Australia Austria Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Russian Federation Sweden United Kingdom United States On the Beach: Racial Confrontation in Australia In December, about 5,000 Australian youths gathered on one of Sydney's major surf beaches and attacked men described as "Middle Easterners." Christine Inglis of the University of Sydney looks at the violence and the government response, and assesses the integration of Lebanese Australians. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) From Horseback to High-Tech: US Border Enforcement Border control has evolved from a low-tech, one-agency exercise focused strictly on the Southwestern border to a far broader concept. MPI's Deborah Waller Meyers provides a detailed look at border-enforcement strategies and policies since the 1980s. MPI's Julia Gelatt reports on immigration leadership appointments, changes to the citizenship test, criticism of immigration judges, new border initiatives, and more. Full Story Spotlight on Limited English Proficient Students in the United States About five million students with limited proficiency in English were enrolled in US public schools in the 2003-2004 school year. MPI's Jeanne Batalova examines their characteristics.

This month the Source takes an in-depth look at the recent riots in Australia and the history of border enforcement in the United States. We also profile Latvia and Argentina, provide updates on US policymaking, and examine the latest data on US students with limited proficiency in English. Latvia Although this former Soviet republic joined the European Union in 2004, its main concern is its large ethnic Russian population. Tim Heleniak of the University of Maryland explains. Latvia Resource Page Argentina Despite skilled emigration outflows, Argentina consistently attracts new economic migrants from its neighbors in the southern cone of Latin America. Maia Jachimowicz of Princeton University reports. Argentina Resource Page China: From Exceptional Case to Global Participant Ronald Skeldon of the University of Sussex maps out the migration patterns and policies of China, the source of tens of millions of migrants around the globe.

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