Unauthorized Immigration/Irregular Migration
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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.
Leadership Visions: A Discussion with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz-Massieu
An MPI Leadership Visions discussion with the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz-Massieu, for her first public appearance in Washington, DC.
Reception and Reintegration Services in Central America: Ending the Deportee Revolving Door
A webinar releasing a report examining deportations to Central America and reception and reintegration services in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Twenty Five Years Later: Reflecting on the Immigration Act of 1990
To mark the 25th anniversary of the 1990 Act, MPI hosted a discussion examining the history of the legislation, how it was accomplished politically, and the stakeholders and issues that were critical to its passage.
Border Skirmishes Resonate in National Domestic Politics
From South America to Europe to Asia, governments have turned border disputes into instruments of domestic politics, with costly human fallout.
Stopping the Revolving Door: Reception and Reintegration Services for Central American Deportees
Northern Central American governments offer basic returnee reception but long-term reintegration programs reach only a fraction of returnees, leaving many at risk of remigration.
Paying for Protection: Corruption in South Africa’s Asylum System
South Africa’s rights-based asylum laws coexist with a restrictive system marked by corruption, in which access to protection may depend less on need than on money.
Meeting the Education Needs of Rising Numbers of Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Europe and the United States
Rising refugee and migrant youth arrivals are straining schools on both sides of the Atlantic, with teacher shortages and limited reception capacity as the greatest obstacles.
12th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
This annual conference offers timely policy and legal analysis and discussion on key immigration topics featuring panels with government officials, researchers, advocates, and other immigration experts.
What's Next for the European Asylum Crisis?
An MPI Europe video chat on the emerging role of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the current EU refugee crisis and its track record during its first five years, along with what strategies Europe ought to be pursuing with regards to its response.
