Wednesday, November 3rd
We had a presentation on immigration: “Where’s Everyone Going and Why?” Our speaker was Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Race and Ethnicity Research at the Pew Research Center. Note: Unfortunately, procedural and technical issues precluded us from offering either live streamed or a prerecorded version of this talk.
Dr. Lopez is an expert on immigration globally and in the U.S., world demography, U.S. Hispanics and Asian Americans. He was previously the Center’s director of Hispanic Research, and before that served as the Associate Director. Prior to joining Pew Research Center, Dr. Lopez served as a research assistant professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and as research director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
He is an author and co-author of reports about the Hispanic electorate, Hispanic identity and immigration. Some titles include:
“Adjusting to a World in Motion: Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy,” “Future of the First Amendment,” “Who is Hispanic?,” “The Latino Vote in 2020,” “Changing US Unauthorized Immigrant Population”
Dr. Lopez received his doctorate in economics from Princeton University. He frequently appears in national and international media in both Spanish and English. Dr. Lopez is from Los Angeles. He was born in a Mexican-American family based in California for more than a century.
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Post Presentation Notes:
Dr. Mark Lopez, Director of Race and Ethnicity Research at the Pew Research Center, Washington DC. –Immigration
Dr. Lopez shared his vast knowledge with us in a low-key, understandable, and amusing fashion. Key takeaways were: (1) Eighty percent of African immigration takes place within the African continent; (2) Germany does a better job of promoting immigrants than the US, but Germans envy the way immigrants rise to the highest levels in the US; (3) Although the US has the highest total number of immigrants, it has increasing competition from Europe in bringing them in; (4) A major problem for the US in the next decade will be a shortage of incoming immigrants.
See below for three appendices with information about and from Dr. Lopez.
Appendix 1. Contact info for Dr. Lopez:
Mark Hugo Lopez
Director of Race and Ethnicity Research
Pew Research Center
202.794.3377
202.419.3617 | [email protected] | @mhugolopez
1615 L Street, NW Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036
http://www.pewresearch.org
Appendix 2. Report on U.S. soft power mentioned by Dr. Lopez in his talk:
What People Around the World Like – and Dislike – About American Society and Politics | Pew Research Center
Appendix 3. PDF of Dr. Lopez’s PowerPoint:
