Border Enforcement

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Fierce Opposition, Court Rulings Place Future of Family Immigration Detention in Doubt

Court rulings and advocacy have raised new questions about the future of U.S. family immigration detention.

The Refugee Crisis in Europe: Q&A with Demetrios Papademetriou

What explains the scale of Europe’s refugee crisis—and the search for durable solutions?

Regional Enforcement: A Profile of Migrants Deported from the United States and Mexico to the Northern Triangle

Marking the release of an MPI report, speakers on this webinar present an overview of regional immigration enforcement trends, including U.S. and Mexican apprehensions and deportations of both children and adults, along with a demographic, socioeconomic, and criminal profile of child and adult deportees.

Migrants Deported from the United States and Mexico to the Northern Triangle: A Statistical and Socioeconomic Profile

Mexico is intercepting more northern Central American migrants before the U.S. border. But shifting flows without addressing root causes is not a lasting solution.

Sanctuary Cities Come Under Scrutiny, As Does Federal-Local Immigration Relationship

The killing of Kathryn Steinle exposed deep fractures in federal-local immigration enforcement and thrust sanctuary policies into the 2016 presidential campaign.

Targeted Enforcement: Projecting the Effects of Executive Action on Deportations

This is the release event for an MPI report exploring the November 2014 executive actions related to revisions in DHS immigration enforcement priorities, and replacement of Secure Communities with the Priority Enforcement Program. The briefing will provide estimates the number of unauthorized immigrants now considered priorities for enforcement.

Addressing Crisis at Europe's Borders: Are policymakers moving in the right direction?

This teleconference, the first in a series from MPI Europe on the future of asylum policy in the European Union, focuses on the politics and mechanics of asylum seeker relocation and whether a recent contentious European Summit represents a new phase of intra-EU cooperation on asylum.