Marc R. Rosenblum
Marc R. Rosenblum is a Visiting Senior Fellow at MPI as well as Senior Fellow at More in Common.
Prior to rejoining MPI, Dr. Rosenblum worked from January 2016 – July 2026 at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary and leading the Office of Immigration Statistics. In 2019, he was designated as the department’s first Evidence Act Statistical Official, overseeing department-wide statistical data governance. In 2023, he was named Executive Director of the newly established Office of Homeland Security Statistics, with responsibility for leading DHS-wide statistical reporting.
Prior to DHS, Dr. Rosenblum was Deputy Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at MPI, where he also earlier had been a Senior Policy Analyst. He also was a Specialist in Immigration Policy at the Congressional Research Service and had previously been a Professor of political science at the University of New Orleans (UNO).
In 2015-16, he served as a Member of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Federal Advisory Committee on Family Residential Centers, and in 2010-11, he served as a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Estimating Costs of Immigration Enforcement in the Department of Justice.
Dr. Rosenblum has published more than 60 academic journal articles, book chapters, and policy briefs on immigration, immigration policy, and U.S.-Latin American relations. He is the coeditor (with Daniel Tichenor) of The Oxford Handbook of International Migration (Oxford University Press).
He has received numerous awards, including the Data Foundation Datum Award for Outstanding Commitment to Using Data and Evidence for Public Good (2025), a DHS Secretary Certificate of Merit (2024), an American Population Association Award for Excellence in Public Service (2024), a DHS Secretary Award for Innovation (2022), and a DHS Office of Policy Recognition for Excellence (2016).
Dr. Rosenblum received his BA from Columbia University in 1991 and his PhD in political science from the University of California – San Diego in 2000.
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Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States
Mexican and Central American immigrants are central to the U.S. labor force yet experience lower educational attainment, higher poverty, and more legal vulnerability.
Evolving Demographic and Human-Capital Trends in Mexico and Central America and Their Implications for Regional Migration
Shifts in demographics and education in Mexico and Central America, combined with high U.S. unemployment, challenge past assumptions about future regional migration.
Obstacles and Opportunities for Regional Cooperation: The U.S.-Mexico Case
The U.S.-Mexico case shows regional migration cooperation is possible despite obstacles if interests align, especially on border management and co-development.
E-Verify: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Proposals for Reform
E-Verify’s gains in speed and coverage are undercut by data errors, identity fraud, and gaps in worker protections.
Delegation and Divergence: 287(g) State and Local Immigration Enforcement
A study of the 287(g) program found that local police often used their delegated immigration powers to hold people for minor offenses, raising concerns about racial profiling.
Earned Legalization: Effects of Proposed Requirements on Unauthorized Men, Women, and Children
The brief models how common requirements in U.S. earned legalization plans, English skills, steady work, long-term U.S. residence, and monetary fines, would affect who qualifies.
Immigrant Legalization in the United States and European Union: Policy Goals and Program Design
Since the 1980s, legalization has given legal status to 3.5 million U.S. and 5 million EU immigrants; inclusive program designs prove more cost effective than restrictive ones.
Immigrants and Health Care Reform: What's Really at Stake?
Uninsured immigrants use emergency care at low rates; excluding them from U.S. health reform raises safety net costs while adding minimally to overall costs if they are included.
Aligning Temporary Immigration Visas with U.S. Labor Market Needs: The Case for a New System of Provisional Visas
This paper outlines MPI’s design of a flexible provisional visa that would tie temporary labor inflows to real-time demand while offering workers who meet clear criteria pathways to stay.