Non-Economic Factors Handicap Bay Area’s Economy

Immigration and high-quality public services are crucial to any economic recovery in the Bay Area.

Has the recession solved illegal immigration?

A new Pew report says unlawful immigration has dropped sharply as jobs have dried up. Will this news cool down the red-hot immigration debate?

French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists

Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.

MM Lee: Singapore needs immigrants to make up for population shortfall

For the second time in less than a week, PAP strongman Lee Kuan Yew has called on Singaporeans to accept immigration as the country needs immigrants to make up for the population shortfall. Speaking during a community event at Radin Mas in his constituency of Tanjong Pagar GRC, the octogenarian Lee said that Singapore’s total fertility [...]

Illegal Immigration Has Declined: Why?

A new study from the Pew Hispanic Center finds that illegal immigration is down. There was nearly two-thirds less immigration, as measured by annual inflow, between 2007 and 2009 than between 2000 and 2005, report Pew authors Jeffrey Passel and D'Vera Cohn. Furthermore, "the most marked decline in the population of unauthorized immigrants has been among those who come from Latin American ...