Immigration

Much is being done to shore up U.S. production of semiconductors through the CHIPS and Science Act, which will require tens of thousands of workers. But many of the highly educated engineers taking those jobs face immigration restrictions, thanks to an increasingly overwhelmed and burdensome visa process.

Amid new executive actions on immigration, and 100 years since the National Origins Act, we look at how policy has shaped the economy.

Necoclí, Colombia, is a key stop on the migratory route to the U.S. Traditionally dependent on tourism, its economy has shifted to serve migrants.

It’s part of the administration’s stated intention to improve health care coverage for immigrant groups overall.

El Savador's President Nayib Bukele took on gang violence by introducing a state of emergency in 2022. The country is now safer, but its economy is struggling to grow.

Hospitality businesses say they want working visas for migrants to be fast-tracked as they struggle to fill job vacancies.

Immigrants are much more likely to create a new business, studies show, and the knock-on effect is job creation.

The agency's estimates that immigrants will add $7 trillion to gross domestic product over the next decade.

Mexican and Central American workers have been the lifeblood of the Baltimore economy, but they're also part of the "lowerarchy."

Congress failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform, so it's using the appropriations bill to bulk up the Department of Homeland Security.