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Immigrant adults working together at a long table in a classroom
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Reports
February 2022
Cover image for The Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) Program: Understanding Its Design and Challenges in Meeting Immigrant Learners’ Needs

U.S. adult education systems have undergone significant changes, including to programs supporting immigrant integration. The creation of the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) program has sparked the development of innovative initiatives, but also raised concerns about their accessibility and ability to meet immigrant adults’ diverse learning goals and needs.

President Trump sits with his hands clasped at a desk with papers and a pen in front of him
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Reports
February 2022
Cover image for Four Years of Profound Change: Immigration Policy during the Trump Presidency

The Trump administration set an unprecedented pace for executive action on immigration, reshaping many aspects of the U.S. immigration system through changes large and small. This report chronicles the 472 administrative changes enacted during this four-year period—ranging from COVID-19 response measures and immigration enforcement, to humanitarian protection, travel bans, legal immigration and DACA changes, and more.

At least 20 flags of different countries fly in the wind outside of two large buildings
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Reports
January 2022
Cover image for Coming Together or Coming Apart? A New Phase of International Cooperation on Migration

Faced with the pandemic and its economic fallout, many countries have looked inward. Yet the nature and scale of the crisis has vividly illustrated the necessity of working across borders to address transnational challenges. This Transatlantic Council on Migration statement examines how the context for international cooperation has shifted since the Global Compact for Migration was adopted, and reflects on a way forward for migration cooperation.

People walk along the road to the Menara Gardens in Marrakech, Morocco
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Reports
January 2022
Cover image for The Winding Road to Marrakech: Lessons from the European Negotiations of the Global Compact for Migration

In the months leading up to the adoption of the Global Compact for Migration in 2018, what had been a quiet negotiation process suddenly became front-page news, drawing unprecedented public attention and sparking protests across Europe. This report explores how the compact negotiations triggered a multilayered institutional and political crisis in the European Union, and how this breakdown continues to affect EU external migration policy.

Two people write on papers while another sits nearby. Migrants returning to Burkina Faso receive food and non-food items as reintegration assistance.
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Reports
January 2022
Cover image for Putting Migrant Reintegration Programs to the Test: A Road Map to a Monitoring System

The European push to increase migrant returns has led to new investments in assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) programs. Yet it is hard to tell whether these investments are paying off. This report explores what is and is not known about returnee reintegration, and how improved monitoring and evaluation would help bridge knowledge gaps and inform future decisions about programming, funding, and strategy.

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Cover image for The Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) Program: Understanding Its Design and Challenges in Meeting Immigrant Learners’ Needs
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Cover image for the Spanish-language parent's guide on English Learner assessments
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Cover image for the parent's guide on English Learner assessments
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Cover image for Four Years of Profound Change: Immigration Policy during the Trump Presidency
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By  Jacob Hofstetter and Alexis Cherewka
Cover image for the Spanish-language parent's guide on English Learner assessments
Fact Sheets
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By  Delia Pompa and Jazmin Flores Peña
Cover image for the parent's guide on English Learner assessments
Fact Sheets
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By  Delia Pompa and Jazmin Flores Peña
Cover image for Four Years of Profound Change: Immigration Policy during the Trump Presidency
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