Migration Dialogue
Jan 7, 2025 · Migration Dialogue provides timely, factual and nonpartisan information and analysis of international migration issues through five major activities: the newsletters Migration News and Rural Migration News, Changing Face and other Research & Seminars, and the Sloan West Coast Program on Science and Engineering Workers.
US Immigration in 2025 - Rural Migration Blog | Migration Dialogue
3 days ago · The US has 50 million or almost 20 percent of the world’s 280 million international migrants, far more than Germany (16 million), Saudi Arabia (13 million), and Russia (12 million). The US admits over a million legal immigrants a year, two-thirds because they have family members already in the US ...
Historic | Migration Dialogue - UC Davis
Farm Labor and Mexican Produce Exports. The US imports over half of its fresh fruit and a third of its fresh vegetables, mostly from Mexico. This project, led by the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and supported by the Walmart foundations, strengthens protections for Mexican workers employed throughout North America agriculture and works with stakeholders to implement evidence-based policies ...
Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue - UC Davis
Oct 10, 2024 · Rural America. California: Water, Housing California had sufficient water in 2023-24. California had annual precipitation of 34 inches in 2022-23, leaving statewide reservoirs with
Rural Migration Blog | Migration Dialogue - UC Davis
Oct 8, 2024 · July 16, 2024 H-2A: New Worker Protections. The H-2A program allows US farm employers who anticipate shortages of seasonal workers to request that DOL certify their need for H-2A guest workers to fill seasonal farm jobs.
The H-2A Program: GAO and AEWRs, - Rural Migration Blog
5 days ago · GAO . The GAO released a report (25-106389) in November 2024 that called for more oversight of the H-2A program and enforcement of H-2A regulations. The number of H-2A jobs quadrupled between FY13 and FY24 to almost 400,000 a year. DOL, DHS, and DOS were generally able to process H-2A applications ...
Trump 2.0 and Farm Labor - Rural Migration Blog | Migration …
4 days ago · Large-scale deportations in 2025-26 could put the H-2A program in the spotlight. Almost 400,000 seasonal farm jobs are certified to be filled by over 300,000 H-2A workers each year; there are fewer workers than jobs because some H-2A workers fill two US farm jobs (Castillo, et al, 2024).
Migrants and the Mexico-US Border - Rural Migration Blog
Apr 3, 2024 · Q.42 (SPLIT A) A bipartisan group of Senators and the White House recently proposed a bill to make it harder for migrants to get asylum in the U.S., to increase the number of border agents, and give the President the power to limit the number of migrants coming into the country if immigration goes above a certain limit.
Immigration, Politics - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue
The foreign-born population was a record 50 million or 15 percent of US residents at the end of 2023, including 12 million unauthorized foreigners.
Migrants: Surge and Backlash - Rural Migration News | Migration …
Oct 5, 2023 · Title 42, the public health measure that allowed unauthorized foreigners who are encountered just inside the US to be returned to Mexico, ended on May 11, 2023.