While foreign terrorist organizations typically have a political or religious ideology, transnational criminal organizations are driven by profit.
- Professor, and Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University
- Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies
Immigration scholars break down some of the immigration terms that are likely to become common during the Trump administration’s first months.
A new study finds that immigrants contribute about $2.2 trillion annually to the US economy, and that might be an undercount.
Title 42 has triggered criticisms from immigration advocates and public health experts. But the end of the controversial policy may mean fewer asylum seekers crossing the US border.
Title 42 has triggered criticisms from immigration advocates and public health experts. But some still want to keep it in place and delay accepting asylum-seekers.
Some Republicans have claimed that a crisis exists on the US southern border. But federal immigration statistics tell a different story about the GOP’s overblown numbers.
La inmigración es algo que celebrar, no algo que temer. Existen muchas más oportunidades que problemas derivados de ella y son algunos políticos quienes más daño hacen a los inmigrantes con sus discursos.
A sociologist shares what his research has taught him about migration.
Un sociólogo entrevistó a cientos de inmigrantes en Nueva York, Barcelona y París. Le contaron que hacen esas ciudades, tanto bien como mal, para integrar residentes nacidos en el extranjero.
A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here’s what they say those cities get right — and do wrong — when integrating foreign-born residents.
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