American Immigrant Policy Portal Update, April-May 2025

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April-May, 2025

Research to Inform Policy, Practice, and Advocacy on

Migration-Related Issues

Reports, studies, and information about immigration policy

and the process of creating a fair and welcoming society

Materials organized by collection topic.

Click on headlines for abstracts and links to original research.

Civic Participation

Paper questions the effectiveness of cultural unity as a national immigration goal, suggesting that it could create internal conflict in modern societies

(Social Science Research Network)

Economic & Fiscal Impacts of Immigration

Report estimates the costs of a mass deportation project and suggests that such an effort could lead to a great recession

(American Immigration Council)

Report urges the U.S. government to reform its immigration laws in order to allow for the admission of more immigrants to fill workforce shortages and to prevent the population declines that are troubling other nations like China and Russia

(Council on National Security and Immigration)

Adult Education and Workforce Education

Paper suggests that governments need to manage and moderate the flow of international students in order to maintain public support for their presence in higher education

(Transatlantic Council on Migration

Human Services (Health Care)

Book chapter details the important role of immigrant women in the U.S. health care sector

(Center for American Progress)

Immigration Communities

Paper explains the growth and characteristics of the Venezuelan immigrant population in the U.S., and discusses changing federal policies related to their legal status

(Migration Policy Institute)

State-Specific Studies

Report describes the harsh effects of Florida's stringent immigration law (State Senate bill 1718 signed into law in 2023)

(Immigrant Well-Being Research Center, Univ. of Southern Florida)

National Perspectives/Immigration Policy

Study calls attention to an alarming rise in immigrant detentions -- a development preceding the current Trump administration but destined to get worse and to violate fundamental principles of freedom

(Social Science Research Network)

Global Perspectives

Paper suggests ways to develop international programs to build greater resilience against climate-related migration

(Migration Policy Institute)

Report describes the strict screening procedures that European countries have placed on asylum-seekers from Africa and the Middle East

(Center for Migration Studies)

RECENT NEWS AND COMMENTARY

Featuring a selection of recent Op-eds from

Immigration researchers and major opinion leaders

April 19, 2025

Our Foreign Students Are Terrified, and They're Right to Be

Rachel Riedl & Stephen Yale-Loehr, The New York Times

April 18, 2025

More immigrants opt to self-deport rather than risk being marched out like criminals

Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times

April 17, 2025

US seeks to turn deportations into an efficient business 'like Amazon'

Sara Kline & Kate Brumback, Associated Press

April 14, 2025

U.S. immigration processes need to be overhauled, not flouted

Laura Collins, Bush Presidential Center

April 8, 2025

IRS reaches data-sharing deal with DHS to help find undocumented immigrants for deportation

Marshall Cohen & Rene Marsh, CNN

April 3, 2025

Administration pauses 'green card' processing for legally admitted refugees and asylees

Lindsay Muir Harris, The Hill

March 31, 2025

Council suing Trump administration over unprecedented requirement that immigrants register with the government

American Immigration Council

March 27, 2025

Making a Nation of Immigrants Great Again

Terence Sweeney, America Magazine

March 24, 2025

Immigrants and Freedom of Speech

German Lopez, The New York Times

March 21, 2025

Trump administration moves to end the CHNV program, which allowed migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to lawfully enter and work in the U.S.

Tim Balk & Miriam Jordan, The New York Times|

March 18, 2025

Fear grows among the 390,000 undocumented Chinese immigrants in the U.S.

Clair Wang, The Guardian

March 18, 2025

Trump's mass deportation plans hit riskier phase with legal immigrants and court fights

Myah Ward, Politico

March 11, 2025

States with Healthcare Shortages Turn to Foreign-Trained Doctors, Showing Bipartisan Immigration Policies Benefit All

American Immigration Council

Our Mission

"'Closing the Knowledge to Action Gap"

As the United States grapples with intense and polarized interest in immigration policy issues, the Portal enables advocates and policy-makers to use evidence-based research to guide their work.

Our goal is to preserve and disseminate the findings of leading researchers who are seeking answers to questions critical to the future of the country.

To date, our team of volunteers has produced over 2,000 concise research summaries grouped into multiple topical collections.

These summaries, as well as links to original research, are available at the Portal website.

Please write us with any thoughts or suggestions you might have at: mail@usdiversitydynamics.com.

Qualified individuals seeking to join our team of volunteer abstract writers should also write us at the above address.

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