Jessica Bolter
Jessica Bolter was an Associate Policy Analyst with the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at MPI. Her research focused on migration patterns at the U.S.-Mexico border, extracontinental migration in the Americas, immigration enforcement, and asylum and refugee issues.
She previously interned with MPI, the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, the Ohio Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs, and the Center for Democracy in the Americas.
Ms. Bolter holds a bachelor’s degree in American studies and Spanish area studies from Kenyon College, where she focused on relations between the United States and Latin America.
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“Merit-Based” Immigration: Trump Proposal Would Dramatically Revamp Immigrant Selection Criteria, But with Modest Effects on Numbers
President Donald Trump's merit-based immigration plan would shift admissions from primarily family-based to mostly employment-based without meaningfully reducing total immigration.
Illegal Immigration in the United States
How have the size and characteristics of the unauthorized population changed over time? And how are unauthorized immigration patterns changing?
Remain in Mexico Plan Echoes Earlier U.S. Policy to Deter Haitian Migration
The Remain in Mexico policy echoes 1980s and 1990s Haitian interdiction strategies, with key legal distinctions that may determine whether it survives court challenge.
Who Is An Immigrant?
This explainer answers basic questions about international migrants—who they are, their top destinations, where they come from, how they are counted, and more.
The Travel Ban at Two: Rocky Implementation Settles into Deeper Impacts
Two years on, the Trump first-term travel ban cut monthly immigrant visas to five banned countries and collapsed refugee admissions.
Creatividad dentro de la crisis: opciones legales para migrantes venezolanos en América Latina
Con más de 3 millones de venezolanos en el extranjero a fines de 2018, los países de América Latina han improvisado vías legales creativas, pero deben planificar a largo plazo.
Creativity amid Crisis: Legal Pathways for Venezuelan Migrants in Latin America
With more than 3 million Venezuelans living abroad as of late 2018, Latin American countries have improvised creative legal pathways but must now plan for the long term.
Promoting Refugee Integration in Challenging Times: The Potential of Two-Generation Strategies
Falling arrivals and funding cuts strain U.S. refugee resettlement, but two-generation strategies can deepen whole-family integration without significant new spending.
Census Citizenship Question Triggers Legal and Political Fallout
Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census sparked six lawsuits and warnings from the Census Bureau's chief scientist that it would reduce accuracy and raise costs.
Once Relatively Obscure, ICE Becomes a Lightning Rod in Immigration Debate
Created in 2003, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) went from a little-known enforcement agency to one at the center of the U.S. immigration debate.
