Deportations/Returns
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“Cubicle Activism”: Companies Face Growing Demands from Workers to Cut Ties with ICE and Others in Immigration Arena
A rising wave of employee activism has pressured corporations to sever ties with immigration enforcement agencies. But few companies have complied.
As More Migrants from Africa and Asia Arrive in Latin America, Governments Seek Orderly and Controlled Pathways
Growing numbers of migrants from Africa and Asia are traversing Latin America en route to the United States, prompting responses from Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica.
16th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The 16th annual conference features thoughtful policy and legal analysis and discussion of the most important immigration topics from leading government officials, attorneys, researchers, advocates, and others.
Crisis in the Courts: Is the Backlogged U.S. Immigration Court System at Its Breaking Point?
The U.S. immigration court system faces a structural crisis, with more than 1 million pending cases as of August 2019 and average waits exceeding 700 days.
Invertir en el vecindario: Cambios en los patrones de migración entre México y Estados Unidos y oportunidades para una cooperación sostenible
La migración no autorizada de mexicanos disminuye, pero los flujos centroamericanos crecen, exigiendo cooperación bilateral en materia de asilo, vías legales e integración.
Investing in the Neighborhood: Changing Mexico-U.S. Migration Patterns and Opportunities for Sustainable Cooperation
Mexico-U.S. migration has shifted: unauthorized Mexican flows slowed while Central American arrivals surged, requiring regional cooperation on asylum reform and legal pathways.
Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy: Building a Responsive, Effective Immigration System
This event marks the launch of a major new initiative—Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy—that aims to generate a big-picture, evidence-driven vision of the role immigration can and should play in America’s future in order to leverage a comparative advantage for the nation.
From Control to Crisis: Changing Trends and Policies Reshaping U.S.-Mexico Border Enforcement
Punitive enforcement-only measures failed to stem record flows of Central American families at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019, underscoring the need for a new approach.
Democrats Under Pressure: Political Calendar Exposes Ideological Differences on Immigration
As 2020 U.S. elections approached, Democrats’ divisions on immigration exposed a growing gap between the party's liberal and centrist factions.
As the Trump Administration Seeks to Remove Families, Due-Process Questions over Rocket Dockets Abound
Accelerated "rocket" dockets for families yielded 80 percent in absentia removal orders by mid-2019, exposing due-process failures around court notice and access to counsel.