Enforcement & Borders

DACA at the Two-Year Mark: A National and State Profile of Youth Eligible and Applying for Deferred Action

By July 2014, 55 percent of immediately eligible DACA youth had applied. But cost barriers, education gaps, and limited outreach kept hundreds of thousands from enrolling.

Turkey’s Evolving Migration Identity

Turkey's new migration law centralized policy and expanded protections, although most Syrians were left with temporary protection.

Temporary Protected Status in the United States: A Grant of Humanitarian Relief that Is Less than Permanent

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) leaves beneficiaries in extended limbo, as U.S. debates grow over renewals and paths to permanent status.

The EU’s Strategic Guidelines on Migration: Uncontentious consensus, but missed opportunity

The EU Council's 2014 migration guidelines won easy consensus, but sidestep solidarity disputes, offering little direction to address mounting humanitarian crises.

An EU Commissioner for Migration? The devil is in the details

As the European Union weighs creation of a dedicated migration commissioner post, success will necessarily turn on mandate clarity and accountability structures.

The Executive Proclamation Designating the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks a National Monument: Implications for Border Security

Unaccompanied Minors: A Crisis with Deep Roots and No Simple Solutions

This telebriefing by Doris Meissner and Marc Rosenblum of MPI examines factors behind the flow of unaccompanied children from Central America and Mexico to the United States, which has surged 90 percent since last year. The talk also previews a policy brief on unaccompanied minors that MPI will release in July. 

Detained or Deported: How Parents in the Immigration Enforcement System Can Protect their Children

A discussion on policies regarding immigrant parent detentions and deportations, related child protection issues, and the implications for the immigration enforcement and child welfare systems. This event is also the release of a related Women's Refugee Commission toolkit for detained or deported parents and those who work on the issue. 

Has EU Immigration and Asylum Policy Failed? Can It Ever Succeed?

A telebriefing examining the realities of European policy on immigration and asylum, and future agenda. 

Dramatic Surge in the Arrival of Unaccompanied Children Has Deep Roots and No Simple Solutions

A surge of Central American unaccompanied children is straining U.S. systems.