Why Immigration Occurred: Chinese Immigrants to Edmonton

Why are immigrants ' incarceration rates so low ? : Evidence on selective immigration , deterrence , and deportation

"Why we stay": immigrants' motivations for remaining in communities impacted by anti-immigration policy.

Although restrictive immigration policy is intended to reduce incentives for unauthorized immigrants to remain in the United States, many immigrants remain in their U.S. community despite the anti-immigration climate surrounding them. This study explores motivations shaping immigrants' intentions to stay in Arizona after passage of Senate Bill 1070 in 2010, one of the most restrictive immigrati...

Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants and Natives' Sentiments towards Immigrants: Evidence from 12 Oecd-countries

As in the U.S. and Canada, migration is a controversial issue in Europe. For much too long, policy concerns are largely driven by political motives. Hence, it is not surprising that migration policies are mainly based on political objectives. This paper argues that this approach has detrimental effects on assimilation and the sentiments of natives. It first reviews the assimilation literature i...

Preferences for Immigration Restriction and Opinions about Immigrants’ Economic Impacts

We investigate the importance of citizens’ opinions about economic impacts of immigration in their countries to their preferences for immigration restriction. We focus on personal views regarding how immigrants would affect the national labour market and the domestic public finance. Our analysis of survey data from 7 EU countries during the period 2002-2003 suggests that personal opinions about...

Stuck between health and immigration reform--care for undocumented immigrants.

n engl j med 369;7 nejm.org august 15, 2013 593 for millions of undocumented immigrants. Understanding what will (and won’t) change under the ACA and immigration reform is critical to crafting sensible health policy in this realm. Despite a flurry of political activity, health care for undocumented immigrants remains a patchwork with gaping holes, and that reality is unlikely to change much ove...