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Biden Administration Is Making Quick Progress on Asylum, but a Long, Complicated Road Lies Ahead
The Biden administration's challenge to dismantle Trump-era barriers to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border is akin to fixing a plane while flying it. This commentary examines actions taken to date and articulates a series of steps that could help establish an effective, humane asylum system that works in tandem with border management goals and efforts to reduce the drivers of migration through regional migration management measures with neighboring countries.
Biden Sets the Stage for a Remarkably Active First 100 Days on Immigration
President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office brought sweeping immigration executive actions, but thin Senate margins and competing crises pose steep hurdles to legislative progress.
Africa Moves Towards Intracontinental Free Movement for Its Booming Population
Africa's population boom is fueling intra-continental migration, but political fragmentation and security concerns leave the African Union's free movement vision unrealized.
Obscure but Powerful: Shaping U.S. Immigration Policy through Attorney General Referral and Review
This report examines how attorneys general have used referral and review powers to reshape U.S. immigration law, with the Trump era marking a major expansion.
Two Years into the Life of the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration: A Status Check
Marking two years since the adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration, this conversation explores the extent to which the compacts have met expectations, how they are interconnected, the efforts undertaken so far by different countries, and the compacts’ potential to shape future debates and actions on migration and displacement.
New Approaches to Climate Change and Migration: Building the Adaptive Capacity of Mobile Populations
As climate change intensifies displacement, new policy frameworks are needed to build the adaptive capacity of mobile populations and fill shortcomings in governance.
How Will International Migration Policy and Sustainable Development Affect Future Climate-Related Migration?
In a first-of-its-kind exercise, this report models how climate-related drivers of migration and displacement might be affected by varying greenhouse gas concentration scenarios.
Anticipated “Chilling Effects” of the Public-Charge Rule Are Real: Census Data Reflect Steep Decline in Benefits Use by Immigrant Families
Researchers, service providers, and others have long predicted that sweeping revisions by the Trump administration to the definition of who constitutes a public charge would deter large numbers of immigrant-led households from using federal means-tested public benefits for which they are eligible. Recently released Census Bureau data show they were right: During the administration's first three years, program participation declined twice as fast among noncitizens as citizens.
Construcción de un nuevo sistema migratorio regional: Redefiniendo la cooperación entre Estados Unidos con México y Centroamérica
El control fronterizo solo no basta; se propone un sistema regional con visas temporales, protección humanitaria, control profesionalizado e inversión en Centroamérica.
The Divergent Trajectories of the Global Migration and Refugee Compacts: Implementation amid Crisis
The two 2018 global Compacts on Migration and Refugees have diverged in implementation, shaped by political resistance, crises, and differing governance structures.
