Immigration

Mexican migrant worker Javier Gonzalez and his wife Guadalupe pick watermelons in Dome Valley near Yuma, Arizona June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Rick Scuteri (UNITED STATES) - GM1E46J0YEV01

External Article

Immigration and the U.S. labor market: A look ahead

Harry J. Holzer

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party reacts as a dog barks at him as he campaigns in Valkenburg, Netherlands, March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez - RC1F934580E0

Religion & Politics

“The biggest problem in the Netherlands”: Understanding the Party for Freedom’s politicization of Islam

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

U.S. Reps Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to formally condemn President Donald Trump's attacks on the four minority congresswomen on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott - RC1EC5321920

Demographics & Population

We are all “the Squad” now

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Immigrants take the Oath of Allegiance to become a U.S. citizens during an official Naturalization Ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1FAA5D2010

The Avenue

Trump puts the census citizenship question back in play

William H. Frey

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Reports

Teenagers

Demographics & Population

Less than half of US children under 15 are white, census shows

William H. Frey

Monday, June 24, 2019

A voting official hands back an early voter his ID in Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., October 24, 2018. Photo taken October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant - RC1540DF0C50

Demographics & Population

2018 voter turnout rose dramatically for groups favoring Democrats, census confirms

William H. Frey

May 2, 2019

Yemeni Guerrero (C), a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, attends the immigration ministry at Lincoln Methodist Church to fill out her renewal application in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. September 10, 2017. DACA recipients gathered to fill out applications to renew their permit before the October 5 deadline for current beneficiaries. Picture taken September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott - RC13D348DB40

Demographics & Population

As Americans spread out, immigration plays a crucial role in local population growth

William H. Frey

Monday, April 22, 2019

A U.S. Border and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official stands next a concrete K-rail with concertina wire at Cordova-Americas bridge to enhance security efforts in preparation for increasing number of migrants arriving at the border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1F2181F4D0

Mexico

US-Mexico security cooperation 2018-2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Children playing in Atlanta

Race & Ethnicity

The rise of black-majority cities

David Harshbarger and Andre M. Perry

February 26, 2019

Blog Posts

People watch Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speak during her campaign kick off event in New York, New York, U.S., March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC137D9D5970

FixGov

WATCH: Brookings scholars address 21st-century policy issues ahead of 2020

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

A truck drives next to the border fence while waiting in a long queue for border customs control to cross into the U.S., at the Otay border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico April 4, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - RC12300AE540

Up Front

6 things to know about Trump’s Mexico tariffs

Friday, May 31, 2019

Immigrants hold passports and residence permits at an immigration office in Granada January 26, 2010. The government once spoke of how immigration could increase Spain's population by 50 percent to 66 million. Now unemployment is around 18 percent -- and 10 percentage points higher among foreign workers -- it is changing its tune. It has drastically cut back on working visas, tightened rules on family reunification and offered money to migrants wanting to leave Spain. To match feature SPAIN-IMMIGRANTS/ REUTERS/Pepe Marin (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - GM1E62N0MOX01

Order from Chaos

The emigration election: Why the EU is not like America

Susi Dennison and Jeremy Shapiro

Monday, May 13, 2019

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Events

U.S.-Mexican security cooperation: The opportunities and challenges ahead

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

The immigration challenge in a divided Europe

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Development Seminar @ Brookings India: Indian Migration to the United States

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Related Books

Pathways Toward Legal Migration into the EU

Edited by Sergio Carrera, Andrew Geddes, Elspeth Guild, and Marco Stefan

2017

All at Sea

By Kathleen Newland, Elizabeth Collett, Kate Hooper, and Sarah Flamm

2016

I

International Migration Outlook 2015

By OECD

2016

Multimedia

A protester holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court where the court ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration did not give an adequate explanation for its plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, delivering a victory to New York state and others challenging the proposal in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC11B5E74430

Podcast Episode

What does the Supreme Court decision on citizenship status mean for the 2020 census?

William H. Frey

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC172B1D73C0

Podcast Episode

Will new documents sway the Supreme Court on census citizenship question?

Monday, June 3, 2019

Central Americans, part of a caravan trying to reach the U.S., stand near the Mexican border gate on the bridge between Guatemala and Mexico.

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

The facts about the ‘migrant caravan’

Friday, November 2, 2018

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