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Unlocking Skills: Successful Initiatives for Integrating Foreign-Trained Immigrant Professionals
Effective programs exist to reduce brain waste among foreign-trained professionals in the United States, but rigid licensing laws and employer bias are stubborn system-level barriers.
Hanging in the Balance: The Future of DACA and the Dreamers
As the Trump administration assumes office and the impacts of rescinding DACA are under review, MPI hosts a discussion with University of California President Janet Napolitano; Donald Graham, cofounder of TheDream.Us; and Ike Brannon, Visiting Fellow at the CATO Institute.
To Stay or Not To Stay: The Calculus for International STEM Students in the United States
International students were one-third of all U.S. STEM doctorates in 2013. Yet rigid visa pathways and green-card backlogs pushed many to consider other countries, harming U.S. competitiveness.
Doctors as Taxi Drivers: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States
A report release and presentation of first-ever U.S. estimates on the actual economic costs of skill underutilization for immigrants, their families, and the U.S. economy, in terms of forgone earnings and unrealized federal, state, and local taxes.
Brain Waste: Researchers Discuss Economic Costs of Skill Underutilization among Highly Skilled Immigrants
What does it cost the U.S. economy when college-educated immigrants cannot find work at their skill level?
State Sociodemographic Portraits of Immigrant and U.S.-Born Parents of Young Children
State-level data reveal wide variation in immigrant parent populations, with implications for how states design early childhood and workforce programs under federal workforce and education laws.
New Data Resources Can Help Improve Targeting of State Early Childhood and Parent-Focused Programs
Fact sheets for 30 states reveal wide variation in poverty and education among immigrant parents of young children; these analyses can help guide two-generation program targeting.
Untapped Talent: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States
Brain waste affects nearly 2 million college-educated immigrants, costing the United States $39 billion in forgone earnings and $10 billion in lost tax revenues each year.
The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in Select States
Brain waste among highly skilled immigrants costs U.S. states billions in forgone earnings annually, with Florida posting the highest underutilization rate, as these state fact sheets show.
Including Immigrant and Refugee Families in Two-Generation Programs: Elements of Successful Programs and Challenges Posed by WIOA Implementation
On this webinar, speakers discuss findings from a report that analyzes U.S. parent population data and draws from a field study of select two-generation programs that serve immigrant and refugee families.
