July, 2024

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.

Recent Public Policy Research and Reports

Education (Pre-K to 12)

Paper provides data, including dropout rates, on the educational challenges faced by recent immigrant students, and urges school systems to carefully track their educational progress

(Migration Policy Institute)

Employment and Labor Issues

Paper marshals data to show that large-scale immigration is advancing the interests of the U.S.-born workforce

(Economic Policy Institute)

Human Services (General)

Study calls attention to shortcomings in providing language access to federal programs, especially those administered by state and local governments, and makes recommendations to correct the problem

(Migration Policy Institute)

Human Services (Health Care)

Paper highlights the work of two immigrant-led organizations that are helping foreign-trained healthcare professionals to reenter the healthcare field in the U.S.

(World Education Services)

Immigrant Communities

Paper provides data on the growing number of immigrants serving in the American military

(Migration Policy Institute)

Intergroup Relations

Study finds that regions experiencing a loss of population due to emigration, both domestic and international, tend to be regions where populist, radical right parties predominate

(American Journal of Political Science)

National Perspectives/Immigration Policy

Reviewing the century-old immigration law of 1924, which reflected deep prejudice against certain ethnic and racial groups, essay suggests that today's immigration restrictionists are showing similar hostile attitudes towards some racial groups

(Migration Policy Institute)

Paper argues that the effective management of migration requires careful collaboration with other countries

(Migration Policy Institute)

Global Perspectives

Based on an estimate of 216 million people displaced globally by climate change by 2050, paper urges passage of U.S. legislation granting immigrant visas to persons compelled to leave their home countries by climate change

(National Immigration Forum)

World leaders propose a detailed policy framework to address the challenges posed by climate-related migration

(Climate Migration Council & Emerson Council)

RECENT NEWS AND COMMENTARY

Featuring a selection of recent Op-eds from

Immigration researchers and major opinion leaders

July 22, 2024

Trump's Cynical Attempt to Pit Recent Immigrants Against Black Americans

Paul Krugman, The New York Times

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July 10, 2024

Is there a limit to the number of immigrants Biden will allow into the US?

Nolan Rappaport, The Hill

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July 8, 2024

In some countries, immigration accounted for all population growth between 2000 and 2020

Stephanie Kramer, Pew Research Center

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July 2, 2024

How Politicizing Migration Harms Health

Rachel Harrison, New York University

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July 2, 2024

Amid Deadly Heat, Migrant Farm Workers are Keeping Americans Fed

American Immigration Council

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July 1, 2024

The (selfish) case for immigration

Ilya Somin, CATO Institute

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June 28, 2024

What's a 'Black Job'? Trump's Anti-Immigration Remarks Are met With Derision

Maya King, The New York Times

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June 20, 2024

Immigration fears are pushing centrists to the right in the US and Europe

James Angelos et al, Politico

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June 18, 2024

Biden announces new executive action protecting some undocumented immigrant spouses and children of US citizens

Michael Williams, CNN

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May 26, 2024

The US is reviving the worst of its immigration history to all of our peril

Zeke Hernandez, The Hill

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May 15, 2024

Immigration is the demographic savior too many refuse to acknowledge

Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, The Hill

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March 27, 2024

How Trump's Mass Deportation Plan Would Hurt the United States

Center for Migration Studies of New York

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Our Mission

"'Closing the Knowledge to Action Gap"

As the United States struggles to build a modern and effective immigration system, 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.