Will International Migration Governance Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a range of (im)mobility challenges that the international community has few tools to address. This policy brief examines the valuable guidance offered by the Global Compact...
View ArticleRethinking the U.S.-Mexico Border Immigration Enforcement System: A Policy...
Consistent with its world view of immigration as threat, the Trump administration has shut down meaningful access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, expelled more than 205,000 arrivals during the...
View ArticleAt the Starting Gate: The Incoming Biden Administration’s Immigration Plans
Joe Biden pledged during his campaign to reverse some of the most restrictive immigration actions undertaken during Donald Trump’s four years in office. While some actions can be undone with the stroke...
View ArticleThe Divergent Trajectories of the Global Migration and Refugee Compacts:...
National governments and UN agencies have been working to implement the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. Where has the most progress been made...
View ArticleRewiring Migrant Returns and Reintegration after the COVID-19 Shock
Migrant returns and reintegration have been the subject of intense international debate in recent years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has added an extra layer of complexity as millions of migrants have...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and the Demand for Labor and Skills in Europe: Early Evidence and...
While the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on European labor markets have focused attention on weathering this crisis, Europe also faces longer-term challenges linked to technological and demographic...
View ArticleFunding English Learner Education: Making the Most of Policy and Budget Levers
Ensuring that adequate and equitable funding is available to support a high-quality education for English Learners (ELs) is a critical part of making good on the nation’s promise of equal opportunity...
View ArticleThe Integration of Immigrant Health Professionals: Looking beyond the...
The U.S. health-care workforce came under incredible strain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Longer-term trends—including the aging and increasing diversity of the U.S. population, and health-care worker...
View ArticleRethinking the U.S. Legal Immigration System: A Policy Road Map
The U.S. legal immigration system, last significantly updated by Congress in 1990, is profoundly misaligned with demographic and other realities—resulting in enormous consequences for the country and...
View ArticleEnding the Invisibility of Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood Systems:...
A large and growing number of young children in the United States have at least one parent who speaks a language other than English at home. These Dual Language Learners (DLLs) have been shown to...
View ArticleEU Strategy on Voluntary Return and Reintegration: Crafting a Road Map to...
In its Strategy on Voluntary Return and Reintegration, the European Commission sets out principles to increase the number of voluntary returns, make the return process more dignified, and provide...
View ArticleFrom Unilateral Response to Coordinated Action: How Can Mobility Systems in...
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged public health and migration management infrastructures in sub-Saharan Africa, as never before. It revealed important lessons about how countries in the region can adapt...
View ArticleImmigrant and Other U.S. Workers a Year into the Pandemic: A Focus on Top...
Immigrant workers have been hit hard by the pandemic-related economic crisis across the United States and in many states with the largest immigrant populations. This issue brief examines how workers in...
View ArticleDeepening Labor Migration Governance at a Time of Immobility: Lessons from...
The pandemic has dramatically curtailed labor migration opportunities in West Africa, as it has around the world. What does this mean for countries such as Ghana and Senegal that have been working to...
View ArticleMigration Management and Border Security: Lessons Learned
What strategic lessons can be learned from the migration- and border-management challenges North America and Europe have faced in recent years? This reflection by a former high-ranking homeland...
View ArticleImmigrants’ U.S. Labor Market Disadvantage in the COVID-19 Economy: The Role...
Immigrants, who lost jobs at a much higher rate than U.S.-born workers early in the COVID-19 pandemic, have since seen their unemployment rate drop below that of the U.S. born. Still, they are not well...
View ArticleMedicaid Access and Participation: A Data Profile of Eligible and Ineligible...
Medicaid has seen a surge in enrollment since the pandemic began, as millions of U.S. workers lost jobs and health coverage. But many noncitizens are ineligible for Medicaid due to their status as...
View ArticleInvesting in Alternatives to Irregular Migration from Central America:...
There is increasing recognition that the United States, Mexico, and migrant-origin countries in Central America will need to work together to address the large-scale, irregular movement of people...
View ArticleInvertir en alternativas a la migración irregular desde Centroamérica:...
Es cada vez más claro que Estados Unidos, México y los países de origen de migrantes en Centroamérica tendrán que trabajar juntos para abordar el gran movimiento irregular de personas a través de la...
View ArticleThe Invisible Work of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers and Its...
Child care provided informally by relatives, friends, and neighbors is the most common form of U.S. child care, and it is particularly prevalent among immigrant and Dual Language Learner families. Yet...
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