Deborah W. Meyers
Deborah W. Meyers was formerly a Senior Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute and also Director of MPI's Internship Program. Ms. Meyers is currently the Director of Canadian Affairs with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Recent Activity
This report, the product of two workshops held on border management in Belgium and Texas, addresses three arenas of significant change shared by the United States and the European Union: 1) new government organizations for controlling borders; 2) the use of information technology to secure borders; and 3) visa‐free travel policies.
¿Qué clase de política y sistema de inmigración podría aprovechar los beneficios de la inmigración para avanzar los intereses nacionales de EE.UU. en el siglo XXI? El Grupo de Trabajo sobre Inmigración y el Futuro de los Estados Unidos fue convocado por el Instituto de Política Migratoria (MPI) debatir este tema.
Permanent immigration increased by 17 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2005, fueled by adjustment of status for immigrants already in the United States. This fact sheet provides an overview of immigration to the United States based on government data.
This final report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future seeks to design a new and simplified immigration regime that averts illegal immigration, and at the same time, harnesses the benefits of legal immigration for the future.
This policy brief the complex issues surrounding temporary worker programs by looking at the ways in which the United States has responded to domestic labor shortages from the 1940s through the present. It examines the intent and structure of both historical and existing temporary worker programs, and raises salient policy questions.
This issue brief provides an overview of U.S. border enforcement throughout the 20th century, highlights how it has changed since the passage of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, and examines its unprecedented expansion in the aftermath of 9/11.