November 21 PRC / California Institute Briefing to Examine Foreign and Domestic Migration Patterns -- November 14, 2003 -- California Capitol Hill Bulletin -- Volume 10, Bulletin 34

On Friday, November 21, 2003, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in Room 121 of the Cannon House Office Building, the Population Resource Center, in conjunction with the California Institute for Federal Policy Research and the Northeast-Midwest Institute, will host a breakfast briefing entitled "Three Americas - How New Movers and Immigrants are Changing the Demographic Landscape."

The briefing will feature presentations by renowned demographer Dr. William H. Frey, Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center, who will give a talk entitled "Metropolitan Migration Magnets: A Transition for America." In addition, the briefing will feature a presentation by Roland V. Anglin, Executive Director of the New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute, entitled "The Challenges and Costs for a Changing Nation."

The presenters will note that each year, hundreds of thousands of people move to the United States and millions of Americans relocate within the country. The destinations of choice for these two groups have a profound impact on public service needs, business patterns, and the political landscape, both for the destinations, and for the places left behind.

Census data indicates that certain metropolitan areas are domestic migrant magnets, while others are immigrant magnets. Over time, the resulting dynamics of age structure, education levels, and race and ethnicity show definite and distinctive differences between regions. Some areas experience net gains in population due to immigration, even though losing significant numbers of residents through domestic out-migration. The presenters will examine the emerging "Three Americas" and discuss some of the possible implications of these trends for metropolitan America in the coming decade.

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