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Business as Usual? Regularizing Foreign Labor in Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s 2010 migration reforms seek to regularize Nicaraguan workers, but high costs and weak institutions keep many in precarious jobs.
In-Country Processing in Central America: A Piece of the Puzzle
The Central American Minors program provides eligible northern Central American minors a legal alternative to dangerous migration, but historical precedent suggests limited reach.
Cuban Immigrants in the United States
A unique U.S. policy gave Cuban immigrants an accelerated path to citizenship; in 2013, 59 percent were naturalized, outpacing the 47 percent rate for all immigrants.
Unaccompanied Child Migration to the United States: The Tension between Protection and Prevention
U.S. enforcement responses to the 2014 Central American child migration surge cut flows rapidly but left adjudication failures and the root causes of this migration unresolved.
Child and Family Migration to the United States: Continuing Flows and Evolving Responses
A webinar examining the shifting pattern of Central American migration between 2011 and 2014 and expectations for 2015, why inflows in this period present a particularly acute policy challenge, and how states, localities, the U.S. government, and other countries in the region are responding to the crisis.
Building Skills in North and Central America: Barriers and Policy Options toward Harmonizing Qualifications in Nursing
Nurse qualification harmonization can ease North American shortages and cut brain waste, but regulatory gaps and credential barriers need political will to overcome.
Normalization of Relations with Cuba May Portend Changes to U.S. Immigration Policy
The December 2014 U.S.-Cuba normalization deal put uniquely favorable Cuban immigration policies on uncertain footing, but permanent changes require Congress.
Confronting the Unaccompanied Children Immigration Crisis: Perspectives from Central America, Mexico, and the United States
A discussion on possible medium- and long-term solutions to the flows of unaccompanied children migrating from Central America to the United States.
Central American Migrants and “La Bestia”: The Route, Dangers, and Government Responses
Mexico ordered a crackdown on migrants’ use of freight trains known as La Bestia.
Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States
In 2012, Dominican immigrants accounted for about 2 percent of the U.S. foreign-born population.
