A South American Migration Crisis: Venezuelan Outflows Test Neighbors'...
The deepening of Venezuela's social, economic, and political implosion has resulted in the fastest movement of people across borders in Latin American history. Neighboring countries have responded with...
View ArticleU.S. Immigration Policy under Trump: Deep Changes and Lasting Impacts
President Trump has made reshaping the U.S. immigration system a top priority. Yet the fragmented nature of policy-making in the United States—with power split between branches and levels of...
View ArticleFor Vulnerable Immigrant Children, A Longstanding Path to Protection Narrows
Since fiscal year 2010, more than 70,000 immigrant children have applied for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status, a pathway to a green card for youth who have been abused or neglected by their...
View ArticleEuropean Immigrants in the United States
European immigrants in the United States have largely dwindled in number since 1960, after historically making up the bulk of immigration to the country. Today, immigrants from Eastern Europe account...
View ArticleEgypt: Migration and Diaspora Politics in an Emerging Transit Country
From being a source of labor emigration to the Gulf region to a destination for refugees from Syria, sub-Saharan Africa, and elsewhere, Egypt has long experienced different forms of mobility. This...
View ArticleShifting Tides: Radical-Right Populism and Immigration Policy in Europe and...
Even as populist radical-right parties have experienced mixed electoral success, their ideas have gained traction in Europe and the United States. This report analyzes the economic, political, and...
View ArticleConnecting Across Nationalities: Inter-Ethnic Relationships in a Kuwaiti...
In Kuwait and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries, migrants make up a significant share of the private-sector workforce. While mainstream narratives commonly focus on the exploitation and abuse...
View ArticleOnce Relatively Obscure, ICE Becomes a Lightning Rod in Immigration Debate
With the #AbolishICE movement catching fire among some on the left, critics of the Trump administration's immigration policies have seized on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as their...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Civil War, Natural Disasters, and Gang Violence Drive Migration
El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America yet the most densely populated. A stagnant economy, high levels of crime and violence, and natural disasters have pushed growing numbers of people...
View ArticleWhen Disaster Strikes: Responding to Migrants Caught in Crises
Migrants displaced by crisis do not benefit from international protection the way that refugees do. This article examines the experiences of labor migrants amid manmade and natural disasters in the...
View ArticleVietnamese Immigrants in the United States
The Vietnamese immigrant population in the United States has grown significantly since the end of the Vietnam War, making it the sixth-largest foreign-born population in the country. The main modes of...
View ArticleIndonesia: A Country Grappling with Migrant Protection at Home and Abroad
Indonesia, which has a long history as a major origin for migrant labor in the Asia-Pacific and beyond, more recently has reluctantly found itself a transit and destination country, including for...
View ArticleTrump Administration’s New Indefinite Family Detention Policy: Deterrence Not...
As the Trump administration moves to be able to indefinitely detain parents and children intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border, whether illegal border crossers or asylum seekers, recent apprehension...
View ArticleIt Takes a Village: Despite Challenges, Migrant Groups Lead Development in...
For generations, migrants have emigrated from Senegal, particularly from in and around the Senegal River Valley. With France a key destination, French policy changes have had significant impact on...
View ArticleMexican Immigrants in the United States
For decades, Mexicans have been the largest immigrant group in the United States. While this is still the case, the Mexican immigrant population is no longer growing at the rate it once was. In fact,...
View ArticleAfter Revolution, Tunisian Migration Governance Has Changed. Has EU Policy?
In the face of an uptick in unauthorized arrivals in Italy from Tunisia in 2017, the European Union dusted off earlier policy proposals such as funding to increase Tunisia’s border-control capabilities...
View ArticleCensus Citizenship Question Triggers Legal and Political Fallout
Legal and political controversy surrounds the Trump administration's decision to include a question on citizenship status in the 2020 decennial census, the first such inclusion since the 1950 census....
View ArticleCan Uganda’s Breakthrough Refugee-Hosting Model Be Sustained?
Uganda is the third largest refugee-hosting nation in the world, with more than 1 million refugees arriving in the last two years. Amid strong public solidarity for displaced neighbors, the government...
View ArticleSouth American Immigrants in the United States
South Americans represent a small, but growing share of immigrants in the United States, composing 7 percent of country’s total foreign-born population. Recent growth has been marked by an uptick in...
View ArticleIn Search of a New Equilibrium: Immigration Policymaking in the Newest Era of...
In many recent European and U.S. elections, candidates touting nativist populist and anti-immigrant platforms have enjoyed rising support. As populism moves from the fringes into the mainstream, this...
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