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Shifting Gears, Trump Administration Launches High-Profile Worksite Enforcement Operations
Chile's immigrant population quadrupled over two decades, outpacing every other country in Latin America and stoking backlash and a rightward political shift.
The State of the World on Migration: Vitorino & Papademetriou discuss challenges, opportunities ahead
This MPI Europe discussion in Brussels brings together two of the most experienced thinkers on migration—António Vitorino and Demetrios G. Papademetriou—to explore what policymakers in Europe and beyond will need to consider over the next years to ensure that the properly managed movement of people remains an integral, positive force in the world.
Amid Record Numbers of Arrivals, Chile Turns Rightward on Immigration
Chile's immigrant population has more than quadrupled since the country emerged from dictatorship in the early 1990s. As immigration has grown and moved away from its European roots to become more diverse, it has emerged as a hot-button political issue, complicating longstanding efforts to reform the country's 1975 immigration law. This article explores Chile's shift to the right on immigration, and how policies might evolve under the presidency of conservative Sebastián Piñera.
In the Age of Trump: Populist Backlash and Progressive Resistance Create Divergent State Immigrant Integration Contexts
U.S. states are diverging sharply on enforcement, health access, and education in response to federal immigration changes, widening integration gaps for immigrants and refugees.
Trump’s First Year on Immigration Policy: Rhetoric vs. Reality
During its first year, the Trump administration sought to cancel DACA, Temporary Protected Status, and refugee protections, but the border wall stalled in Congress and courts.
The Trump Immigration Plan: A Lopsided Proposal
The Trump administration would trade a path to legal status for up to 1.8 million Dreamers in exchange for sweeping immigration enforcement and deep cuts to family immigration.
Welcome to Work? Legal Migration Pathways for Low-Skilled Workers
Legal pathways for low-skilled migrants globally are narrow, male-dominated, and unlikely alone to replace unauthorized channels even if meaningfully expanded.
Under Trump Administration, United States Takes Steps to Narrow Legal Immigration
In 2017, the Trump administration narrowed legal immigration through methods such as travel bans, refugee cuts, and enhanced scrutiny of H-1B visas.
Temporary Protected Status at Risk: Implications for Central America and U.S. Policy
As the Trump administration weighs the future of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans, this teleconference focuses on the legal framework for TPS (particularly for Hondurans and Salvadorans) and profile of current TPS holders; the capacity of El Salvador and Honduras to receive and meaningfully reintegrate returnees; and the implications of TPS termination for broader U.S. policy goals in Central America.
Trump Administration Makes Down Payment on Campaign Pledges to Address Illegal Immigration
In 2017, the Trump administration expanded interior enforcement in U.S. communities, sharply raising immigration arrests and pursuing border wall funding.
