Mexican emigration dropped 42 percent in 2 years Mexican emigration has dropped 42 percent over the last two years, a government study released Thursday showed, confirming that America has become less appealing amid an economic downturn and stepped up raids against illegal migrants. About eight of every 1,000 Mexicans emigrated between February and...

Worried About the Mortgage Market? Don’t Blame an Immigrant Anti-immigrant zealots, as part of their never-ending crusade to blame immigration for virtually every economic and social problem in the United States, continue to insist that the collapse of the subprime mortgage market was rooted in nefarious home purchases by undocumented immigrants. On November...

New CIC Minister Jason Kenney delivers address on Canadian immigration Jason Kenney, the new Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism delivered an address today (November 13th 2008) on the future of Canadian immigration.  He stated that the Government of Canada remains committed to a dynamic immigration program and to the successful integration of newcomers. “Just...

Asian immigrants - successful 2nd generation According to a study from the Montreal-based Institute for Research on Public Policy, the real test of a society’s inclusiveness is the academic and professional success of immigrants’ children.  The study shows a positive overall pattern for immigration in that most second-generation immigrants...

Condelezza Rice on Immigration Condelezza Rice’s views on the following Immigration issues: WHY FREE TRADE WILL COME UNDER ATTACK. Mexico has benefited from Nafta. In the current globalfinancial crisis, of course, a lot of people are going to be questioning free trade and international integration and all of those things. ....

The Americans don’t want you - well we do! America attracts the best form of human capital- IT specialists, doctors, scientists, engineers etc. America is the envy of the Western World as most skilled professionals want to work there, because after all, it is the land of plenty. Most of these individuals enter on H-1B visas and all of them have...

Meet Jason Kenney - Canada’s new Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism With Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent cabinet shuffle, Jason Kenney, the former Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity has been appointed as the new Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. Jason Kenney was first elected to the House of Commons in...