VIDEO
Audrey Singer and Martha Raddatz, May 01, 2008
Martha Raddatz interviews Audrey Singer about the estimated 11 million people living illegally in the United States, and the economic force that undocumented workers exert. Her ideas include an Impact Aid Program that would offset state and local expenditures, and a New Americans Initiative to help integrate immigrants into American society.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, February 28, 2008, The Brookings Institution
William Frey presents findings on how race and immigration will impact the political geography of the presidential election in November. While conventional wisdom holds that black, Hispanic and Asian minorities are clustered in specific regions and locales, Frey’s research shows that this is changing dramatically. He examines how these race and ethnic groups differ from each other on key political issues and provides an assessment of their projected impact in key "purple" battleground states for future elections. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Audrey Singer, May 02, 2008, The News & Observer
The presidential candidates all seem to agree that current immigration policies are broken and need to be fixed. But so far they've avoided dialogue on specific policy ideas. Audrey Singer's ideas for our next president include an Earned Legalization program; an Impact Aid program that would offset state and local expenditures; and New Americans Initiative to help all immigrants integrate into American life. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Audrey Singer, David Park, Michael Katz and Domenic Vitiello, November 13, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Immigration to metropolitan Philadelphia has been rising recently after several stagnant decades. This paper examines recent trends in immigration to the region with attention to the varied immigrant groups, the opportunities they bring, and the challenges for policymakers, service providers, and communities across the area. The report argues for the development of a Regional Council on Immigration to best address the needs of the area’s newcomers. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, October 20, 2008
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
On October 20, Brookings hosted a discussion of the key demographic trends that are decisively reshaping the political landscape of the United States and their impact on the 2008 election. A new book from Brookings Press, Red, Blue and Purple America: The Future of Election Demographics (2008), edited by Brookings Visiting Fellow Ruy Teixeira, puts these trends in context. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, September 25, 2008
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC
Brookings and the Norman Lear Center at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California released a report examining the new media’s role in the U.S. immigration debate, and explored how the media conditioned public opinion and the policy landscape. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Banu Akdenizli, E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Roberto Suro, September 25, 2008, The Brookings Institution, The University of Southern California Norman Lear Center
A new Brookings/USC report finds that the U.S. media have hindered effective policy making on immigration in recent years, and their impact has been increasing as a result of an ongoing evolution in the media industry. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
During the nation’s infancy, Alexis de Tocqueville meticulously studied America’s democratic experiment and defined the contours of American exceptionalism. Nearly 200 years later, scholars James Q. Wilson and Peter Schuck reconsider what defines the United States and its role in our rapidly changing world in Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation (Public Affairs, 2008). William Galston moderated a discussion with Wilson, Schuck and Brookings scholars Don Kettl and Ron Haskins. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, March 21, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Migration to America's fastest growing cities have tapered off in the last year, according to the latest Census data results. Would-be homebuyers in previously hot housing markets are unable to obtain the homes they desire, leaving them in limbo. William Frey examines the regions across America weathering the downturn. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, March 17, 2008
12:00 PM to 01:30 PM
Washington, DC
On Monday, March 17, Brookings Vice President Bruce Katz hosted a discussion on the twenty-first century gateways to discuss the trends and growth patterns that have been largely unexamined until now. The discussion featured the work of demographer and immigration expert Audrey Singer and others who highlighted the current context of immigration and local response. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Khalid Koser, March 14, 2008, Workers without Borders: Rethinking Economic Migration, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
Almost every country on earth is affected by international migration, which is inextricably linked with other important global issues, including development, poverty and human rights. Some migrants are exploited and their human rights abused, integration in destination countries can be difficult, and migration can deprive origin countries of important skills. For these reasons and more, as Brookings expert Khalid Koser argues, migration matters. Read More
BOOK
Audrey Singer, Susan W. Hardwick and Caroline B. Brettell, March 01, 2008
Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts, this book provides in-depth, comparative analysis of immigration trends and local policy responses in America’s newest gateways. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Audrey Singer, February 11, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Compiled by Brookings Institution experts, this chart is part of a series of issue indices being published during the 2008 Presidential election cycle. In this index, candidates' views on immigration, border security, work programs and other aspects of the immigration policy debate are presented. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Khalid Koser, November 29, 2007, Oxford University Press USA Blog
An interview with Oxford University Press's blog on Khalid Koser's new book International Migration: A Very Short Introduction. This Very Short Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration -- both legal and illegal -- to reveal that migration actually presents opportunities that must be taken advantage of in light of the current economic climate. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael E. O'Hanlon, Diana Villiers Negroponte and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, November 2007, The Brookings Institution
In October and November of 2007, Brookings Scholars Michael O'Hanlon, Diana Negroponte and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz had an e-mail exchange with prominent Latin American scholars with a variety of perspectives to discuss the issues facing Latin America. Read More