Competence over control theatre can help rebuild public trust on migration
New study warns that ‘control theatre’ policies are likely to worsen integration outcomes while failing to address the real drivers of public anxiety
View ArticleMPI Estimates About 622,000 Unauthorized Immigrants Meet Criteria for...
WASHINGTON, DC — Approximately 622,000 unauthorized immigrants have less than two years of U.S. residence and thus could be subject to expanded fast-track deportation proceedings in the U.S. interior,...
View ArticleGuatemala enfrenta nuevos y más complejos desafíos de reintegración a medida...
WASHINGTON, DC — Guatemala está recibiendo una población de migrantes retornados con un perfil en evolución: personas que han pasado años, a veces décadas, construyendo sus vidas en Estados Unidos y...
View ArticleGuatemala Faces New, More Complex Reintegration Challenges as Returnee...
WASHINGTON, DC — Guatemala is receiving a changed population of returnees — people who have spent years, sometimes decades, building lives in the United States and who face a more difficult road to...
View ArticleOne-Third of U.S. Preschoolers Are Dual Language Learners. Federal Dollars...
WASHINGTON, DC — One in three children under age 6 in the United States is a Dual Language Learner (DLL) —a young child growing up in a household where at least one parent speaks a language other than...
View ArticleTo Secure Its Economic Future, the United States Needs a Modern Legal...
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States has made real progress in elevating border security as a national priority — and sustaining that progress is essential. But the country's long-term prosperity will...
View ArticleCities Can Unlock Economic Growth by Better Integrating Migrants and...
WASHINGTON, DC— Cities that invest strategically in the economic inclusion of migrants and refugees can significantly boost local growth, expand their tax base and fill critical labor gaps.
View ArticleNew Report Maps Vulnerabilities by State as the Federal Government Seeks to...
WASHINGTON, DC— Proposed federal funding cuts under the Trump administration threaten to disrupt English instruction and other adult education services for hundreds of thousands of immigrants and...
View ArticleImmigrant Workers in Napa County’s Wine and Hospitality Industry Contribute...
WASHINGTON, DC — Immigrant workers in Napa County’s wine and hospitality industry account for about $1.5 billion, or 11 percent, of the county’s total economic output annually, according to a new...
View ArticleFrom Displacement to Reconstruction: New Report Advances How Smart,...
WASHINGTON, DC — The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, largely ending a civil war that sparked one of the world’s biggest displacement crises, triggered a flurry of...
View ArticleMPI’s Guide to Key U.S. Immigration Statistics Offers One-Stop-Shop to...
WASHINGTON, DC — The immigrant population in the United States has reached a record high both in terms of its size and its share of the overall U.S. population. According to the most recent data...
View ArticleMPI Awarded a $2 Million Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Carnegie Corporation of New York this week awarded a two-year, $2 million grant to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), continuing its decades-long support for one of the world’s...
View ArticleMore States Are Offering Native Language Assessments for English Learner...
WASHINGTON — A new analysis finds that while a growing number of states now offer assessments of academic knowledge in public school students’ home languages, English Learners (ELs) in 15 states still...
View ArticleAs countries expand labour pathways for qualified refugees, new evaluation...
BRUSSELS — Poorly designed work visa requirements and procedures risk excluding otherwise qualified applicants at a time where countries are competing for international talent. As the European Union...
View ArticleBlack Immigrant Population Diversifies Beyond its Historically Caribbean and...
WASHINGTON, DC — Long dominated by arrivals from the Caribbean, the Black immigrant population in the United States is now nearly evenly split between immigrants from Africa and those from Latin...
View ArticleAmid Shifting Policy Landscape, MPI Estimates about 75,000 Unauthorized...
WASHINGTON, DC — The future for unauthorized immigrant children graduating from U.S. high school each year is becoming increasingly uncertain as federal and state policies narrow pathways to college,...
View ArticleA Statement from MPI on the Passing of Former MPI Board Member Rita Süssmuth
A statement from Migration Policy Institute (MPI) President Andrew Selee: We at MPI mourn the loss of Rita Süssmuth, who was a trailblazer in German politics and policy and was the first woman to...
View ArticleAmid Shrinking Federal Role, State and Local Governments Step Up Efforts to...
WASHINGTON, DC — Even as the Trump administration narrows the federal government’s role in supporting the provision of information and services in languages other than English, a growing number of...
View ArticleMPI Board of Trustees Welcomes New Chair and Secretary
WASHINGTON —The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Board of Trustees welcomes its new chair, attorney Lynden Melmed, and new secretary, law professor Cristina M. Rodríguez, who assume their offices this...
View ArticleCounselling and reintegration programmes serve meaningful but indirect role...
BRUSSELS — Counselling and reintegration assistance plays a modest but meaningful role in helping migrants decide whether to accept assisted return to their country of origin after receiving a...
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