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Leveraging ESSA Funding for Pre-K Family Engagement to Support Dual Language...

Active family engagement is essential to ensuring children benefit fully from early childhood education and care programs. Yet language barriers and cultural misunderstandings can sometimes keep...

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Making Preschool Classroom Assessments Work for Dual Language Learners

Although one-third of U.S. young children have a parent who speaks a language other than English, early childhood educators often lack the tools to effectively monitor the development of those not in...

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Breaking the Cycle of Dysfunction at the U.S. Immigration Courts

The U.S. immigration court system faces an unprecedented crisis, with nearly 3.8 million pending cases as of mid-2025. This years-long backlog has undermined both timely immigration enforcement and...

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Reframing Return and Reintegration: Origin-Country Priorities and Strategies...

Many migrant-origin countries are developing policies and institutional structures to support their returning nationals, driven by safety concerns, emergencies, and in some cases pressure from...

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Small Boats, Big Stakes: Options for a UK-EU Deal on Migration and Asylum

Crossings of Channel waters in small, often unseaworthy vessels have become a top concern in France and the United Kingdom. As UK policymakers and their European counterparts consider striking a...

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Facing New Migration Realities: U.S.-Mexico Relations and Shared Interests

No country has been more critical to U.S. border enforcement than Mexico, with Mexican policies central to reductions in irregular border arrivals witnessed since the start of 2024. As the United...

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Migration Governance in Unsettled Times: How Policymakers Can Plan for...

Even as advanced economies with aging populations are increasingly reliant on immigrant workers, concerns have grown about how immigration could affect the cost of living and public infrastructure,...

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Funding Climate Mobility Projects: Key Players and Strategies for Growth

As the scale and costs of climate change and environmental disasters grow, so do their impacts on migration and displacement. Tackling climate mobility will thus require well-designed investments. This...

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Set Up for Success: Supporting Immigrant Youth Through the Workforce...

Young people’s transition to adulthood has important implications for their long-term career prospects and for the U.S. economy. This policy brief examines how workforce development programs, and...

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No One-Size-Fits-All: Outreach and Counselling for Irregular Migrants

With heightened pressure to tackle irregular migration, many European governments are exploring the potential of outreach and counselling for irregular migrants. Various initiatives have sought to...

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Towards the More Effective Use of Irregular Migration Data in Policymaking

Numbers play a major role in European debates and policymaking related to irregular migration. Yet, reliable data and estimates of irregular migrant populations, border crossings, and other relevant...

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Understanding Obstacles to Foreign Qualification Recognition for Key U.S....

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems across the United States are grappling with worker recruitment and retention challenges. At the same time, immigrants with relevant education and work...

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Engaging Local Communities for More Effective Climate Mobility Programming

Climate change can affect human mobility in many different ways. Designing policies and programs that reflect local conditions and affected communities’ priorities and needs is key to effectively...

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Displacement and International Protection in a Warming World

When drought, floods, and other climate impacts force people to move internationally, do they qualify for refugee status or other form of protection? This issue brief explores the lack of consensus...

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The Role of Immigrant Workers in the Green Transition

The time-critical work of cutting global emissions depends on countries’ ability to cultivate a workforce with the skills needed in sectors such as clean energy. Immigrants are already playing a role...

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Public Opinion of Climate Migrants: Understanding What Factors Trigger...

Climate change is increasingly affecting how, when, and where people move. Whether climate migrants’ arrival triggers anxiety or support can vary considerably, and for a wide range of reasons. This...

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Bridging the Gap between the Gig Economy and Migration Policy

Gig work is on a meteoric rise, including on-demand driving, delivery, and home services, but also web-based translation, legal, and other services. In many countries, immigrants play a prominent role...

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Expanding Language Access in Federally Supported Programs: Practical...

Ensuring that individuals with limited English proficiency have access to information and services in federally funded programs has long been a requirement. But providing effective language access,...

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Competing for Talent: What Role Can Employment- and Skills-Based Mobility...

In the global race for talent, governments in Europe and beyond are exploring ways to attract workers with needed skills. At the same time, some lower- and middle-income countries are seeking to expand...

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Supporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for Refugees’ Transition out of...

As more countries launch refugee sponsorship and complementary pathways programs, planning for and supporting refugees’ transition out of these programs is essential. While often receiving less...

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