Michael Fix
Michael Fix is a Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute and previously served as its President. He joined MPI in 2005, as Co-Director of the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy and later assumed positions as Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and CEO.
Mr. Fix’s research focus is on immigrant integration and the education of immigrant children in the United States and Europe, as well as citizenship policy, immigrant children and families, the effect of welfare reform on immigrants, and the impact of immigrants on the U.S. labor force.
Prior to joining MPI, Mr. Fix was Director of Immigration Studies at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, where his focus was on immigration and integration policy, race and the measurement of discrimination, and federalism.
Mr. Fix was a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on the Integration of Immigrants into U.S. Society, which produced a seminal study on the integration of immigrants in the United States.
Previously, he served on the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on the Redesign of U.S. Naturalization Tests and on the Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children. He also served as a member of the Advisory Panel to the Foundation for Child Development’s Young Scholars Program. In 2005 he was appointed to the State of Illinois’ New Americans Advisory Council, and in 2009 to the State of Maryland’s Council for New Americans. In 2024, he was awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his work in the field of immigration.
Mr. Fix received a JD from the University of Virginia and a bachelor of the arts degree from Princeton University. He did additional graduate work at the London School of Economics.
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People Leave Footprints: Millions More Unauthorized Immigrants Cannot Be ‘Hidden’ in Data Estimates
An academic study claiming the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population could be as high as 29.5 million was based on flawed methods, this commentary explains.
Tapping the Talents of Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States: Takeaways from Experts Summit
Brain waste costs the United States roughly $10 billion in forgone taxes each year, and reducing the underemployment of college-educated immigrants requires coordinated action.
Through the Back Door: Remaking the Immigration System via the Expected “Public-Charge” Rule
Nearly half of all green-card applicants could be deemed a public charge under a Trump administration rule expected to be unveiled soon, potentially significantly reshaping family-based legal immigration.
Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use
The proposed 2018 public-charge rule would affect 47 percent of noncitizens, according to MPI analysis, producing chilling effects on benefits use and reshaping legal immigration.
In Search of Safety, Growing Numbers of Women Flee Central America
Women from Central America face femicide and forced gang recruitment, and receive inadequate protection in the United States and upon return home.
New Opportunities? ESSA and Its Implications for Dual Language Learners and ECEC Workforce Development
New federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act can support Dual Language Learners, but immigrant early childhood workers still face wage gaps and barriers to training.
Will Dreamers Crowd U.S.-Born Millennials Out of Jobs?
Dreamers make up less than 1 percent of millennial workers and are concentrated in different states and industries than U.S.-born peers, weakening job displacement claims.
The Education and Work Profiles of the DACA Population
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients hold higher-skilled jobs and more education than unauthorized peers—gains DACA program termination would largely reverse.
How Are Refugees Faring? Integration at U.S. and State Levels
Refugee integration outcomes in four major U.S. states vary more by national origin than by state policy, suggesting state placement matters less than previously assumed.
Immigrants and the New Brain Gain: Ways to Leverage Rising Educational Attainment
Nearly half of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 2011 and 2015 held college degrees, triple the 1990 share. Yet close to 2 million remain underemployed.
