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The Education and Work Profiles of the DACA Population
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients hold higher-skilled jobs and more education than unauthorized peers—gains DACA program termination would largely reverse.
The RAISE Act: Dramatic Change to Family Immigration, Less So for the Employment-Based System
The Trump-endorsed RAISE Act would halve legal immigration by slashing family categories and introduce a points system, while changing employment-based immigration less than anticipated.
The Trump Administration at Six Months: A Sea Change in Immigration Enforcement
In a sharp departure from the Obama administration, the first six months of the first Trump term shifted immigration enforcement practices and generated deep anxiety among some immigrant communities.
Cuban Migration: A Postrevolution Exodus Ebbs and Flows
Cuba's post-1959 exodus has produced one of the most sustained migration flows to the United States, unfolding in five distinct waves over six decades.
MPI Estimates of Who Might Benefit under 2017 DREAM Act Bills in Congress
Learn which unauthorized immigrant populations could potentially be covered under the DREAM Act.
Strengthening Mexico’s Protection of Central American Unaccompanied Minors in Transit
Mexico's child protection framework for unaccompanied Central American minors is undermined by screening gaps, detention conditions, and near-zero asylum rates.
Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States
Immigrants filled roughly one in six U.S. health-care jobs in 2015, concentrated at both ends of the occupational spectrum. Yet these workers are largely overlooked by U.S. visa policy.
Despite Political Resistance, Use of Temporary Worker Visas Rises as U.S. Labor Market Tightens
Despite political headwinds, use of temporary work visas surged to record or near-record levels by 2016 and 2017, as a tightening U.S. labor market drove employer demand.
Refugees and Asylees in the United States
The United States resettled 84,994 refugees in fiscal year (FY) 2016, even as the Trump administration moved to sharply curtail future refugee admissions in its first term.
How Are Refugees Faring? Integration at U.S. and State Levels
Refugee integration outcomes in four major U.S. states vary more by national origin than by state policy, suggesting state placement matters less than previously assumed.
