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What Drives Anti-Migrant Vigilantes

Anti-migrant vigilante groups use performative patrols and viral imagery to reframe asylum seekers as security threats, distorting public debate and pushing policy in a more restrictive direction.

Anti-refugee activists in Austria.

U.S. Immigration Courts at a Crisis Point

U.S. immigration courts are facing record backlogs and structural challenges. MPI examined the Biden and Trump administrations' policies and what reforms are needed to improve efficiency and fairness. 

Hand holding a judge's gavel

22nd Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

Featuring a keynote by CNN's Fareed Zakaria, this conference explored pressing U.S. immigration issues, from mass deportations' and enforcement to legal services and the immigration court system.