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Building Welcome from the Ground up: European small and rural communities engaging in refugee resettlement
Small and rural European communities are increasingly resettling refugees and can do so successfully with tailored support and sustained coordination with national programmes.
Building a New Regional Migration System: Redefining U.S. Cooperation with Mexico and Central America
An enforcement-only approach cannot manage Central American migration. A regional system of legal pathways, protection, and development is needed, as this report sketches.
COVID-19, the Withdrawal Agreement and Citizens' Rights: No Time to Waste
This webinar explores how governments’ implementation plans for the Brexit withdrawal agreement have been affected by COVID-19, and the potential implications on citizens’ rights at the end of the transition period and beyond. Among the topics covered: which populations are most at risk at the intersection between Brexit and the pandemic and what contingency measures might mitigate these vulnerabilities and keep implementation timelines on track.
Is Airport COVID-19 Testing Ready for Takeoff?
Is airport COVID-19 testing the key to restarting international travel safely?
Will International Migration Governance Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic?
COVID-19 exposed flaws in migration governance. The 2018 Global Compact for Migration provides a framework for crisis response and rebuilding lost livelihoods.
Immigrant-Origin Students in U.S. Higher Education: A Data Profile
Immigrant-origin students, who were 28 percent of U.S. college enrollment in 2018, are growing fast and projected to drive U.S. labor force growth through at least 2035.
Navigating the Future of Work: The Role of Immigrant-Origin Workers in the Changing U.S. Economy
Immigrant-origin workers drove 83 percent of U.S. labor force growth from 2010 to 2018 and face similar automation and job-decline risks as their native-born peers.
Broad and Blunt, the Trump Administration’s H-1B Changes Miss the Opportunity for Real Reform
The Trump administration's changes to the H-1B visa program are the most significant in three decades, promising to end the practice of replacing U.S. workers with highly skilled immigrants. While the problems the administration has identified and the interest in protecting U.S. workers are legitimate ones, its approach may cripple the H-1B program itself, as this commentary explains.
17th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
This year’s Immigration Law and Policy Conference examines the immigration policy agenda under the Trump administration, including changes in the asylum system; the vast societal upheaval brought on by COVID-19 and the rising racial justice movement; what the future of U.S. immigration may look like; and many other topics in advance of a consequential general election that offers starkly different choices with respect to U.S. immigration policy.
The Digital Divide Hits U.S. Immigrant Households Disproportionately during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Immigrants are disproportionately caught on the wrong side of the digital divide, a gap made clear by the COVID-19 pandemic.