Interior Enforcement

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.

Will Immigration Reform Ever Succeed Again? The Legacy of IRCA & Its Enduring Lessons

This provocative discussion showcases Charles Kamasaki's book, Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die, and explores the lessons that can be learned from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, its intended and unintended consequences, and how the law’s legacy has shaped contemporary politics surrounding immigration.

Immigration-Related Policy Changes in the First Two Years of the Trump Administration

During the first half of its first term, the Trump administration pursued a broad immigration agenda primarily through executive action.

Policy Options for Responding to Changing Migration Flows at the Southwest Border

Transnational Organized Crime Groups, Immigration, and Border Security: Connections, Distinctions, and Proposals for Effective Policy

Cambios en el Panorama de Control Migratorio Interno Durante la Administración Trump

Un seminario en el que se analiza el funcionamiento del actual sistema de control en el interior del país y cómo están respondiendo los gobiernos estatales y locales, la sociedad civil y los consulados.

Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together

Mexico's economic and cultural transformation has created deep, mutually beneficial interdependencies with the United States that no border wall can undo, this book by MPI’s president argues.

The Changing Landscape of Interior Immigration Enforcement Under Trump

Marking the release of an MPI study, this discussion examines the operation of today’s interior enforcement system and how state and local governments, civil society, and consulates are responding.    

State and Local Labor Standards Enforcement in Immigrant-Dense Industries

Marking the release of an MPI report, this discussion focuses on the dynamics in low-wage workplaces and immigration law that have contributed to systematic violations of labor standards and explores new and effective enforcement strategies that state and local governments across the United States are utilizing.

Shifting Gears, Trump Administration Launches High-Profile Worksite Enforcement Operations

Chile's immigrant population quadrupled over two decades, outpacing every other country in Latin America and stoking backlash and a rightward political shift.