American Immigrant Policy Portal Update, June 2020

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June, 2020

In This Issue

New Research

Featured Collection
New Commentary
Events of Interest

Research to Inform Policy, Practice, and Advocacy on Migration-Related Issues

Policy-related reports, studies, and information about the challenge and promise of immigrant integration. Materials organized by collection topic.
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New Public Policy Research and Reports

Adult Education and Workforce Training

Essay from members of the Open Door Collective stresses the power of immigrant adult education to reduce poverty, especially when educators work in partnership with advocacy and social service organizations serving the immigrant community

Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Immigration

CMS releases demographic analysis of foreign-born essential workers broken down by occupational category and state of residence

Employment and Labor Issues

Harvard study explores the importance of generation, gender, race, and mother tongue in determining the economic advancement of immigrants and their children

Paper from the Economic Policy Institute examines defects in the
H-1B program and endorses congressional efforts to reform the program

Education (Pre-K to 12)

MPI examines how states have responded to the needs of English language learners under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015

Human Services (General)

Urban Institute finds that misunderstandings regarding the public charge rule abound in immigrant communities resulting in large-scale avoidance of the public health system

Human Services (Aging & Disability)

Paper warns that the new public charge rule penalizes people with disabilities and calls for efforts to "destigmatize disability" in immigration law

Immigrant Communities

MPI releases new profile of Chinese immigrants in the U.S.

MPI examines the growing community of Venezuelans in the U.S.

Intergroup Relations

European study suggests that hostility towards immigrants is motivated more by sociopsychological factors than economic concerns

Law Enforcement

Police Executive Research Forum publishes "best practices" guide for law enforcement agencies in small cities interested in building trust with immigrant communities

National Perspectives/Immigration Policy

CATO team of experts produces white paper advancing "12 Immigration Reform Ideas for the 21st Century"

Featured Collection:

Immigrant Integration (General)

Immigration presents many challenges to policy makers: how many immigrants to admit, what criteria to use in selecting immigrants, how to manage borders, how to treat irregular migrants, and how to attract needed talent and labor. However, one challenge that often gets lost in the heated discourse on immigration, and perhaps the most important one of all, is how to ensure that immigrants and their progeny overcome a range of cultural, educational, social, legal, and linguistic barriers and fully integrate into the larger society. This challenge is often greater for black and brown people who bear the weight of institutionalized racism. The Portal exists to call attention to the challenge and rewards of integration and to highlight evidence-based research that illuminates sound policy and best practices in achieving the goal of immigration integration. All Portal collections deal with integration in one form or another. However, the Immigrant Integration (General) collection focuses on ways to measure the effectiveness of integration strategies across all domains of service, how various countries are responding to the integration challenge, and what gains are produced from successful approaches.

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Latest Commentary

A selection of recent Op-eds from immigration researchers and major opinion leaders

June 21, 2020
Immigrants should acknowledge their debt to black people,
Quaid Saifee, Crain's Detroit Business
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June 21, 2020
Supreme Court DACA Decision a Win for Trump
Maria Cardona, The Hill
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June 13, 2020
The Surprising Origin of our Modern Nation of Immigrants
Jia Lynn Yang, The New York Times
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June 8, 2020
Immigrants are not to blame for global epidemics: insights from past and present
Tahseen Shams, Open Democracy
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June 4, 2020
New Visa Restrictions Will Make The U.S. Economic Downturn Worse
Press Release, University of California San Diego
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June 2, 2020
The Lottery: The two faces of birthright citizenship
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, The Nation
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May 27, 2020
What Isolation Does to Undocumented Immigrants,
Emily Kaplan, The Atlantic
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May 26, 2020
Trump Is Using the Coronavirus Pandemic as an Excuse to Permanently Close the Borders,
Katy Murdza, Immigration Impact
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Climate Change and Migration: Converging Issues, Diverging Funding, Migration Policy Institute (Europe), Webinar, 9:00-10:00 am ET, June 29, 2020

2020 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative, Center for Migration Studies & Notre Dame University, Virtual Conference, October 1-2, 2020

New American Dreams, National Immigrant Integration Conference, National Partnership for New Americans, Las Vegas, NV, December 6-8, 2020

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.