Ariel G. Ruiz Soto is an Associate Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, where he provides quantitative research support across MPI programs. He also manages MPI's internship program.

His research focuses on the impact of U.S. immigration policies on immigrants’ experiences of socioeconomic integration across varying geographical and political contexts. More recently, Mr. Ruiz Soto has analyzed methodological approaches to estimate sociodemographic trends of the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States. His research has been published in Latino Studies and in Crossing the United States-Mexico Border: Policies, Dynamics, and Consequences of Mexican Migration to the United States (University of Texas Press).

Mr. Ruiz Soto holds a master’s degree from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration with an emphasis on immigration policy and service provision, and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Whitman College.