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Audrey Singer

Audrey Singer

Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Demographer Audrey Singer is an expert on international migration, race and ethnicity, U.S. immigration policy, and demographic trends in metropolitan areas.



Expertise

Demography; international migration; immigration policy; immigrant adaptation; citizenship and naturalization; welfare; U.S. Census

Background

Past Positions
Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Assistant Professor, Georgetown University; Demographic Analyst, U.S. Department of Labor; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago

Education

Ph.D. (1991), M.A. (1988), University of Texas at Austin; B.A., Temple University, 1982

Today, one in five immigrants in the United States lives in a twenty-first-century gateway. The pace of change in this new geography of immigration has presented many local areas with challenges—social, fiscal, and political.

Learn more about the recently released Twenty-First-Century Gateways book.


Research and Commentary

Featured


Save to My PortfolioWeb Chat: Immigration and the 2012 ElectionFebruary 01, 2012Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioA Bipartisan Tweak to Reduce the Immigration Reform BacklogDecember 02, 2011The Avenue, The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioImmigrant Populations in the Metropolitan United StatesOctober 24, 2011National Immigrant Integration Conference
Save to My PortfolioImmigrants in 2010 Metropolitan America: A Decade of ChangeOctober 13, 2011State of Metropolitan America
Save to My PortfolioDesperately Seeking a Michael Bloomberg for the SuburbsAugust 08, 2011The Avenue, The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioImmigration and Poverty in America's SuburbsAugust 04, 2011Metropolitan Opportunity Series
Save to My PortfolioPresident Barack Obama's Immigration SmorgasbordMay 11, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioMichael Bloomberg's Immigration Policy PoetryMay 10, 2011The Avenue, The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioCould State Immigration Laws Spur Washington Action?April 13, 2011The Avenue, The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioThe Significance of Data from the 2010 CensusDecember 22, 2010The Avenue, The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioBlocking a DREAM: Immigration Act Dies in SenateDecember 19, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe Impact of the Great Recession on Metropolitan Immigration TrendsDecember 16, 2010State of Metropolitan America
Save to My PortfolioDREAM Act a Victim of Partisan Immigration DebateDecember 10, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe Earnings and Social Security Contributions of Documented and Undocumented Mexican ImmigrantsDecember 07, 2010Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Save to My PortfolioThe Immigration Debate: How to Build a Nation of NeighborsSeptember 24, 2010The Avenue, The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioUnauthorized Immigration Slows Down as Recession ContinuesSeptember 02, 2010The Avenue, The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioWhy Immigration Reform Matters to Metropolitan AreasJuly 06, 2010The Avenue, The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioArizona's Place in the Immigration DebateJuly 01, 2010Huffington Post
Save to My PortfolioImmigrants, Immigration, and the Reform MomentJune 30, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog

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