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The Nascent Architecture for Managing U.S. Border Arrivals Shows Promise
While unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have plummeted in 2024, improving on these results requires immigration strategies that go far beyond the border. A new architecture for managing migration implemented over the past three years is fragile but holds promise and represents a necessary direction, this commentary argues.
Displacement and International Protection in a Warming World
Climate-related displacement often falls outside humanitarian protection rules. Governments should consider humanitarian visas, flexible status, and more accessible mobility pathways to address this displacement.
Bridging the Gap between the Gig Economy and Migration Policy
Gig economy growth has outpaced migration policy. Visa frameworks built for traditional employment leave platform workers without protections or legal pathways, requiring the need to bridge the gap.
Managing International Protection Needs at Borders
Amid rising mixed migration flows, managing international protection needs at borders requires differentiated screening, flexible surge capacity, interagency coordination, and proactive investment.
What Brazil’s Disastrous Flooding Says about Climate Displacement Trends
When climate-driven disasters collide with weak legal frameworks and pre-existing migrant vulnerability, who bears the greatest burden of displacement — and what protections exist in South America to address it?
Peru’s Historical Anxiety about Asian Immigration May Have a Contemporary Twist
Peru's 19th-century welcome and then restriction of Chinese and Japanese immigrants mirrors its ambivalent response to the 1.5 million Venezuelans in the country as of 2023.
Inmigrantes sudamericanos en Estados Unidos
La inmigración sudamericana a Estados Unidos está aumentando, impulsada en gran medida por la crisis de Venezuela, con un número récord de interceptaciones en la frontera, un crecimiento de la población indocumentada y un aumento de los flujos de remesas.
Building on Regular Pathways to Address Migration Pressures in the Americas
Despite a rich history of regular immigration pathways, the Americas still struggle with irregular migration. Hemispheric cooperation and reformed mobility agreements are needed.
Construyendo vías regulares para abordar presiones migratorias en el hemisferio occidental
A pesar de una rica historia de vías regulares, el hemisferio sigue luchando con la migración irregular. Se necesitan cooperación hemisférica y acuerdos reformados.
Is the Humanitarian Protection System Falling Apart or Quietly Evolving?
The post-World War II refugee protection system is straining under record displacement, but also quietly evolving through use of temporary statuses and offshore processing.
