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Collection of MPI Analysis Related to Biden Administration Actions on Immigration

Collection of MPI Analysis Related to Biden Administration Actions on Immigration


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The Biden administration has been one of the most active in the immigration space in recent memory. Challenges managing migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, including during the pivot away from pandemic-era policies, have been a through line and dominated public discourse. However, the administration’s areas of focus have also included rebuilding the refugee resettlement program, responding to mass displacement (including from Venezuela, Afghanistan, and Ukraine), and deepening cooperation with other countries in the Americas.

This page features MPI research and data resources that offer context and analysis relevant to policy changes achieved and proposed during the Biden presidency.

For an overview of immigration developments during the Biden administration, check out this article: Biden’s Mixed Immigration Legacy: Border Challenges Overshadowed Modernization Advances


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SHORT READ: With New Strategies At and Beyond the U.S. Border, Migrant Encounters Plunge

ARTICLE: The Biden Administration Is on Pace to Match Trump Deportation Numbers—Focusing on the Border, Not the U.S. Interior

ARTICLE: Title 42 Postmortem: U.S. Pandemic-Era Expulsions Policy Did Not Shut Down the Border

ARTICLE: Standoff at Eagle Pass: A High-Stakes U.S. Border Enforcement Showdown Comes to a Small Texas Park

REPORT: Shifting Realities at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Immigration Enforcement and Control in a Fast-Evolving Landscape

REPORT: Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Challenge Decades in the Making

SHORT READ: The U.S.-Mexico Border Problem Will Not Be “Solved” Until All Parts of the Border Enforcement System Are Properly Resourced

SHORT READ: Shifting Patterns and Policies Reshape Migration to U.S.-Mexico Border in Major Ways in 2023

ARTICLE: Roxham Road Meets a Dead End? U.S.-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement Is Revised

ARTICLE: Amid Record Venezuelan Arrivals, Biden Administration Embraces Border Expulsions Policy

ARTICLE: Court-Ordered Relaunch of Remain in Mexico Policy Tweaks Predecessor Program, but Faces Similar Challenges

ARTICLE: Biden Immigration Enforcement Priorities Emphasize a Multi-Dimensional View of Migrants

SHORT READ: U.S. Government Makes Significant Strides in Receiving Unaccompanied Children but Major Challenges Remain

ARTICLE: Border Déjà Vu: Biden Confronts Similar Challenges as His Predecessors

ARTICLE: Legal Snags and Possible Increases in Border Arrivals Complicate Biden’s Immigration Agenda