National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
The National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy serves as a crossroads for policymakers, community and system leaders, and others looking to understand ways to support successful integration of immigrants and their children into U.S. classrooms, workplaces, and civic spaces.
It produces evidence-informed, nonpartisan policy research and data, and provides technical assistance and cross-state learning opportunities for state and local leaders. By engaging with stakeholders across the early childhood, education, workforce, health, and civic sectors, the Center builds a more coherent, knowledge-driven field. It shines a spotlight on integration issues often overlooked in national debates and promotes solutions that can lift the integration trajectories of immigrant families while also fueling the vibrancy of the communities and local economies where they live. For more about the Center, click here.
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The Invisible Work of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers and Its Importance for Immigrant and Dual Language Learner Families
Family, friend, and neighbor caregivers are the most-used child-care option for immigrant and Dual Language Learner (DLL) families but remain undersupported in U.S. policy.
Leveraging the Benefits That Immigration Can Bring
Immigration outcomes depend not just on who arrives, but on how effectively their skills are recognized and integrated into the economy.
MPI Turns 20
As MPI celebrates two decades of providing essential research, policy analysis, and data on important immigration and immigrant integration issues, hear from members of the MPI community about what the institute has meant to them and how it has evolved.
Immigrant Integration: Essential to the Success of Immigration Policy
While Canada, Australia, and Europe invest intentionally in immigrant integration, the U.S. still treats it as an afterthought—the consequences show up in classrooms, labor markets, and communities nationwide.
Effects of the Pandemic on High School English Learners and Ways to Help Them Recover
This webinar examined the challenges for high school English Learners (ELs) during the pandemic, state- and district-level efforts that can help ELs recover academically, and research on the postsecondary aspirations of immigrant-background Latina/o students.
Immigrant Integration During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Government and NGO Plans to Support Integration Success
This symposium provided government and NGO perspectives from Canada and the United States on the challenges and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic poses for immigrant integration.
The Impacts on English Learners of Key State High School Policies and Graduation Requirements
Key state graduation requirements, course access, and teacher policies create distinct barriers for English Learner (EL) students on the path to earning a high school diploma.
Narrowing the Skills Gap: Equipping Immigrant-Origin Workers with Postsecondary Credentials
The number of U.S. adults who could benefit from efforts to boost postsecondary credential attainment is strikingly large. Nearly 96 million working-age adults lack a postsecondary credential, 28 million of them of immigrant origin, MPI estimates. This commentary examines how enabling immigrant-origin adults to attain credentials beyond a high school diploma is vital to both building a skilled workforce and closing equity gaps.
Translating Into Success: Key Features of U.S. State & Local Language Access Laws and Policies
MPI researchers examined common features and innovation found in a scan of state and local language access laws and policies in more than 40 states, and offered practical insights local governments can employ as linguistic diversity in their communities grows.
A Framework for Language Access: Key Features of U.S. State and Local Language Access Laws and Policies
This framework maps key features of U.S. state and local language access laws as of 2022, to help governments as they engage in services for residents with limited English proficiency.
