Migration Policy Institute

 

The Migration Policy Institute is celebrating its first decade as the authoritative, unimpeachable resource on immigration and immigrant integration analysis and policy design in the United States and internationally. Read about the Institute’s accomplishments here.

Please join us in building momentum for the next decade of MPI's work, with a contribution to sustain and grow the Institute's research activities and reach. Your tax-deductible contribution will support thoughtful, fact-based research and analysis of migration and refugee policies in the United States and internationally. It will also help MPI disseminate policy-relevant material and engage a broad audience.

Leadership in Public Policy Awards

The Honorable Alan K. Simpson (R-WY)

US Senate (1979-97)

The Honorable Romano “Ron” Mazzoli (D-KY)

US House of Representatives (1971-95)

On the 25th anniversary of implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, MPI honors the lead sponsors of the landmark legislation, Sen. Alan Simpson and Rep. Ron Mazzoli, for their leadership and bipartisanship in working to enact a major immigration reform measure with the interests of the country squarely in mind. Their work serves as reminder of a time when Congress was able to set aside its divisions to accomplish big things in the immigration arena.

Global Visionary Award

Aryeh Neier

President, Open Society Foundations

With this Global Visionary Award, MPI honors Open Society Foundations (OSF) President Aryeh Neier for his career-long dedication to the protection and advancement of rights for the most vulnerable populations throughout the world, including refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants. In the mid-1990s, the foundation created a $50 million fund in the United States to provide naturalization and other services to immigrants and to build capacity among immigrant-rights organizations. And with the creation of OSF’s International Migration Initiative, the foundation is making a major commitment to protecting migrants around the world.

Leadership in International Migration Policy Award

His Excellency Giuliano Amato

Prime Minister of Italy (1992 -93, 2000-01),
and Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe (2002-03)
With its Leadership in International Migration Policy Award, MPI honors former Prime Minister of Italy and Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe, Giuliano Amato, for serving as a leading voice for a more common European Union approach with respect to immigration and immigrant integration policies and for working in pursuit of that vision.

Young Innovators Award

Uyen Nguyen

Co-Founder, OneVietnam Network

James Huy Bao

Co-Founder, OneVietnam Network

MPI honors OneVietnam Network Co-Founders Uyen Nguyen and James Huy Bao for their vision and dynamism in engaging the Vietnamese diaspora in action for good through the use of new media, arts, culture, and social entrepreneurship. Their initiative is being examined as a model for other diaspora groups.