The Source thanks its $25-and-up donors - see who's on the list! USCIS: Backlog in Naturalization Applications Will Take Nearly Three Years to Clear February 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the USCIS naturalization application backlog, final Real ID regulations, proposed H-2A visa changes, and more. Material Support to Terrorism — Consequences for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the United States January 31 — Counterterrorism policies have had an unintended, negative effect on asylum and refugee resettlement in the United States. Swetha Sridharan of the Council on Foreign Relations explains the origins of the material-support bar, which groups it has affected, and how the US government is addressing the problem. The Proposed European Blue Card System: Arming for the Global War on Talent? January 7 — The European Union's recent proposal aims to attract highly skilled migrants by granting them access to all EU labor markets — but with some important limitations. Elizabeth Collett of the European Policy Centre explains the basics of the Blue Card proposal, the questions it raises, and national-level reactions. After-School Institutions in Chinese and Korean Immigrant Communities: A Model for Others?  In the United States, the academic success of children of Chinese and Korean immigrants usually is attributed to either their culture or the US immigration system, which favors skilled migrants. Min Zhou and Susan S. Kim of the University of California, Los Angeles compare the after-school institutions in these communities to explain the effect of ethnicity on educational outcomes.

Spotlight on the Foreign Born of Pakistani Origin in the United States February 8 — In 2006, about 271,000 foreign born of Pakistani origin were residing in the United States. MPI's Jeanne Batalova and Uriah Ferruccio examine the geographic distribution and socioeconomic characteristics of this population. North Korea January 7 — Economic, social, and political conditions have pushed North Koreans to illegally leave their country and migrate to South Korea, China, Russia, and elsewhere. MPI's Hiroyuki Tanaka examines humanitarian and economic migration flows from North Korea, and the situation of North Koreans living abroad. North Korea Resource Page. Korean Immigrants in the United States Jordan: A Refugee Haven Hidden in Plain Sight: Indigenous Migrants, Their Movements, and Their Challenges Climate Change and Migration: Sorting through Complex Issues without the Hype Spotlight on Refugees and Asylees in the United States France's New Law: Control Immigration Flows, Court the Highly Skilled Intelligence Reformed and Homeland Security Department Overhauled Spotlight on Refugees and Asylees in the United States Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States The US Refugee Resettlement Program The US Refugee Resettlement Program Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates Climate Change and Migration: Sorting through Complex Issues without the Hype Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States New Estimates of the Undocumented Population in the United States Debunking the Myth of Immigrant Criminality: Imprisonment Among First- and Second-Generation Young Men Time to Temper the Faith: Comparing the Migration and Development Experiences of Mexico and Morocco Haitian Immigrants in the United States Korean Immigrants in the United States Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America

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