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Language Support for Youth with a Migrant Background: Policies that effectively promote inclusion
Language barriers block academic progress for migrant children, but no single EU model exists, making context-sensitive national strategies essential.
The Global Boom in Investor Immigration: What Are the Lessons for Policymakers?
A discussion on the extraordinary boom in investor immigration. From the rapidly expanding EB-5 visa in the United States to Malta’s controversial “cash for citizenship” policy and a host of programs across Europe and the Caribbean, governments are increasingly offering residence rights or citizenship to wealthy individuals in return for a significant economic investment.
Ebola Outbreak Rekindles Debate on Restricting Admissions to the United States on Health Grounds
The Ebola crisis has revived scrutiny of U.S. health-based immigration controls in a mass-travel era.
11th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
This annual conference offered timely policy and legal analysis and discussion on key immigration topics featuring panels with government officials, researchers, advocates, and other immigration experts
The U.S. Deportation System: Trends from a Decade of Data
MPI researchers discuss the findings from a MPI report that examines the 3.7 million deportations that have occurred in the United States since establishment of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, as well as lessons that can be learned for future policy and possible administrative action.
Selling Visas and Citizenship: Policy Questions from the Global Boom in Investor Immigration
Investor immigration programs have proliferated globally but frequently disappoint on economic returns, prompting even established programs to review or abandon them.
Benign Neglect? Policies to Support Upward Mobility for Immigrants in the United Kingdom
The flexible UK labor market helps immigrants find work but not advance, and austerity cuts to language and vocational training have left upward mobility largely to chance.
Building an Integration System: Policies to Support Immigrants’ Progression in the Czech Labor Market
The Czech Republic has built an integration policy on paper, but funding constraints, EU dependency, and neglect of upward mobility have limited its reach and impact.
Deportation and Discretion: Reviewing the Record and Options for Change
All but 9 percent of the 3.7 million U.S. deportations carried out by DHS from 2003 to 2013 were of Mexicans or northern Central Americans, and disproportionately were of men.
Shifting Focus: Policies to Support the Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in France
France subordinates socioeconomic integration to cultural goals, leaving immigrants more likely to be unemployed or in low-skilled work.
