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Trump’s First Year on Immigration Policy: Rhetoric vs. Reality
During its first year, the Trump administration sought to cancel DACA, Temporary Protected Status, and refugee protections, but the border wall stalled in Congress and courts.
Under Trump Administration, United States Takes Steps to Narrow Legal Immigration
In 2017, the Trump administration narrowed legal immigration through methods such as travel bans, refugee cuts, and enhanced scrutiny of H-1B visas.
Legalization for Dreamers: A Realistic Appraisal of Potential Chain Migration
Legalizing Dreamers would result in each recipient sponsoring far fewer family members over their lifetime than critics contend, MPI estimates show.
14th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
Missed the annual conference? Audio and video of the discussions by top experts of shifting immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, to policy changes regarding refugee resettlement, treatment of unaccompanied minors, Temporary Protected Status, DACA, and more are available here.
The RAISE Act: Dramatic Change to Family Immigration, Less So for the Employment-Based System
The Trump-endorsed RAISE Act would halve legal immigration by slashing family categories and introduce a points system, while changing employment-based immigration less than anticipated.
Leaked Draft of Possible Trump Executive Order on Public Benefits Would Spell Chilling Effects for Legal Immigrants
A leaked draft executive order from President Donald Trump would broaden public charge rules, restricting legal immigrants' access to benefits and expanding grounds for deportation.
The Global Feminization of Migration: Past, Present, and Future
From 1960 to 2015, the female share of global migrants barely rose, prompting a rethink of what “feminization of migration” means.
Seeking Safety, Jobs, and More: Afghanistan’s Mixed Flows Test Migration Policies
Amid prolonged conflict, Afghanistan’s mixed migration has outpaced siloed approaches.
Trends in Unaccompanied Child and Family Migration from Central America
After reaching record highs in 2014, Central American child migration fell for a few months before rising again, showing enforcement surges cannot resolve the structural causes of this emigration.
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.
