelines
DHS shifts enforcement focus onto employers
Supreme Court: ICE can no longer use identity-theft charges
Indians living in the U.S.: 2 million
Voting by minorities is up, whites slightly down
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April(7)
Unemployment rate for Immigrant labor, 1st Qtr 2009
Latest Pew Hispanic Center report on illegal immigrants, April 2009
Made in L.A.: the immigrant documentary
Mexican immigrants in the U.S.: a profile of a huge presence
Unions are supporting immigration reform
Will Obama push immigration reform?
Farm worker rights: time to set right?
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March(7)
Delay in immigration raids may signal Obama policy change
the competitive demographic edge of the U.S. thanks to immigration
The economics of the Swift meatpacking plant raids of 2006
Remittances to Latin America to decline this year.
Colorado local police raid tax practice to nab illegals
Immigrants and the California economy
illegal Immigration control items in the FT 2010 budget
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February(4)
Dept of Homeland Security: illegal count is down
Federal tax payments by illegal workers
Unemployment Rises Sharply Among Latino Immigrants in 2008
Surge in Hispanic vote, November 2008
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January(5)
White House website posting of immigration policy
Immigrant labor in the economic crisis
Immigrant workers figure in the fastest growing industries
Pew Hispanic Center: Latinos under economic stress
remittances to Mexico fell sharply towards end of 2008
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2008 (96)
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December(10)
Hispanic employment down, immigrants returning home
Is the Obama team prepared to protect immigrants?
28% of workers in New Jersey are immigrants.
New court ruling: illegal worker eligible for permanent disability award
The Filipino immigrant population
Agriprocessors declared bankruptcy in November
Changes to H-2A farmworker visa program sought by Bush
A look into incarceration of immigrants
What will the Obama administration do?
Medical care for badly injured illegal workers
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November(2)
Fallout from an immigrant murder in New York
A rich study of the illegal workforce’s economic impact
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October(9)
Former CEO of Agriprocessors arrested.
A book on internal worker migration in China
Delusional thinking about immigrants and voting registration fraud
New analysis of workers comp laws and illegal workers
Federal court upholds Arizona law sanctioning employers for illegal hires.
Raid at House of Raeford plant nabs 330 workers
Remittances from the United States declining
Sharp decline in median income of non-citizen immigrant households
Pew Hispanic Center estimates of illegal immigrants, 2008
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September(8)
Assessment of economic benefits of migration to Australia
Homeland Security estimates of illegal population 2007
E-Verify is working better
Occupational risks of Seattle day laborers are very high
An important work safety program for Brazilian workers in Massachusetts
Our broken immigration system
Follow up on the Mississippi ICE raid
Community health centers and occupational injury response
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August(3)
Another large ICE raid
Immigrants create environmental pollution ???
Number of illegal residents way down?
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July(11)
High death rate among Hispanic workers
Agriprocessors' worker safety record
Chained to bed while delivering baby
Employers pushing back against anti-immigration crowd
Hispanic employment figures worsen
Mass convictions after the Postville raid – railroading the defendants
More on Postville IA raid
NY state illegal worker denied work rehab benefits
Profile of a pro-immigrant advocacy coalition
The link to the complete New Bedford Standard-Times series
High quality profile of immigrant labor in one city
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June(8)
A great pro-immigrant blog
4 in 10 green card holders had a prior illegal period of stay
EU toughens stance on illegal immigrants
Two cases of immigrant labor abuses
Postville, IA: nogoodnik employer
Burmese workers replace illegal meat processing workers
14% of Mexicans work in the U.S.
Immigrant Hispanic unemployment rate: 7.5%
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May(13)
One of out six workers is an immigrant
A conservative's endorsement of liberal immigration policy
Incremental immigration reforms held up by Hispanic caucus
Grey market employer crackdowns and illegal workers
Second generation immigrants doing well – study in New York City
Canada recruiting Mexican labor
Follow up on House of Raeford case
Canada needs more immigrant workers
how illegal farm workers from Mexico get healthcare
A mass of data about immigrants in the U.S.
News from Global Workers Justice Alliance
Immigration Mexican American blog
Remittances to Latin America are flat or down
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April(11)
State legislation on illegal immigration: a 2008 inventory
Article on status of Arizona’s Legal Arizona Workers Act
Iowa House of Reps hammers illegal immigrants
How immigration laws really work
All States Deemed Compliant with Real ID
CBS News profile of illegal immigrants
Case of instant local police – ICE data link.
Sent back to El Salvador with its 50% unemployment rate
NPR: Jobs for day laborers decline due to housing slump, economy
NPR story of a new illegal immigrant returned to El Salvador
Arizona employers slow to E-Verify
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March(6)
H-1B year to begin again April 1
New York City area losing jobs due to visa barriers
New Bedford raid follow up: Boston millionaire puts up bail for 40
Seasonal immigrant workers severely cut back, pawn in immigration bill struggle
CT's strategy to cut down on illegal workers
Immigrant votes in 2008
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February(8)
Immigrants have lower incarceration, crime rates
House of Raeford Farms: three quarters of workers are Hispanic
Expose of immigrant worker poultry factory injuries in North Carolina
U.S. population projections: huge impact of immigration
Airzona's economy drying up?
Bush trying to grow the temporary farm worker H-2A program
Michigan law and undocumented workers - contending proposals
States where the Hispanic vote is most important
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January(7)
Analysis of the Legal Arizona Workers Act
Philippines and the planned export of labor
correction: foreign born labor is 17%, not 30%
30% of working age adults are foreign born
Illegal worker in Rhode Island wins workers comp award
South Carolina court approves workers comp for illegal immigrant
A case study of identity theft involving illegal immigratns
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2007 (131)
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December(7)
Legal analysis of AZ and TN illegal immigrant laws
Arizona about to implement draconian law
Arizona crackdown on illegal workers may hit state economy
More on aftermath of December 2006 Swift raids
Records of Hispanic deaths on the job
After the meatpacking raids: one year later
Domestic slavery in America among foreign workers
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November(8)
“Legal, Illegal Immigrant Numbers at Record Highs”
Florida employer scam involving illegal workers
Searching for farm labor in California
Immigrants in Arkansas
$300 billion a year in worker remittances back home.
Illegal immigrants’ Emergency Care Is Limited by U.S. Rule
Analysis of farm labor economics in California
Case study of work injured immigrant who was deported
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October(6)
Spitzer waffles on driver licenses for illegal immigrants
Illegal immigration and Dem-Rep competition
Don’t get a work injury if you live in Arizona…
Bring back AgJobs? 500,000 workers may be affected
Effort to Curb Illegal Workers' Hiring Blocked
U.S. Immigrant worker figures in a nutshell
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September(9)
Driver licenses in New York State
Legal assaults against illegal immigrants
Global Workers Justice Alliance – update
Working on Faith: failures to protect workers in the Katrina cleanup.
Partnership between DOL and Interfaith Worker Justice
2006 Remittances to Mexico flat – housing downturn in U.S.?
Immigrant nation – new census data from 2006
Tomato farms in Florida – what they say they are doing for workers
for the record: how the Senate killed immigration reform -- the votes
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August(4)
Resistance to illegal immigration crackdown
Senate roll call vote data S. 2611 5 25 2006
Attempt to revive AgJobs portion of Immigration bill
New crack down on illegal workers: what it means.
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July(6)
Refugio: OSHA - Hispanic worker joint safety project in NJ
Real ID program implementation plan issued by DHS
The bill that will not go away
Review of workers compensation coverage of illegal workers
Immigration Malpractice by Citizenship and Immigration Services
Workers comp protections for illegal workers cut in New York
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June(8)
"I think that is something that can be dealt with at a later time.”
Senate to try again on immigration reform
Big trouble with temporary work visa for professional workers.
Coaching Mexicans on labor rights in the U.S.
Green card disasters
Legislative update
Do we need a point system? We cannot avoid it.
Immigration debate resumes
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May(13)
Accuracy in media coverage
Hispanic labor share continues to grow, now 25% of construction
“Make a Bad Bill Better”
Some provisions in Title IV, Temporary worker program
Edgar Velázquez: Maimed at work, then deported
Tracking the aftermath
The Senate has done what it needed to do....
What the Senate Bill is trying to do
What is an immigration point system?
Senate Bill expected for test vote Monday
Chronology of Senate immigration reform bill this year
Ranking economics over family in immigration
guest worker program and all immigrant workers
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April(8)
Operation Return to Sender
Can OSHA protect low wage immigrant workers?
Progress on Immigration reform law
House and White House proposals compared
Republicans continue to be divided.
Huge demand for H-1B visas this month
Senate to address immigration reform in late May, per Sen Reid
STRIVE Act introduced in House, 3/22
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March(17)
White House PowerPoint outline of its proposal
Overview of non-immigrant visa activity
No immigration reform bill yet
slow movement on immigration reform bills
Son of illegal Mexican immigrants makes good
Trafficking in identity papers - a case study
Senator Kennedy leading Senate effort to pass immigration reform bill.
Senator Kennedy on New Bedford sweat shop raid
More on expose about current guest worker programs
New expose on H-2A and H-2B guest worker programs.
2008 Elections and immigration reform
Regional sources of Mexican workers in U.S.
sweat shop in New Bedford MA busted, 350 illegal workers out of work
Two of three new construction jobs go to Hispanics
Live-in domestic foreign in workers in the U.S.
Data about the H-2A and H-2B temporary work visa programs
Digging into abuses of H-2A and H-2B temporary worker programs in U.S.
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February(27)
The IFCO guilty pleadings: what was behind them
Recruiter abuses in H-2A agriculture guest worker program
California labor law enforcement in the underground economy
Executives indicted for tax evasion re: illegal employees
Wealth of statistics on illegal immigrants in the U.S.
AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department’s statement on immigration reform.
U.S. Border Patrol has become more aggressive
OSHA and regional business association join forces to train Hispanic workers
Robert Feenstra on the powerful dynamics linking U.S. and Mexican workforces
Immigration’s impact on American wages by educational level of workforce
Poorly educated immigrant workers hurt, help American workers: 2005 study
New York Times editorial on immigration reform.
Skilled foreign workers – summary statistics
Essential Worker Immigration Coalition: Reform platform
How long do Mexican migrants work in the U.S.? 6 – 11 years
Contractor insurance fraud and why it matters
Human trafficking suit in CT
Tidbits from the first year of this blog
Mexican Government guide for illegally entering the U.S.
Another follow up on the Swift raid: what happened to Cactus, TX.
The net fiscal impact of illegal immigrants? New Jersey and Texas studies clash
A new information center for immigration issues
Mexican remittances were $25 billion in 2006
2/5/07 update on Swift raid
An initiative in California to protect immigrant workers from insurance fraud
H-IB visa quota for this year may be exhausted in first 15 days
American immigration and world trade: the connection
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January(18)
Swift plants for sale after raids?
Reform proposals to protect workers comp rights of day laborers -- Texas
SEIU on immigration reform
NYCOSH online library on immigrant work safety
What President Bush said about immigration reform
Income tax and social security tax payments of illegal immigrants - a legal analysis
Where to find country population, migration and related projections
France’s new skilled labor focus on immigration
Case study of employment results of a large ICE raid on a poultry plant
Shortages of farm labor hit Florida, California. Are they due to immigration enforcement?
Can a work injured illegal immigrant obtain benefits? In Indiana, it depends
Mexican immigrant worker economics - remittances are the goal
Major problems in immigration and future guest work info systems
150 million internal migrants in China today
“Open Doors Wider for Skilled Immigrants”
Immigrant entrepreneurs involved in one quarter of technology start-ups
United States the leader in cities with large foreign born populations
A valuable new public interest group: Global Workers Justice Alliance
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2006 (253)
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December(13)
From the Economist: government policies to attract the highly talented worker.
Capitol Hill analysis of immigration reform prospects for 2007
A case of sex work coercion of illegal immigrants in the U.S.
DREAM Act proposal: citizenship through military service
Economics of remittances from U.S. to Brazil
New Texas study says illegal immigrants are net benefit to economy
NY Times editorial on Swift Company raids
Things are heating up for a reform bill
Case study of immigrant workers in Hilton Head
Remittances from U.S. to Mexico, 1995 – 2005
MA Governor Romney’s foot caught in illegal worker raccoon trap
Why poorer educated Mexican men come work in the U.S.
Key Democrat tells Homeland Security to back off on new rules about employment of illegal workers
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November(11)
Two reservations about an immigration reform bill
Guest workers in the future: union organizing
Construction accidents in New York City up 61%
“Independent contractor” abuses among immigrant construction workers in Boston
The nursing shortage: real, getting worse, and global
Senate Bill 2612: Guest worker provisions
Senate Bill 2612: rights of current illegal workers
The dog that didn’t bark: failure of anti-immigration as a campaign position
Electoral result: We'll enact a guest worker program next year
Spanish language barriers increase hazards on construction sites
Immigration reform - for 2007?
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October(12)
Immigrant worker fatalities from violence
Arizona, microcosm of views on immigration: candidates positions
Arizona, a microcosm of views on immigration – the ballot questions
size of Indian work populations in the United States.
The Hispanic vote and the next Congress
Immigrant labor essential for New Orleans recovery
Remittances to Mexico expand, new Federal Reserve program helps
Major study of low wage immigrant workers in California
Barriers to occupational health services tolow wage workers in CA
I'll bet the fence is never built
Disparities in education, income among second generation immigrants
Ten top migration issues of 2005
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September(9)
“Subidos” or Mexicans working legally in migrant construction work
Canada’s use of skills based point system for immigration: do we need it?
How an ICE raid crippled a rural Georgia town
A Marie Antoinette statement on illegal immigrants
An analysis of WC law protections for illegal immigrants
New article: Illegal immigrants frequently denied compensation
Many immigrants working at WTC cleanup
Throwaway workers: dangerous jobs take toll on illegal immigrants
House Republicans to stop beating the immigration reform drum
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August(13)
Mexican remittances at annual rate of $20 billion
Wal-Mart further penetrates the banking activities of Mexicans
A new legal tactic against illegal workers in California
Legal battle over WC coverage for illegal workers in AZ
Homeland Security estimates of unauthorized immigrants January 2005
ABCs of Immigration: H-2B (non-agricultural work) Visas
New Orleans suit over H-2B guest workers
Why the Basic Pilot program is a failure
U.S. was 12.4% immigrant in 2005, vs. 11.2% in 2000
Pew Hispanic Center: immigration has not hurt American workers
ABCs of Immigration H-2A (agriculture work) visas
A closer look at Immigration Voice
“Building boom in Mexican town was born in Minnesota”
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July(21)
Immigration Voice, or "Green Card applicants unite!"
More aggressive enforcement by ICE re: employers
A source of practical advice for immigrant professionals
The immense challenge of employee/employer verification, Part 2
The immense challenge of employee/employer verification, Part 1
Where are Hispanic voters concentrated?
Poll: hispanic voters turning away from Bush, Repubican party
High impact of immigrant workers on civilian labor force, 1990 - 2001 and beyond
New study of low wage Korean immigrant workers in New York City
Two loopy proposals to control those pesky illegals
Illegal workers, employers, being pressured by state and local legal action
Do immigrants depress existing wages?
Bloomberg: Economy would fail if illegal immigrants deported
Why the hotel industry wants a guest worker program
Third study out on labor rights violations on Katrina cleanup
More on remittance traffic to Latin America
New Mexico Workplace Safety for Immigrant Workers From Mexico (2005)
Industries lobbying for a guest worker program
Bush may shift more towards House’s immigration proposal
Major developments regarding illegal immigrants, first half of 2006
Massachusetts State Police, IRS use the same illegal worker cleaning crew
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June(25)
Senate immigration bill to lift ceilings on foreign nurses
Wage and benefits by job category, U.S.
Phased immigration reform?
Three suits over subcontracted janitor labor violations
Massachusetts Governor wants state police to round up illegal immigrants
Second report on breakdown of worker safety in Katrina cleanup
Serious breakdown in workers comp for Katrina cleanup
Republican Senator: REAL ID is a real stinker
Jim Platner's analysis of higher construction deaths among Hispanics
Locations of worker centers in U.S.
Fake IDs among Massachusetts construction workers
George Will on short vs long term politics on immigration
Overseas Indians send back $21 billion.
Awareness of workers comp, safety regulation is troublingly low among immigrant workers
Poll: Senate's immigration bill more popular than House's
Illegal immigrant workers face serious risks in Katrina cleanup
Homeland Security's SAVE program to verify employment
How the Senate bill increases worker immigration
Easy to buy fake IDs in Los Angeles
immigration population estimates vary widely
Working conditions in a 800 person poultry plant in Iowa
Colorado split on immigration reform
The two waves of Hispanic labor into the United States
Mohawk RICO case dismissed by Supreme Court
Analysis of employer liabilities over illegal employees
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May(24)
Working in the military to gain U.S. citizenship
10% of young working ago persons in U.S. are non-citizens
Roll call vote for S. 2611 62 yes 36 no
Senate passes S. 2611 62 to 36
Senate ready to vote on final S.2611 with guest worker provision intact
Summary of Senate Bill 2611
A good source for info about working immigration news
My prediction for an immigration reform bill this year
How much illegal workers pay to Social Security: over $6B
Millions of illegal working immigrants may be here on expired visas
Mistreatment of H-2B immigrant guest forestry workers
"Blood Sweat and Fear" - Meat and Poultry Plants (Human Rights Watch, 2005)
House, Senate and Bush ideas on illegal immigrants compared
Bush's May 15 speech on illegal immigration in outline and full text
Rare use of Social Security numbers and IRS data to search for illegal immigrant workers
Political pork and the tamper-proof identification card
Census Bureau reports on Hispanic growth rate
Labor centers for immigrant workers
Wages and economics of immigrant restaurant workers: a case study
Pandering and posturing in Arizona about illegal immigrants.
NPR report on social impact back home of Mexican work migration to U.S.
Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Reform and the Catholic Church
Strangers No Longer: Catholic Church's statement on Hispanic illegal immigration
May Day Immigrant rallies and aftermath
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April(34)
Using fear of raids to estimate the numbers of illegal immigrants
Immigrant labor and agriculture today: fully integrated
RICO suit against Mohawk Industries heard by U.S. Supreme Court
Dept. of Labor helps illegal workers in Katrina clean up to get paid
Can the U.S. reduce its illegal immigrant population by attrition?
Illegal immigrants want to stay, become U.S. citizens
Federal government unable to enforce immigration laws effectively
Nursing shortages: foreign workers to fill them?
What is behind the ICE initiative on illegal immigrants
ICE raids an employer, IFCO, for hiring illegal workers
New Georgia law on undocumented workers S. Bill 529: worth a look
How illegal workers get and use documentation
Another look at immigrant workers and declining labor force participation
Medicaid's new strict identification requirements to create barrier to illegal immigrants.
Congressional poll on immigration bill
Ten reasons why illegal immigrants should file income tax returns
recruitment of foreign nurses to the United States
Economists surveyed about impact of illegal immigrants
Economic impact of a guest worker program on American agriculture
This week’s immigrant demonstrations make big impact
A few handy figures about immigration to work in the U.S.
Lessons from immigration reform in 1986
Opinions by Washington Post, NYT's Nicholas Kristoff
U.S. Senate struggles on April 6 with immigration bill compromise
Case study of Nevada: Do immigrants take jobs from Americans?
developed world pop growth: mostly immigrants
Douglas Massey of Princeton: a blast of fresh air on Mexican immigrant workers
Study: without immigrants, almost 2 million poorly educated Americans would be back in labor force.
The Tyson Foods - illegal immigrant case: past and present.
Anti-guestworker panel argues its case
AgJobs bill passes Judiciary Committee March 27
The Farmworker Justice Fund
David Brook’s illuminating column about immigrants
Large Los Angeles immigration rally echoed protests about Proposition 187 in mid 1990s
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March(32)
Latin American migrants send back $54B in year in remittances
The great demographic shift in the American workforce
Study asserts H-1B visa program undercuts American computer programmers
Senate Committee approves McCain bill on March 27
ICE no longer to impersonate OSHA personnel
Paul Krugman on immigration reform
Skilled labor immigration into the U.S.: some highlights
Legal and illegal immigration survey results
Immigration bill debate heats up in Washington; filibuster threatened
Washington Post columnist: "We don't need guest workers"
Meat processing: an industry engineered to hire immigrants
Non-white populations continue to penetrate more areas of the country
Bill Gates on H1B visas; Manhattan Institute on immigration reform
Does immigration depress wages of native Americans?
Stalemate for Immigration reform this year?
Smuggling of Chinese workers into the United States
Wall Street Journal article on employer use of illegal immigrants
Why Hispanic workers have higher work fatality rates
Study of Hispanic North Carolina Poultry Workers
The “Real ID” program to catch illegal immigrants: Stalled? Dead?
Sen. Specter Guest Worker bill to expand foreign worker programs for professionals
The working immigrant and social mobility in America
Immigration of medical doctors to the U.S.
Types of work done by illegal immigrants and other data from the Pew Hispanic Center
More than 70% of Congress supports a guest worker program
Study: Fatal occupational injuries among Asian workers
Employer obligations in Sen. Specter's guest worker bill
Farm workers labor contractor fraud
Data on immigrants (2000 - 2005)
Sen. Specter bill on illegal immigrants: some key provisions
The undocumented worker debate in Washington this week
Failure of existing guest worker programs as seen in FL figures
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February(42)
The day laborer: characteristics of the individual
McCain Guest Worker bill S 1033: strong worker rights provisions
New study on economics of rural immigrant workers
Florida's improves work protections to migrant workers, progess report just out
Deaths at work: who dies, how
Line up of endorsers of McCain guest worker bill
H-2A visas - snapshot of wage and worker comp rules
Thai worker case in WA reveals turmoil in use of foreign workers
New York court in Balbuena case: worker gets full lost wages
WA Employer settles private RICO suit over use of illegal immigrants
2004 Green card awardees: what work they do
Proposals to tighten worker documentation enforcement
Can illegal immigrants receive workers compensation benefits? MA said, “Yes”.
Illegal immigrants pay taxes, like we do
Immigrant worker injuries at day labor
SAFE: Socially Accountable Farm Employers in Florida
Number of undocumented workers by state and their workforce share
Wall Street Journal article on Brazilian immigrant cleaning business in MA
One out of eight new jobs to be filled by immigrants, 2002 - 2012
IRS gives taxpayer identification numbers (ITIN) to undocumented workers
How immigrants without bank accounts get by
Where immigrant workers live in the United States
What day laborers earn by hour, month, year
Demand for foreign nurses is intensifying
NY Times: U.S. officials defend fake OSHA sting
New York construction safety expert: safe practices hard to find in Brooklyn
Migrant Clinicians Network
Inconsistent quality of healthcare for work injured immigrant workers
Time Magazine poll on views about illegal immigration
H-1B visas and the engineering workforce shortage, per Chair of Intel
Access to medical care denied by ID requirements
High future demand for immigrant construction workers
Immigration officials to continue to impersonate OSHA safety trainers
Avian flu and immigrant workers in poultry plants
National Employment Law Project on wage abuses
serious worker injuries by ethnic group, job and diagnosis
Occupational fatalities of immigrants
TN's program for driver’s license and Real ID
Size of the illegal alien population (2000 - 2005)
Polarization of American labor market
Oakland garment workers and failure to file claims
New IL law to protect labor rights of day laborers
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January(17)
Mexican Immigrants save Vermont milk industry
IL Governor supports Panel on Latino Work Safety
MA program on employer insurance fraud
Where undocumented immigrants live and work
Whom day laborers work for, what they do
How Mexicans in U.S. send money back to Mexico
Jennifer Gordon: Professor, Researcher, Activist, MacArthur Fellow
Employer insurance fraud inflicts damage on workers
undocumented worker vs. illegal alien
Florida construction injuries and Hispanics (2005)
Brazilian Immigrant Center (Boston, MA)
More on Nationwide survey of day labor hiring sites
Work injury risks in Oakland CA garment industry (2002)
North Carolina employer tries to keep a work fatality out of the workers comp system
The Erosion of Worker Safety (1/4/06)
Nationwide survey of day labor hiring sites
Workers compensation rights of undocumented workers (2006)
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