4 Immigrant Skill Utilization: Trends and Policy Issues

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Twenty-First-Century Immigration to North America 3
5. Overview of Immigration Policy in Canada and the United States
6. Managing Immigration: A Short History of Turbulence and Public Policy 15
7. US Immigration Reform 54
8. Economic Aspects of North American Immigration
9. Economic Outcomes of Immigrants in Canada 89
10. Immigrant Skill Utilization: Trends and Policy Issues 118
11. The Impact of Immigration on the US Labour Market: What Have We Learned since 2000 and What Do We Need to Do Next? 155
12. Socio-Cultural Aspects of North American Immigration
13. Assimilation and Its Discontented 183
14. Muslim Immigration to North America: The Rise of New Challenges and the Need for New Perspectives 206
15. Comparing Immigrant Children in Canada and the United States: Similarities and Differences 233
16. Precarious Migration: Refugees and Undocumented Workers in North America
17. Filling the Federal Policy Void: State and Local Responses to Undocumented Immigration in the United States 265
18. Value Conflict in Turbulent Times: Shifting Policies on Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, and Undocumented Migrants 291
19. Contributors 321
20. Index 329