Border Enforcement

Migration Crisis Tests European Consensus and Governance

In 2015, unprecedented Mediterranean arrivals and faltering EU solidarity turned migration into a test of Europe’s borders, institutions, and political resolve.

White House Uses Many Levers of Power to Effect Change as Obama and Congress Remain Deadlocked on Immigration

The Obama administration’s 2015 executive actions reshaped U.S. immigration enforcement and legal pathways even as courts and Congress pushed back.

Big Business of Smuggling Enables Mass Movement of People for Enormous Profits

Smuggling networks have profited from shifting, often deadly routes to Europe and Asia.

Refugee Crisis Deepens Political Polarization in the West

Refugee arrivals have sharpened partisan divides in Europe and the United States, as leaders harness migration fears in increasingly polarizing debates.

Reception and Reintegration Services in Central America: Ending the Deportee Revolving Door

A webinar releasing a report examining deportations to Central America and reception and reintegration services in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

A Shared Challenge: Europe and the United States Confront Significant Flows of Unaccompanied Child Migrants

Surging arrivals of unaccompanied children are testing European and U.S. systems in parallel ways.

Border Skirmishes Resonate in National Domestic Politics

From South America to Europe to Asia, governments have turned border disputes into instruments of domestic politics, with costly human fallout.

Senate Judiciary Testimony on Immigration Enforcement Priorities and Use of Prosecutorial Discretion

Stopping the Revolving Door: Reception and Reintegration Services for Central American Deportees

Northern Central American governments offer basic returnee reception but long-term reintegration programs reach only a fraction of returnees, leaving many at risk of remigration.

Paying for Protection: Corruption in South Africa’s Asylum System

South Africa’s rights-based asylum laws coexist with a restrictive system marked by corruption, in which access to protection may depend less on need than on money.