K. Dean Hubbard, B.A., J.D., Joanne Woodward Chair in Public Policy at Sarah Lawrence College and director of the College's Institute for Policy Alternatives, is available for comment on a Federal case involving day-laborers in Mamaroneck, N.Y. that might set a national precedent in immigration legislation.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers have found high rates of hunger in surveys of immigrant Latino families in eastern and western North Carolina, southwestern Virginia and Forsyth County.
Far from being a burden on the educational system, research from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla shows immigrant children perform as well or better than their same-race, American-born counterparts.
Four University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) professors will be among the presenters during a special seminar on immigration and borders during the national meeting of the American Political Science Association.
As the political debate over illegal immigration continues, a West Virginia University political scientist has co-authored a study showing one effect of the rising Latino populations in the United States "“ increased stereotypes.
A new book by St. Lawrence University Assistant Professor of Global Studies Martha I. Chew Sánchez examines the role of traditional Mexican ballads in shaping the cultural memories and identities of transnational Mexican groups.
New Yorkers strongly favor restrictions on immigration, Empire State Poll results from the Cornell ILR School's Survey Research Institute show.
Domestic issues maybe at the forefront of Sunday's (July 2) presidential elections in Mexico, but a Purdue University expert says international issues - especially those involving the United States - will influence the ballots more than people may realize.
An expert on the immigrant job market is available to comment on the debate over illegal immigrants and immigration reform in the U.S.
The recent public fervor over immigration and the future of undocumented or illegal immigrants is a recurring theme in U.S. history and culture, says University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor of English Linda Frost, Ph.D., author of the 2005 book "Never One Nation: Freaks, Savages and Whiteness in U.S. Popular Culture: 1850-1877."
The success of Monday's (May 1) national economic boycott by undocumented workers and their supporters is about more than the proposed legislation the movement opposes, says a Purdue University social movements expert. "It is easy to get caught up in the current issue, but the success of this movement will be proven in the years to come," says Rachel Einwohner, an associate professor of sociology.
As immigrants' rights groups are organizing a work stoppage, economic boycott and marches for May 1, the following experts are available at the University of Florida to provide insight and comment on related topics.
Barry R. Chiswick, distinguished professor and head of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will testify before the full Senate Judiciary Committee April 25.
Vanderbilt University experts are available on the immigration debate.
"AUTUMN IN YALTA: A NOVEL AND THREE STORIES," a new book by acclaimed Jewish-Russian author and former Soviet refusenik David Shrayer-Petrov in collaboration with his son, Boston College author-scholar Maxim D. Shrayer, offers a powerful, poignant voice of Jewish and immigrant fiction.
United States counties that share a border with Mexico continue to struggle with educational achievement, poverty, access to health care and federal crimes, according to a recent study by the University of Texas at El Paso's Institute for Policy and Economic Development.
The ongoing debate over U.S., immigration may be especially stressful for the children of immigrants who are caught in the middle between their parents, who may be in the country legally or illegally, and their American neighbors, says University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) education expert Anarella Cellitti, Ph.D.
In this tip sheet, a University of North Texas political scientist, Mexican-American studies historian, economist and bilingual educator give their views of the ongoing debate on immigration reform.
The growing prevalence of detention as a policy within the U.S. immigration system is strikingly similar to policies of criminal sanctions and mass incarceration used to fight the "war on drugs" in the 1980s, according to University at Buffalo Law School. Professor Teresa A. Miller, who studies the U.S. prison system and teaches immigration law.
A new study found that changes in immigration policy "” especially the Immigration Act of 1990 "” have had a direct effect on the overall skill level of new immigrants. The report also found that legal immigrants today have overall higher skill levels than those of previous decades.
Many Hispanic farmworker families in North Carolina live in inadequate housing that puts them at higher risk of exposure to disease, toxins and overcrowding that can affect their psychological well-being, according to new research by Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
In this media tip sheet, Indiana University experts in law, education and history offer insights into the immigration debate.
In this media tip sheet, Indiana University experts in law, education and history offer insights into the immigration debate.
Harvard Kennedy School of Government Professor George Borjas, often called America's "leading immigration economist," will address the University of California, San Diego Economics Roundtable, May 3, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Faculty Club on the UCSD campus.
Does immigration hurt labor's interests? Economics Professor Seth Sanders - the Director of the Maryland Population Research Center - offers his perspective in the following commentary.
As the U.S. Congress considers immigration reform, immigrants continue to move to new areas of the country, raising national awareness of the issue.
Dr. Mark Gibney, UNC Asheville Belk Professor of Humanities is a widely respected international human rights expert and has written a number of books on immigration and refugee policy, He is available for comment on the Senate debate on the first comprehensive rewrite of U.S. immigration laws in a decade.
Chicago is gaining low-income households, including large Latino households, much faster than it is gaining affordable housing, a University of Illinois at Chicago report says. Too much high-end construction has left a growing mismatch between supply and demand.
Security, water issues and economic integration are among the border-related themes to be discussed by a group of renowned scholars from the United States and Mexico during the Lineae Terrarum: International Borders Conference March 27-30.
Alfredo Corchado, Sandra Dibble and Andrew Selee will highlight the importance of digging deeper into border stories and issues during a panel discussion at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 at the University of Texas at El Paso.
A study by Cornell sociologists Max Pfeffer and Pilar Parra finds that Mexican farmworkers are settling in upstate New York in record numbers, but most are marginalized and not mainstreaming into community life. A growing underclass could lead to unemployment, poverty and other social problems.
Men migrating to the United States from Mexico and Central America often face competing desires: wanting to remain with their families while realizing that migration offers the promise of a better future. These feelings of ambivalence may be associated with poor mental health, such as anxiety.
Immigrants have lost their once-large homeownership advantage over their Canadian-born counterparts, says a University of Alberta researcher who has now also compared rates by skin colour in Canada and the United States.
For more than a week, France has been torn by riots that have been, for the most part, concentrated in the poorer suburbs of Paris. The rioters essentially have been immigrants most of whom had come to France from its former colonies.
For more than a week, France has been torn by riots that have been, for the most part, concentrated in the poorer suburbs of Paris. The rioters essentially have been immigrants most of whom had come to France from its former colonies.
As violence in urban areas throughout France enters a third week, one expert on French society and culture says the unrest is a result of long-festering social issues involving that country's immigrant population.
As the United States takes a critical look at the future of immigration and temporary worker programs, the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is teaming up with the Smithsonian on a project that could help the country's leaders learn from the past.
Immigrants are more dispersed and far more entwined with American-born people when measured by the households in which they live rather than counted individually on the traditional basis of census tracts.
An in-depth look at immigration and its impact on America's economy is the focus of a new book written by a University of Illinois at Chicago economist.
Even though the American government and people have not always embraced immigrants, the image of the United States as a land of opportunity and refuge has become the focal point of the nation's identity at home and around the world.
On a South Texas highway local police and border agents are using a hand-held sniffer developed at Sandia National Laboratories to help stem the flow of illegal drugs northward into the U.S.
Policies that deny visas to prospective immigrants on the basis of disease are discriminatory, designed to seize on public fears, and do not protect public health, states an editorial.
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