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American Immigrant Policy Portal
Newsletter
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Research to Inform Policy and Practice
on Migration-Related Issues
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Policy-related reports, studies, and information about the challenge and promise of immigrant integration. Materials organized by collection topic.
Click on headlines for abstracts and links.
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 New Research and Additions to Collections
Civic Participation
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Cultural and Linguistic Competency
Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Immigration
Employment and Labor Rights
State Government
Adult Education and Workforce Development
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This collection of over 100 studies examines the American track record in immigrant workforce integration and identifies promising practices designed to maximize the economic contributions of immigrants. Some specific topics include: immigrant occupational distribution; poverty rates within immigrant communities; occupational health hazards faced by immigrants; strategies to prevent labor law violations; efforts to combat human trafficking; the plight of foreign-educated immigrant professionals and programs to address their need, including relicensing initiatives, portability of credentials, and mentoring programs; programs to promote immigrant entrepreneurship; the impact of worksite immigrant enforcement campaigns, including E-Verify; and the impact of various guest worker and temporary visa programs, including H-1B.
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Latest Commentary
A selection of recent Op-eds from immigration researchers and major opinion leaders
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April 23, 2019
Trump is Wasting Our Immigration Crisis
Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times
April 16, 2010
Why aren't the Democratic candidates talking about immigration more?
Osita Nwanevu, The New Yorker
April 9, 2019
Trump says the U.S. is too 'full' for more immigrants. The opposite is true
Wayne A. Cornelius, The L.A. Times
April 9, 2019
Trump Says the U.S. is 'Full." Much of the Nation Has the Opposite Problem
Neil Irwin & Emily Badger, The New York Times
April 3, 2019
America's Biggest Economic Challenge May Be Demographic Decline
Neil Irwin, The New York Times
April 3, 2019
Short of Workers, U.S. Builders and Farmers Crave More Immigrants
Eduardo Porter, The New York Times
April 1, 2019
Trump Laid a Trap on Immigration -- and Only Beto Sees It
Peter Beinart, The Atlantic
March 25, 2019
Immigration and the Democratic Hopefuls
Andrew Moss, Counterpunch
March 25, 2019
Immigration's Popularity Is Rising Thanks to Trump
Alex Nowrasteh, CATO Institute
March 24, 2019
A Grand Compromise on Immigration
Peter King & Tom Suozzi, The New York Times
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Beyond Partisan: Bridging Divides Across the Immigration Debate, Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute, Webinar, May 8, 2019, 1:00-2:00 pm EDT Welcoming Interactive + Welcoming Economies Convening, WE Global Network, Pittsburgh, PA, May 15-17, 2019 International Metropolis Conference, Metropolis Project, Ottawa, Canada, June 24-28, 2019 National Immigrant Integration Conference, National Partnership for New Americans, Detroit, MI, October 20-22, 2019
Leading the Way: An American Approach to Immigration, National Immigration Forum (Invitation Only), Washington, DC., November 6-7, 2019
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The Portal is a project of Diversity Dynamics, LLC, in association with the Immigrant Learning Center, Public Education Institute, Malden, MA; the Center for International Social Work, School of Social Work, Rutgers University; and a panel of volunteer content area experts who help to write our research abstracts. Please send content suggestions for the Portal, including events of interest, to: mail@usdiversitydynamics.com. We welcome inquiries from new volunteers. No endorsements implied for research, opinions, resources or events featured on the Portal.
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