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[FYI --
1. Estimating the Size of the H-1B Population in the U.S. (Memorandum)
2. Two Governors and Immigration (Blog)
3. Lobbyists Spin GAO Report on H-1B (Blog)
4. European Multiculturalism's Lessons for the U.S.: The Psychology of Belonging (Blog)
5. Immigration and the 'Informal Economy'(Blog)
6. Let's Change the Conceptual Framework Used in Migration Decision-Making (Blog)
7. Wikileaks, Visa Fraud, and a Reverse Twist on the Anchor Baby Scheme (Blog)
8. A Statement of Principles for American NGOs dealing with Immigrant Assimilation (Blog)
9. Medicaid, Immigration Game of Chicken (Blog)
10. Reflections from the Border (Blog)
11. Immigrant Assimilation and NGOs: Mixed Messages (Blog)
12. Allowing Illegal Aliens Access to Driver's Licenses All Over Again (Blog)
13. A Little Good News from Social Security, Maybe, Later This Year (Blog)
14. European Multiculturalism's Lessons for the U.S.: The Role of NGOs (Blog)
15. No 'Truce' for Daniels on Immigration (Blog)
16. European Multiculturalism's Lessons for the U.S.: Double Standards (Blog)
-- Mark Krikorian]
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Estimating the Size of the H-1B Population in the U.S.
By David North
CIS Memorandum, February 2011
http://cis.org/estimating-h1b-population-2-11
Excerpt: One of the (many) problems with making immigration policy is the seldom-noticed fact that we have no idea of the size of the non-immigrant population — i.e., foreign citizens in the United States on some sort of temporary status — nor of its component parts, such as of foreign workers.
In sharp contrast, there are either good data or plausible estimates on the other three components of the foreign-born population: naturalized citizens, legal permanent residents, and illegal aliens.
In a few minutes at the computer I found these three estimates: naturalized citizens, 15.5 million (Census Bureau), LPRs, 12.5 million (DHS), and illegal aliens, 10.8 million (DHS again). All the estimates are for 2009.
A government making decisions about millions of people needs to know how many millions it is dealing with, and it does with these three populations.
However, no government agency appears to be making estimates, much less counting the non-immigrants among us. Further, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), belying its very name, had a staff of 31 writing a report on the controversial H-1B program for high-tech foreign workers, but did not even mention the size of the H-1B population, something I noted in a CIS blog.
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Two Governors and Immigration
By Mark Krikorian
CIS Blog, February 22, 2011
http://cis.org/krikorian/two-governors
Excerpt: I'd mentioned last week that Indiana governor Mitch Daniels has tried to avoid weighing in on a tough new immigration bill making its way through his state's legislature, despite freely dispensing his views on a variety of other issues of national importance. The Indianapolis Star had more on the topic Sunday, quoting people on both sides expressing their hope that Daniels will come down on their side . . .
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Lobbyists Spin GAO Report on H-1B
By John Miano
CIS Blog, February 21, 2011
http://cis.org/miano/lobbyists-spin-gao-report
Excerpt: We have previously reported that the GAO has released a new study on the H-1B program titled 'H-1B Visa Program: Reforms Are Needed to Minimize the Risks and Costs of Current Program'. As you can tell from the title, this report does not paint a pretty picture of the H-1B program, like all the other government reports that came before it.
Now the lobbyist spin on the GAO report is coming in.
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European Multiculturalism's Lessons for the U.S.: The Psychology of Belonging
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, February 21, 2011
http://cis.org/renshon/psychology-of-belonging
Excerpt: Europe's turn from multiculturalism has, as we have been noting, implications for the United States and its policies for helping new legal immigrant become American. Prime Minister David Cameron's detailed critique of his country's failed efforts to enlist multiculturalism to further that goal provides some cautionary lessons.
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Immigration and the 'Informal Economy'
By Jerry Kammer
CIS Blog, February 21, 2011
http://cis.org/kammer/informal-economy
Excerpt: National Public Radio last week reported a story from Phoenix that was intended to illustrate a recent finding by the Pew Hispanic Center. Pew reported that in the second quarter of 2010, American citizens lost more than a million jobs while foreign-born workers gained 656,000 jobs.
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Let's Change the Conceptual Framework Used in Migration Decision-Making
By David North
CIS Blog, February 21, 2011
http://cis.org/north/change-conceptual-framework
Excerpt: After a year or two of watching how DHS, and more specifically USCIS, makes immigration decisions, I realize that both the agency, and Congress, are working in the wrong conceptual environment.
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Wikileaks, Visa Fraud, and a Reverse Twist on the Anchor Baby Scheme
By David North
CIS Blog, February 18, 2011
http://cis.org/north/wikileaks-mexico-visa-fraud
Excerpt: Wikileaks, the unauthorized release of a huge collection of U.S. government documents, has made a useful contribution to the immigration field.
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A Statement of Principles for American NGOs dealing with Immigrant Assimilation
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, February 18, 2011
http://cis.org/renshon/assimilation-principles-for-ngos
Excerpt: Like much else in American society, the development of organizations that help new immigrants has proceeded in an ad hoc way. That is part of the nature of our society noted as long ago as Alexis de Tocqueville's trip to the United States in 1831. The general rule of American culture has been that voluntary associations spring up to address civic needs.
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Medicaid, Immigration Game of Chicken
By James R. Edwards Jr.
CIS Blog, February 18, 2011
http://cis.org/edwards/medicaid-immigration-game-of-chicken
Excerpt: Remarkably, the Obama administration won't block the state of Arizona from paring back its Medicaid rolls. Some 250,000 people could have to forego taxpayer-funded health care. This is notable, because cutting Medicaid rolls goes against the grain of Obamacare's forcing of states to add millions more to this entitlement program.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius skirted the issue in reply to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer requesting permission to make this move. But the matter has much wider importance, as 29 governors have sought relief from the Medicaid expansion mandate. Further, it's no secret that the combination of the expansion of Medicaid plus premium subsidies for people well into the middle class will create a burden for American taxpayers – and provide 'free' health care to millions of immigrants.
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Reflections from the Border
By John Wahala
CIS Blog, February 17, 2011
http://cis.org/Wahala/ArizonaBorderTour
Excerpt: Last month I had the opportunity to tour southern Arizona with a small group led by our own Jerry Kammer, who lived and wrote there for many years and whose passion for the region is contagious. Through his connections, we were given intimate perspectives on the border situation from those who face it on a daily basis.
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Immigrant Assimilation and NGOs: Mixed Messages
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, February 17, 2011
http://cis.org/renshon/assimilation-ngos-mixed-messages
Excerpt: A substantial number of the labor, religious, ethnic, legal, and civic non-governmental organizations formed to help new immigrants have their own strong views on immigration policy. And a number of them feel that it is not their responsibility to help new immigrants make the transition from attachment to their 'home counties' to their new community here. Indeed, some immigrant advocacy groups in the NGO world explicit feel it is their role to help new immigrants retain their ties to the countries that they left.
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Appropriations Amendment Déjà-Vu: Allowing Illegal Aliens Access to Driver's Licenses All Over Again
By Janice Kephart
CIS Blog, February 16, 2011
http://cis.org/kephart/real-id-price-amendment
Excerpt: Yesterday, Rep. David Price (D-NC), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, offered a one sentence amendment to homeland security federal funding that would cut off states' ability to check foreign nationals' legal status . . .
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A Little Good News from Social Security, Maybe, Later This Year
By David North
CIS Blog, February 16, 2011
http://cis.org/north/maybe-good-news-from-SSA
Excerpt: Maybe, just maybe, the Social Security Administration might do something useful about illegal aliens and Social Security benefits, later this year.
The title of its announcement is not very exciting: 'Additional Insured Status Requirements for Certain Alien Workers (2882P)'
But what it says has at least some promise.
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European Multiculturalism's Lessons for the U.S.: The Role of NGOs
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, February 16, 2011
http://cis.org/renshon/multiculturalism-role-of-ngos
Excerpt: Among the several lessons that British Prime Minister David Cameron's critique of multiculturalism provides for the United States are his observations on the role of non-governmental organizations in helping to either facilitate or compromise new immigrant integration into Britain's cultural and national community.
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No 'Truce' for Daniels on Immigration
By Mark Krikorian
CIS Blog, February 16, 2011
http://cis.org/krikorian/no-truce-for-daniels
Excerpt: A lot of Republicans running in 2012 are going to face problems with the Tea Party on immigration. The Tea Party groups didn't address immigration (except maybe those in Arizona), just as they avoided all issues other than spending and size of government, and that was a smart move at the time. But as an outpouring of populist nationalism, they are almost coterminous with immigration hawks, and woe to any open-borders Republican seeking their help. This is why Dick Armey and Grover Norquist, both strong open-borders guys, don't even utter the word “immigration” to Tea Party folks, lest they have tomatoes thrown at them.
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European Multiculturalism's Lessons for the U.S.: Double Standards
By Stanley Renshon
CIS Blog, February 14, 2011
http://cis.org/renshon/multiculturalism-double-standards
Excerpt: The crumbling of the heretofore-taboo subject of the impact of multiculturalism on immigrant assimilation opens up a critical question for debate. That question is premised on the reality that immigration into the western democracies from all parts of the world will continue to be a fact that these governments must address. The question is how best to do so.
