Immigration Policy & Law
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In this World of Migration podcast episode, Margie McHugh, director of MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, chats with Ivana Tú Nhi Giang about the important role of integration, for immigrants themselves and the broader society, and the varying degrees of intentionality in integration policy design around the world.
The architecture of the U.S. legal immigration system rests on a 1965 law and was last significantly updated in 1990. While there is widespread agreement that the existing framework does not align with the needs and realities of the 21st century, Congress has proven unable to enact significant legislative reform over the past two decades. How have debates on immigration changed and is achieving bipartisan consensus on this highly charged issue possible today?
People on all sides of the policy debate largely agree that the U.S. immigration system is broken. What should a 21st century system that works in the national interest look like? And is this vision achievable amid current political realities?
In this webinar, speakers examine issues of integration and social cohesion in Colombia, and explore how the international community can support Colombia and other countries receiving significant numbers of Venezuelan migrants and refugees. They also discuss Colombian initiatives that seek to improve the situation for migrants as well as the host communities where they reside.
MPI co-founder Demetrios G. Papademetriou takes on many questions, including whether the role of think tanks has evolved over the last two decades, in this World of Migration conversation with MPI’s Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan. They also look ahead to the challenges that will dominate immigration policymaking in the years ahead.
Mapping the Patchwork of State ‘DREAM Acts’ and Postsecondary Education Policies for Unauthorized Immigrant Youth
The Asylum Crisis in Europe: Designed Dysfunction
Danger Ahead for Aspiring Citizens as New Federal Workforce Law Is Implemented
Repealing Birthright Citizenship: The Unintended Consequences
Federal-Local Cooperation on Immigration Enforcement Frayed; Chance for Improvement Exists
The Potential and Pitfalls of Extraterritorial Processing of Asylum Claims
The Field of Migration Studies Loses a Giant: Graeme Hugo
County-Level View of DACA Population Finds Surprising Amount of Ethnic & Enrollment Diversity
An EU Commissioner for Migration? The Devil is in the Details
What Is the Right Policy Toward Unaccompanied Children at U.S. Borders?
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