| | | | By Alejandro Urbina-Bernal and Jeanne Batalova Nearly one-third of all immigrants in the United States come from Asia, more than any other region except Latin America. Compared to both the U.S. born and overall foreign-born population, immigrants from Asia tend to have higher levels of education and income. This article offers useful statistics about this group, which represents a growing share of the U.S. immigrant population. |
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| | By Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan, María Jesús Mora, and Linda R. Tropp Most Colombians say the influx of migrants from Venezuela over the past decade harms their country. Yet this opinion does not necessarily lead to support for more immigration restrictions. Why not? As this article shows, Colombians' attitudes are more nuanced. Many blame the government and employers for perceived harms resulting from immigration, rather than immigrants themselves. |
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| | By Muzaffar Chishti and Kathleen Bush-Joseph The first 100 days of the Trump administration represented arguably the most transformative three months for U.S. immigration policy since at least the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. A flurry of actions have reshaped enforcement, border security, legal immigration, humanitarian protection, and foreign policy. This article provides an overview of the myriad changes in the first 100 days of the second Trump term and assesses the challenges ahead. |
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| | The European Union has again delayed introduction of its new digital system for scrutinizing travelers eligible to travel visa-free. The European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS), which is designed for nationals of 59 countries with visa exemptions, was originally scheduled to begin in 2021. EU Home Affairs ministers in March pushed back its required use until at least April 2027. The system is designed to be similar to the United States’ Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), as well as the Electronic Travel Authorizations (known as eTA and ETA) in Canada and the United Kingdom. Systems such as these typically require short-term visitors from visa-exempt countries to submit certain information before arrival. While not a visa, these processes typically add another bureaucratic step to certain types of travel and highlight the shades of gray for visa-free policies. A more complicated case is Kenya, which last year adopted visa-free travel for all holders of African passports, who would instead be required to go through its Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system. The problem was that, for many visitors, this amounted to a more onerous process than the old system, which truly was visa-free for nationals of many countries, and added both costs and processing delays. Kenya subsequently fell 17 spots on the African Development Bank’s Visa Openness Index, to number 46 out of 54 countries. This January, Kenya abandoned the ETA requirement for Africans (except those from Libya and Somalia, for security reasons). All the same, pre-travel authorization does not guarantee entry, as has been made clear with several recent high-profile cases of travelers being denied entry to the United States amid the Trump administration’s heightened vetting at ports of entry. Multiple travelers from places such as Germany and the United Kingdom have been held at immigration detention centers for multiple weeks before being returned to their origin countries. As MPI’s Muzaffar Chishti and Kathleen Bush-Joseph explained, this type of heightened scrutiny is part of the rapid transformation of the U.S. immigration system since Trump took office. Delays in bureaucratic processes are not new, and the European Union seems intent on implementing its ETIAS. When it does, the system will add further nuance to the degrees of administrative checks at borders, even for people benefitting from visa-free travel. All the best, Julian Hattem
Editor, Migration Information Source
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| | | "The end of the Vietnam War and the rapid U.S. military pullout in 1975 marked the beginning of large-scale migration from Vietnam to the United States." |
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"Immigration trends have shifted across time in Canada due, in large part, to changes in policy, although the foreign born have always comprised at least one-eighth of the population." |
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"The positive view of migration as a potentially successful way to deal with stress situations amid climate change has been increasingly recognized in academic and political debate." |
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| | Free Global Cities: The Future Leaders in Migration and Public Governance, edited by Christian H Kälin, proposes creating new, self-governing cities as a solution to increasing displacement crises. How do Latino U.S. immigration enforcement officers navigate the ambiguities of their work? Irene I. Vega offers answers in Bordering on Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality. Jeffrey Lesser’s Living and Dying in São Paulo: Immigrants, Health, and the Built Environment in Brazil analyzes health outcomes in São Paolo’s Bom Retiro neighborhood. Nadia El-Shaarawi relays Iraqis’ experiences following the U.S.-led war in Collateral Damages: Tracing the Debts and Displacements of the Iraq War. Jill Damatac explores her family’s history, that of her native Philippines, her years as an unauthorized immigrant in the United States, and her travels after leaving the country in Dirty Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family. Interrogating Integration: Sport, Celebrity, and Scandal in the Making of New Germany, by Kate Zambon, explores discourses around integration through sporting events. |
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