Andrew Selee
Andrew Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a global, nonpartisan public policy organization that seeks to advance immigration and integration approaches that are in the societal interest through evidence-based work. He also chairs MPI’s Europe’s Administrative Council and is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches courses on global migration.
Dr. Selee’s research focuses on migration globally, with a special emphasis on immigration policies in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He is the author and co-author of several books, including On the Move: Migration Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean (Stanford University Press, 2025); Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018); and What Should Think Tanks Do? A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford University Press, 2013).
He has published opinion articles in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and other publications, and writes an occasional column in the Mexican newspaper El Universal.
Prior to joining MPI in 2017, Dr. Selee spent 17 years at the Woodrow Wilson Center, where he founded its Mexico Institute and later served as the Center’s Vice President for Programs and Executive Vice President. He has also worked as staff in the U.S. Congress and on programs with migrant youth in Tijuana, Mexico.
He is on the editorial board of the journal Migration Studies, the advisory board for Ayuda, and the advisory board for the Immigration Initiative at Harvard University. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of the USA.
Dr. Selee holds a PhD in policy studies from the University of Maryland; an MA in Latin American studies from the University of California, San Diego; a BA, Phi Beta Kappa, from Washington University in St. Louis; and a certificate in strategic perspectives on nonprofit management from Harvard Business School. He was an Andrew Carnegie Fellow and received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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Expanding Protection Options? Flexible Approaches to Status for Displaced Syrians, Venezuelans, and Ukrainians
Flexible protections for displaced Syrians, Venezuelans, and Ukrainians show temporary status can work at scale, but durable solutions remain elusive for millions.
An Imperfect but Constructive Approach: Examining the Latin American and Caribbean Response to Venezuelan Displacement
How have Latin American and Caribbean countries provided protection and access to services for Venezuelan migrants? This discussion explored what the region has and can do to consolidate and deepen existing efforts to help displaced Venezuelans integrate.
Un enfoque imperfecto pero constructivo: examinando la respuesta de América Latina y el Caribe al desplazamiento de venezolanos
Este webinario examina cómo los 15 principales países de acogida en la región de América Latina y el Caribe han brindado protección y acceso a servicios para migrantes venezolanos.
The U.S.-Mexico Border Becomes More High-Tech
MPI analysts who toured the U.S.-Mexico border discuss the increasingly sophisticated U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations to address asylum seekers and other migrants arriving at official ports of entry.
Apuesta por la regularidad migratoria: Respuestas de América Latina y el Caribe frente a la crisis del desplazamiento venezolano
Ante uno de los mayores desplazamientos del mundo, los países latinoamericanos otorgaron estatus legal a entre el 50 y 75 por ciento de los venezolanos desplazados para 2022.
Betting on Legality: Latin American and Caribbean Responses to the Venezuelan Displacement Crisis
Latin American and Caribbean countries granted legal status to an estimated 50 - 75 percent of displaced Venezuelans by 2022, a rare bet on inclusion.
Regional Processing Centers: Can This Key Component of the Post-Title 42 U.S. Strategy Work?
Amid a potentially dramatic rethink in the U.S. approach to management of migration from the Western Hemisphere, the creation of Regional Processing Centers (now known as Safe Mobility Offices, or SMOs) across Latin America will be central to the post-Title 42 strategy, as this commentary explains.
A Complex Picture: Diversifying Migration Flows & Policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border
What is driving the increasingly diverse flows to the U.S.-Mexico border, and how are officials responding on the ground?
Retos y oportunidades de una agenda migratoria en América Latina
En este encuentro se discutieron las perspectivas actuales de la agenda migratoria en América Latina, en cuanto a los desafíos y oportunidades que presentó. El encuentro buscó conocer buenas prácticas migratorias de varios países de la región, con base en tres subtemas: regularización, integración y alianzas intersectoriales.
Meeting Global Skills and Talent Needs in Changing Labor Markets
The discussion focused on the extent to which labor market needs should shape future immigration policy decisions, and how countries are adjusting—and could adjust—their immigration systems to meet human capital and competitiveness needs.
