Canadian Immigrants in the United States
The United States and Canada share the world's longest land border and similar cultures. But Canadians account for a tiny and shrinking share of all U.S. immigrants. Canadian immigrants tend to have...
View ArticleA Solvable Challenge: Improving Asylee Access to Health and Other Benefits
While asylees are eligible for many of the same public benefits and services as resettled refugees, including health care and employment assistance, there is no system to inform them of their...
View ArticleCan Diaspora Bonds Supercharge Development Investment?
Countries across the globe have considered novel ways for diasporas to directly invest in national development by purchasing diaspora bonds. Israel has raised billions through its Israel Bonds over the...
View ArticleTexas Once Again Tests the Boundaries of State Authority in Immigration...
Texas seems set to become chief antagonist to President Joe Biden’s immigration agenda. This article explores Governor Greg Abbott's plans to build new barriers along the border, use state and local...
View ArticleSupporting Unaccompanied Children in the U.S. Communities Where They Live
Featuring findings from a recent MPI report, speakers will examine the process of releasing unaccompanied children to sponsors, the current structure of federal post-release services, and the most...
View ArticleCanada’s Private Sponsorship Model Represents a Complementary Pathway for...
Canada is one of the world’s top countries for resettling refugees, relying on individual Canadians and nonprofit groups—not the government—for much of this resettlement. This article examines Canada’s...
View ArticleImmigrants from Iran in the United States
The United States is home to the largest population of Iranian migrants in the world. More than half of Iranian immigrants in the United States live in California. This article explores key details of...
View ArticleAs Migration and Trade Increase between China and Africa, Traders at Both...
Trade between China and Africa has ballooned, reaching nearly $200 billion in 2019. Yet many of the migrant entrepreneurs and traders who contribute to this relationship live in precarious positions in...
View ArticleSupporting Unaccompanied Children in the U.S. Communities Where They Live
Featuring findings from a recent MPI report, speakers examined the process of releasing unaccompanied children to sponsors, the current structure of federal post-release services, and the most...
View ArticleU.S. Government Rush to Evacuate Afghan Allies and Allocate Sufficient...
The U.S. government is racing to speed up the evacuation and immigration of Afghan translators and others who provided assistance during the 20-year war in Afghanistan. The eleventh-hour moves are a...
View ArticleCentral American Immigrants in the United States
The number of Central American immigrants in the United States has grown dramatically, amid political corruption, violence, and natural disasters in their native countries. But recent images of Central...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom’s Decades-Long Immigration Shift Interrupted by Brexit and the...
The United Kingdom was once a country primarily of emigration, but in recent decades many more migrants have arrived at its borders than have left. This decades-long transition was interrupted by...
View ArticleInmigrantes de la República Dominicana a los Estados Unidos
Los inmigrantes de la República Dominicana son el cuarto grupo de inmigrantes hispanos más grande de los Estados Unidos y suman casi 1.2 millones de personas. Esta población se ha multiplicado casi por...
View ArticleGang Membership in Central America: More Complex than Meets the Eye
Gang violence is a major driver of migration, particularly from Central America to the United States. But governments on both sides often rely on outdated and static understandings of gangs and their...
View ArticleWill the Taliban’s Takeover Lead to a New Refugee Crisis from Afghanistan?
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has prompted fears of a rollback of human rights and a new refugee crisis. This article examines the prospects for possible future Afghan displacement in the...
View ArticleAfghan Immigrants in the United States
The dramatic evacuation from Afghanistan may bring more than 50,000 new Afghan immigrants to the United States, according to government predictions. These new arrivals would join a small but growing...
View ArticleInmigrantes centroamericanos en los Estados Unidos
El número de inmigrantes centroamericanos en los Estados Unidos ha crecido dramáticamente. Pero las imágenes recientes de centroamericanos que llegan a la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México no...
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 ArticleDifferent Statuses, Different Benefits: Determining Federal Assistance for...
Afghans evacuated to the United States are entering with a range of legal statuses, with important implications for their ability to access benefits and services that will help them settle into their...
View ArticleThe Changing Concepts around Immigrant Integration
Immigrants' integration is a complicated process that cannot fully be measured by any single metric. Understandings of immigrant integration have changed over time, and this article explores how the...
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