American Immigrant Policy Portal Update, August 2021

American Immigrant Policy Portal

Newsletter

August, 2021

Research to Inform Policy, Practice, and Advocacy on

Migration-Related Issues

Reports, studies, and information about immigration policy

and the challenge and promise of immigrant integration

Materials organized by collection topic.

Click on headlines for abstracts and links.

New Public Policy Research and Reports

Adult Education and Workforce Training

Welcoming Center publishes "toolkit" for employers interested in helping immigrant and refugee workers succeed in the workplace

What can grantmakers and impact investors do to create greater training and workforce opportunities for immigrant essential workers? Georgetown report provides some answers

Education (Pre-K to 12)

MPI report describes the "state of the art" in the identification and tracking of dual language learners in U.S. school systems

MPI report seeks to end "the invisibility of dual language learners in early childhood systems"

Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Immigration

Bipartisan Policy Center papers discusses the importance of raising immigration levels in order to end the Covid-19 economic slump and "solve America's demographic challenge"

Employment and Labor Issues

MPI paper examines the causes and prevalence of "brain waste" among college-educated immigrants in the U.S. and recommends policies and practices to lessen the problem

Report on global public opinion finds that fewer people are willing to leave their home countries for work purposes, and that Canada has surpassed the U.S. as the preferred foreign work destination

Human Services (General)

MPI report reviews the system of community care for unaccompanied migrant children and recommends steps that federal, state, and local governments can take to improve outcomes for these children

Human Services (Health Care)

Office of Minority Health publishes behavioral health implementation guide for the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards

Immigration Demographics

New American Economy attempts to quantify the impact of the Trump administration on immigration flows during its four years in office

Intergroup Relations

Welcoming America and Artplace America publish a best practice guide for using the arts to achieve social cohesion and immigrant integration goals

Law Enforcement

Legal scholar argues that the Trump Administration's Family Separation Policy should be considered a violation of the 13th Amendment's prohibition against slavery

Vera Institute publishes a "toolkit" of strategies for implementing, sustaining, and scaling legal representation programs for detained migrants

In an overview and critique of the Electronic Nationality Verification (ENV) program, the American Immigration Council faults the government for its lack of transparency and it "blindness" to the reality of persecution in origin countries

Global Perspectives

What will global migration look like after the pandemic? MPI consults with experts and sees four possible scenarios

LATEST NEWS AND COMMENTARY

Featuring a selection of recent Op-eds from

Immigration researchers and major opinion leaders

August, 2021

The International Community Must Develop a Well-Coordinated Protection Strategy for Afghan Refugees

Hanne Beirens & Camile Le Coz, MPI Commentary

August 18, 2021

Another system of migration is possible

Megan A. Carney, The Hill

August 15, 2021

How to Make Progress in the Immigration Debate

Karl W. Smith, The Washington Post

August 10, 2021

Decline in Immigration Threatens Growth of Regions on the Rise

Miriam Jordan, The New York Times

August 9, 2021

The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics

Mari Uyehara, The Nation

August 8, 2021

President Biden needs a coherent strategy for the border

Editorial Board, The Washington Post

July 29, 2021

What Immigrants Know About Happiness

Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic

Our Mission

"Learn what is true in order to do what is right."

Thomas Huxley

As the United States strives to build an immigration system for the 21^st century, 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 seeking answers to questions critical to the future of the country.

To date, our team of volunteers has produced over 2,000 research summaries in 19 different subject collections.

These summaries, as well as links to original research, are available at the Portal website and at the website of the Public Education Institute of the Immigrant Learning Center.

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