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Creativity amid Crisis: Legal Pathways for Venezuelan Migrants in Latin America
With more than 3 million Venezuelans living abroad as of late 2018, Latin American countries have improvised creative legal pathways but must now plan for the long term.
Sustainable Reintegration: Strategies to Support Migrants Returning to Mexico and Central America
Mexico and Central American countries expanded reintegration services for returning migrants after 2015, but limitations in coverage, resources, and coordination persist.
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.
The U.S. Asylum System in Crisis: Charting a Way Forward
The U.S. asylum system's growing backlog demands administrative reforms and necessary funding, not just enforcement restrictions, to restore timely, fair protection.
El Salvador: Civil War, Natural Disasters, and Gang Violence Drive Migration
Emigration from El Salvador to the United States is rooted in civil war, inequality, and gang violence.
For Vulnerable Immigrant Children, A Longstanding Path to Protection Narrows
Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status, a green-card pathway for abused or abandoned children, is narrowing.
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.
Dominican Immigrants in the United States
The nearly 1.1 million Dominican immigrants in the United States in 2016 were concentrated in New York, New Jersey, and Florida.
Connecting the Dots: Emerging Migration Trends and Policy Questions in North and Central America
Traditional South-North models of migration in North and Central America are giving way to new trends.
The End of TPS: Policy Options, Social Impacts
Following the Trump administration’s January 2018 decision not to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans, MPI, the Inter-American Dialogue, and FUSADES hosted a panel discussion to consider the impacts of terminating TPS for these long-time U.S. residents, including the likely effects on the economy, migration, and criminal violence. Speakers also explored related policy options.
