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Deferred Action for Unauthorized Immigrant Parents: Analysis of DAPA's Potential Effects on Families and Children
Deferred action for unauthorized immigrant parents could raise family incomes by 10 percent and alleviate documented psychological harms for millions of children, most U.S.-born.
Taking Stock of ESSA’s Potential Impact on Immigrant and English-Learner Students
A webinar examining provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) related to immigrant and English-learner students’ success.
With Little Debate, Congress Enacts Broad Range of Immigration Changes in Spending Bill
Congress used a must‑pass 2016 spending bill to quietly reshape visas, enforcement, and Central America aid, hinting at a new path for U.S. immigration reform.
A Profile of Children with Unauthorized Immigrant Parents in the United States
This webinar offers a discussion of the economic, linguistic and educational disadvantage experienced by U.S. children with unauthorized immigrant parents. The researchers discuss their finding that 86 percent of the 5.1 million such children in the United States have a parent who could potentially benefit from the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program.
Immigrants from Asia in the United States
In 2014, people born in Asian accounted for 30 percent of U.S. immigrants, with high rates of educational attainment, sizable median incomes, and wide differences across origin groups.
A Profile of U.S. Children with Unauthorized Immigrant Parents
Children with unauthorized immigrant parents face sharply higher poverty and linguistic isolation than other U.S. children. State policies risk worsening these disadvantages.
Border Metrics: How to Effectively Measure Border Security and Immigration Control
Without reliable border metrics, Congress and the U.S. public cannot assess whether immigration enforcement works or make informed decisions about legislative reform.
Trends in Unaccompanied Child and Family Migration from Central America
After reaching record highs in 2014, Central American child migration fell for a few months before rising again, showing enforcement surges cannot resolve the structural causes of this emigration.
Under Executive Actions on Immigration, Who Can Apply for Protection from Deportation?
Learn who could be eligible for the DAPA and expanded DACA programs, should the Supreme Court permit the programs to go forward.
