Immigration Here and There http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/ A product of the Medill News Service, ImmHT provides a cross-national perspective on immigration, enhancing exposure to world affairs for Americans, providing public space to air compelling stories about diaspora populations, and serving as a repository of facts and figures in an arena of often misleading information. en Copyright 2008 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:06:21 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The U.S. provides employment-based green cards to 140,000 people a year, with each country limited to 7,000 visas. (Herald News, June 16, 2008) http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/07/the_us_provides_employmentbase.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/07/the_us_provides_employmentbase.php Here Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:06:21 -0600 Refugees make up about 10% of the immigrants who come to the United States each year. (Chicago Tribune, June 30, 2008) http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/07/refugees_make_up_about_10_of_t.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/07/refugees_make_up_about_10_of_t.php Here Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:50:11 -0600 Estimates place the total number of fugitive immigrants in 2008 at just under 573,000 -- a decrease of more than 59,000 since October 2006. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/estimates_place_the_total_numb.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/estimates_place_the_total_numb.php Here Tue, 27 May 2008 21:51:50 -0600 More than 39,000 immigrants who are members of the U.S. military service have been naturalized since 2001 (Chicago Tribune) http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/more_than_39000_immigrants_who.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/more_than_39000_immigrants_who.php Here Sat, 24 May 2008 08:17:30 -0600 Up to 700,000 Israelis are currently living abroad, about 450,000 of them in the US http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/up_to_700000_israelis_are_curr.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/up_to_700000_israelis_are_curr.php Here Tue, 06 May 2008 15:18:58 -0600 Immigrant entrepreneurial activity grew from 0.37 percent in 2006 to 0.46 percent in 2007. The rate of activity for native-born Americans remained flat at 0.27 percent, according to a new study from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/immigrant_entrepreneurial_acti.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/immigrant_entrepreneurial_acti.php Here Sun, 04 May 2008 22:13:42 -0600 25 percent of U.S. technology and engineering start-ups were founded by immigrants http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/25_percent_of_us_technology_an.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/25_percent_of_us_technology_an.php Here Sun, 04 May 2008 21:24:55 -0600 Haitians and Jamaicans accounted for 349,571 of the 523,964 West Indians, with Haitians having the lion's share of 183,173 and Jamaicans 166,398. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/haitians_and_jamaicans_account.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/haitians_and_jamaicans_account.php Here Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:09:49 -0600 The Immigration & Customs Enforcement reported a 44 percent increase in deportations in the 2007-2008 fiscal year. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/the_immigration_customs_enforc.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/the_immigration_customs_enforc.php Here Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:01:37 -0600 The number of people who legally immigrated to the U.S. dropped 17 percent from 2006 to 2007 (Associated Press) http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/the_number_of_people_who_legal.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/the_number_of_people_who_legal.php Here Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:14:18 -0600 84% of Hispanic voters in U.S. say illegal immigrants should be allowed to get drivers' licenses (Synovate Research) 84% of Hispanic voters in U.S. say illegal immigrants should be allowed to get drivers' licenses. That is in sharp contrast to whites, blacks and Asians on the same question. Less than 20% of non-Hispanic voters agreed that illegal immigrants should be permitted to get licenses. On most issues except immigration, however, Hispanic voters largely echo the views of whites, black, and Asians, according to a new poll from Synovate Research. (U.S. News & World Reports, March 28, 2008) http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/84_of_hispanic_voters_in_us_sa.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/84_of_hispanic_voters_in_us_sa.php Here Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:09:27 -0600 A 2007 study found that 82 percent of Arkansas immigrant children from Mexico and Central America have at least one parent with Limited English Proficiency, and 58 percent have two parents with that federal designation. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/a_2007_study_found_that_82_per.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/a_2007_study_found_that_82_per.php Here Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:18:29 -0600 Most of the applicants for the US visa lottery in 2006 were from Africa and Asia. 19 percent were from Europe and 2 percent from South America and the Caribbean. The largest numbers of applications came from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Ukraine. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/most_of_the_applicants_for_the.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/most_of_the_applicants_for_the.php Here Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:58:22 -0600 The State Department received more than 6 million applications for the visa lottery in 2006, about one million higher than the year before. The people who applied in 2006 were entering the 2008 visa program. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/the_state_department_received.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/the_state_department_received.php Here Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:54:19 -0600 The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, also known as the visa lottery, is open only to people born in countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. These countries must have sent fewer than fifty thousand immigrants in the past five years. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/the_diversity_immigrant_visa_p.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/the_diversity_immigrant_visa_p.php Here Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:49:31 -0600