We've all heard stories like this: a highly-qualified doctor immigrates to the United States only to wind up working as a lab tech because his or her credentials - though outstanding - are not recognized here. In December, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a nonpartisan...
When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect twenty years ago, on New Year's Day, 1994, there was no shortage of predictions - both dire and glowingly optimistic - about its long-term effects. Supporters, like Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, argued...
After a protracted series of political maneuverings in the Senate, which obstructed his nomination for several months, Alejandro Mayorkas was confirmed as the new Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where he will be second in command to the new DHS Secretary,...
Here's the latest sign of a growing consensus on common-sense immigration reform: a recent study from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) projects a very positive economic outcome if something like the Senate version of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) eventually becomes law. [See Immigration Reform: Implications...
The New Yorker recently published a thought-provoking essay by Elizabeth Kolbert about population trends around the world. In the course of her discussion about the agricultural infrastructure needed to sustain a booming population in the developing world, Kolbert touches upon the implications of declining birth...
As we've noted before, Michigan generally - and Detroit in particular - are emblematic of the decline of America's smokestack industries, and of the challenges faced by rust-belt cities that desperately need to reinvent themselves. But where many see blight, some see opportunity, and a...
Every immigrant story is different, but a common thread runs through all of them: they step out with hope and courage to start a new life in a new land. They do this because of who they are, the world's natural risk-takers, brave people driven...
When a major humanitarian crisis is in the news, there's often an intense burst of interest in the people who are running for their lives, whether from war, insurrection, or disasters, be they natural or man-made. We in the United States tend to respond with...
Here's the latest sign of a growing consensus on common-sense immigration reform: a recent study from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) projects a very positive economic outcome if something like the Senate version of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) eventually becomes law. [See Immigration Reform: Implications...
With budgetary issues and other last-minute business occupying the little time remaining in the first session of the 113th Congress, the smart money is betting against any further action on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) legislation this year. [See Immigration Reform: Better Luck Next Year, We...
