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Spotlight on Immigration Enforcement in the United States
Mar. 22 —
In 2005, US immigration officials detained nearly a quarter of a million individuals. MPI's Dawn Konet and Jeanne Batalova look at the most recent
data on apprehensions, detentions, and removals.
Source Spotlights are often updated as new data become available. Please click here to find the most recent version of this Spotlight.
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Women Migrants in Transit and Detention in Mexico
Since 2000, Mexico has further intensified efforts to detain and deport irregular migrants. Gabriela Diaz and Gretchen
Kuhner investigate the experiences of women migrants, the majority of them from Latin America, who have been
detained in Mexico en route to the United States.
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Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America
Since 1983, the United States has resettled more than 1.6 million refugees. Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson of The Brookings
Institution present the first report on US metropolitan destinations, where the vast majority of refugees were placed between
1983 and 2004.
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The People Perceived as a Threat to Security: Arab Americans Since September 11
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In recent years, Arab Americans have regularly been featured in the press as a group "of interest" to many federal agencies. Randa A. Kayyali of George Mason University takes a detailed look at the Arab-American population, trends in permanent and temporary migration from Arab countries, and the effects of US security policies on this group.
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We kick off March by looking at women migrants detained in Mexico, city-level data on refugee resettlement in the United States, and migration issues in Luxembourg. This month, the Source will start publishing a new article each week, so check back often to see the latest features, profiles, and reports on US immigration policy. Let us know what you think of our new approach by emailing source@migrationpolicy.org.
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Mar. 15 — MPI's Dawn Konet and Julia Gelatt report on postponement of Real ID Act
requirements, Senator Barack Obama's citizenship bill, a passport exemption for US and Canadian children, and more.
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Luxembourg's stable, prosperous economy would not be possible without foreign workers, most of whom come from other EU
countries. But this small country has also struggled to cope with asylum seekers from the former Yugoslavia and to integrate
children of immigrants, as Serge Kollwelter explains.
Luxembourg Resource Page
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Citizens of three countries — the UK, Mexico, and Japan — accounted for nearly half of all nonimmigrants
admitted to the United States in 2005.
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