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Expert Podcast: Understanding How English Learners Count in ESSA Reporting
Which English learners count in ESSA reporting—and why do those definitions matter for school accountability?
Green Cards and Public Charge: Who Could Be Denied Based on Benefits Use?
On this webinar MPI experts discuss their estimates of the populations that could be deemed ineligible for a green card based on existing benefits use. They also discuss the broader consequences of the public-charge rule implemented in February 2020, through its "chilling effects" and imposition of a wealth test aimed at assessing whether green-card applicants ever would be likely to use a public benefit in the future.
Immigrant Women and Girls in the United States
Women make up the majority of the U.S. immigrant population, but they face higher poverty rates, lower labor force participation, and greater health insurance gaps than U.S.-born women.
Swing State: Immigration's Impact on the 2020 U.S. Election
This event will feature a screening of the short documentary The Fields of Immokalee, and include a discussion on immigration and politics in Florida and other swing states in the run-up to the 2020 election.
Immigrant Workers: Vital to the U.S. COVID-19 Response, Disproportionately Vulnerable
Immigrant workers filled vital COVID-19 frontline roles in 2018 but faced greater economic vulnerability and more limited safety-net access than U.S.-born peers.
The Public-Charge Rule: Broad Impacts, But Few Will Be Denied Green Cards Based on Actual Benefits Use
While the Trump administration public-charge rule is likely to vastly reshape legal immigration based on its test to assess if a person might ever use public benefits in the future, the universe of noncitizens who could be denied a green card based on current benefits use is quite small. That's because very few benefit programs are open to noncitizens who do not hold a green card. This commentary offers estimates of who might be affected.
Which English Learners Count When? Understanding State EL Subgroup Definitions in ESSA Reporting
Variations in how states define the English Learner subgroup under ESSA make cross-state comparisons difficult and can obscure school performance for this group.
A Race Against the Clock: Meeting Seasonal Labor Needs in the Age of COVID-19
As governments have reacted to the coronavirus pandemic by closing borders, seasonal workers have been kept out, raising a pressing question: who is going to produce the food amid agricultural labor shortages? Policymakers in the Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America have responded by seeking to recruit residents, lengthen stays for already present seasonal workers, and find ways to continue admitting foreign seasonal labor, as this commentary explores.
Coronavirus Is Spreading across Borders, But It Is Not a Migration Problem
Travel bans, border closures, and other migration management tools did not prove effective at blocking COVID-19 from spreading across international borders. Yet as governments have shifted from containment to mitigation with the coronavirus now in community transmission in many countries, these restrictions are a logical part of the policy toolkit in the context of social distancing and restricting all forms of human movement, as this commentary explores.
Interlocking Set of Trump Administration Policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border Bars Virtually All from Asylum
Through layered enforcement policies, the Trump administration effectively shut down the U.S. asylum system at the southern border in its first term.
