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Promoting the Health of Left-Behind Children of Asian Labour Migrants: Evidence for Policy and Action
Left-behind children of Asian labor migrants face elevated mental health and nutritional risks that worker-focused programs largely fail to address.
The Educational, Psychological, and Social Impact of Discrimination on the Immigrant Child
Teacher discrimination reduces immigrant children's academic self-concept and school belonging, independently of actual performance, and raises dropout risk.
The Impact of Discrimination on the Early Schooling Experiences of Children from Immigrant Families
Personal and structural discrimination in early schooling damages the development, academic trajectories, and sense of belonging of young children from immigrant families.
Origin and Community: Asian and Latin American Unauthorized Youth and U.S. Deportation Relief
Asian immigrant youths have applied for U.S. deferred action at far lower rates than Latino peers, yet they renewed their grants on time more often.
DACA at Three: New Data on Potential Applicants and Analysis of the Renewal Process
On this webinar, MPI experts provide data on characteristics of the potential applicant pool for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and examine who is signing up for DACA renewal. The webinar also focuses on some of the administrative difficulties surrounding the renewal program.
DACA at the Three-Year Mark: High Pace of Renewals, But Processing Difficulties Evident
By March 2015, 83 percent of eligible DACA beneficiaries had renewed. But processing delays and outreach gaps at USCIS raised the risk of coverage lapses for many recipients.
Rethinking Integration for the Age of Superdiversity: How to adapt public services?
This MPI Europe public discussion, covering the findings of the UPSTREAM project, explores how a coordinated approach to integration may create more effective and inclusive approaches to diversity across the policy-making spectrum.
States and Districts with the Highest Number and Share of English Language Learners
California led English Learner (EL) concentration in 2012–13, and the top 25 school districts enrolled nearly one-quarter of all EL students nationwide.
Top Languages Spoken by English Language Learners Nationally and by State
Spanish is spoken by 71 percent of English Learner students in the United States, but wide state variation makes a uniform language instruction strategy inadequate for many.
The New National Integration Plan: Making the Most of a Historic Opportunity
A discussion with the Director of The White House Domestic Policy Council on the content of the new National Integration Plan delivered to the President by the recently created White House Task Force on New Americans, along with the plan for implementation.
