American Immigrant Policy Portal Update, March 2022

American Immigrant Policy Portal

Newsletter

March, 2022

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 to original research.

New Public Policy Research and Reports

Civic Participation

National Academy of Sciences finds racial, gender, and religious disparities in approval rates for citizenship applications

Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Immigration

Study from the National Foundation for American Policy chronicles the impressive achievements of immigrant Nobel Prize winners in the sciences

Human Services (Health Care)

National Academy of Medicine proposes a new conceptual model for achieving "meaningful community engagement" in order to address more effectively the social determinants of health

Immigrant Communities

Migration Policy Institute analyzes available data on Middle Eastern and North African immigrants in the United States

Immigration Demographics

Finding that the percentage of Black people who are immigrants has now reached 12%, Pew study examines their income and educational levels, legal status, home ownership, and poverty rates

MPI report looks at regional variations in how Black immigrants are faring in the U.S. and compares their experiences to those of U.S.-born Blacks

DHS publishes "Annual Flow Report" for Fiscal Year 2020, showing a sharp decline in grants of legal permanent residence (LPR) and a six-fold increase in pending immigration cases

Law Enforcement

MPI report critiques the current immigration detention system and sketches the outline of a redesigned system that is more humane, less costly, and more effective in ensuring compliance with the law

Refugee and Asylee Issues

In dealing with the Afghan refugee crisis today, CMS report sees lessons to be learned from the global response to the Indochinese refugee crisis a half century ago

State Government

CMS report explores the growing trend among states to provide Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) to undocumented federal tax filers who use Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITINs)

National Perspectives/Immigration Policy

MPI report examines the growing problem of backlogs in immigration case processing - a development that "undermines the U.S. immigration system"

LATEST NEWS AND COMMENTARY

Featuring a selection of recent Op-eds from

Immigration researchers and major opinion leaders

March 16, 2022

How We Can Confront the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Despite Our Flawed Immigration System

Matthew La Corte, Niskanen Center

March 8, 2022

We Should Welcome Ukrainian Refugees. And Russians, Too

Ilya Somin, The New York Times

March 7, 2022

The Decline in U.S. Net Migration

Tara Watson, The Econofact Network

March 4, 2022

How U.S. Visa Delays Are Taking a Costly Toll on Frustrated Workers

Allison McNeely, Bloomberg

March 3, 2022

Exclusive: Koch groups launch ad campaign to promote immigration reform

Rafael Bernal, The Hill

February 25, 2022

Systemic racism is rooted in immigration laws - it can no longer be ignored

Kevin R. Johnson & Karla McKanders, The Hill

February 24, 2022

President Biden, tear down those walls and let immigrants take jobs in high demand

Dany Bahar, Brookings Blog

February 24, 2022

Black immigrants are more likely to be denied US citizenship than White immigrants, study finds

Giselle Rhoden & Nicole Chavez, CNN

February 15, 2022

Immigrant Labor Holds the Key to Whether Americans Can Age at Home

Joshua Rodriguez, Niskanen Center Commentary

February 15, 2022

Grassroots groups 'dismayed by lack of leadership' from Hispanic Caucus on Immigration

Rafael Bernal, The Hill

February 1, 2022

Congress, not Biden, should be held accountable for immigration reform

Kevin R. Johnson, The Hill

Our Mission

"'Closing the Knowledge to Action Gap"

As the United States struggles 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 who are seeking answers to questions critical to the future of the country.

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

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