Michelle Mittelstadt
Michelle Mittelstadt is Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Migration Policy Institute and is responsible for developing and implementing the Institute’s strategic communications, coordinating public and media outreach and events, managing the editing and publishing process, and overseeing the Institute’s websites, social media platforms, and publication of its online journal, the Migration Information Source. She also oversees communications strategy and manages the editing and publications process for MPI's Brussels-based sister organization, MPI Europe.
A veteran journalist, she joined MPI after covering immigration policy, Congress, and border-related issues in the Washington bureaus of The Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News, and the Houston Chronicle. She has written hundreds of articles examining U.S. immigration policy, border and interior enforcement, and the post-9/11 legislative and executive branch changes that have altered the immigration landscape. She also covered the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security.
Prior to coming to Washington, Ms. Mittelstadt was an editor with The Associated Press in Dallas and managing editor of The Courier Herald in Dublin, Ga.
She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism with a concentration in global studies from the University of Georgia.
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At the Starting Gate: The Incoming Biden Administration’s Immigration Plans
This brief maps immigration challenges and opportunities facing the incoming Biden administration in enforcement, asylum, legalization, and regional cooperation.
Immigration Data Matters
This useful resource collects in one place some of the top and most authoritative sources for often-sought U.S. and international data on immigrants and immigration trends.
Pushing Migration to the Forefront, Populists Make New Strides
Far-right populists claimed Brazil's presidency in 2018, collapsed Belgium's government, and pushed harder immigration policies across Austria, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, and Sweden.
Shaping a Narrative of "Crisis" at Border, Trump Administration Takes Muscular Action
The Trump administration deployed 5,200 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in 2018, advancing sweeping enforcement even as unauthorized crossings remained below their peak.
Children on the Frontlines
Children were at the center of global migration crises in 2018; in the United States, more than 2,600 were separated from parents under a “zero-tolerance” enforcement policy.
Pushback to the Resistance: Criminalization of Humanitarian Actors Aiding Migrants Rises
Hungary's "Stop Soros" law and prosecutions of volunteers in France and Arizona helping migrants marked a 2018 wave of criminal action against humanitarians.
Asylum Hangover? Governments Seek to Narrow Avenues for Humanitarian Protection
Facing public pressure, the United States and European Union moved in 2018 to narrow asylum grounds, shorten application deadlines, increase detention, and offshore protection.
A Once-Smooth Path for the Global Compact on Migration Becomes Rocky
The Global Compact on Migration was endorsed by164 countries in December 2018, but about 20 nations opted out or expressed reservations.
Protecting the DREAM: The Potential Impact of Different Legislative Scenarios for Unauthorized Youth
The 2017 legislative proposals to grant status to Dreamers could cover up to 2.1 million conditional status holders and 1.7 million eventual green-card recipients, MPI estimates.
Unauthorized Immigrants with Criminal Convictions: Who Might Be a Priority for Removal?
Even as President-elect Donald Trump claimed 2 million to 3 million unauthorized immigrants were criminals, MPI estimates 820,000 had criminal convictions in 2012.
