Deportations/Returns
Explore all research, analysis, commentary, and data on deportations and returns—terms used in different parts of the world to describe the enforced or assisted return of migrants to their countries of origin.
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Detained or Deported: How Parents in the Immigration Enforcement System Can Protect their Children
A discussion on policies regarding immigrant parent detentions and deportations, related child protection issues, and the implications for the immigration enforcement and child welfare systems. This event is also the release of a related Women's Refugee Commission toolkit for detained or deported parents and those who work on the issue.
Dramatic Surge in the Arrival of Unaccompanied Children Has Deep Roots and No Simple Solutions
A surge of Central American unaccompanied children is straining U.S. systems.
What Is the Right Policy Toward Unaccompanied Children at U.S. Borders?
With 60,000 unaccompanied children expected at U.S. borders in fiscal year 2014, MPI outlines a multipart policy plan that balances enforcement with humanitarian protection.
The Deportation Story: Deporter-in-Chief, Releaser-in-Chief, or Reformer-in-Chief?
The release of MPI's report, examining the U.S. deportation system with analysis on migrant apprehensions, removals, and criminal prosecutions, includes discussion on the evolution of the deportation system over the past two decades and some of the leading policy options circulating as the executive branch undertakes a policy review.
The Current Record on Deportations: What Underlies the "Eye of the Beholder" Dynamic?
A transformed enforcement system under the Obama administration has produced record deportation levels while also drawing criticism it is too lenient.
The Deportation Dilemma: Reconciling Tough and Humane Enforcement
U.S. deportation policy has generated more than 4.5 million removals since 1996, but humane enforcement and stricter immigration control remain fundamentally in tension.
Curbing the Influence of "Bad Actors" in International Migration (Transatlantic Council Statement)
Irregular migration persists despite massive enforcement investments because market demand drives illegality and bad actors consistently outpace government controls.
Trade-Offs in Immigration Enforcement
Return-only enforcement globally is costly and incomplete, making regularization an indispensable complement to deportation in any credible migration enforcement regime.
10th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The 10th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference featured keynotes by U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, and panel discussions on the prospects for legislative action, policy options, and political mobilization; lessons learned from past immigration legislation and programs; and an assessment of current conditions at the U.S. border and considerations for future policy.
Doris Meissner Testimony Video: Border Security
Testimony of Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate.
