American Immigrant Policy Portal Update, May 2023

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May, 2023

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 for all

Materials organized by collection topic.

Click on headlines for abstracts and links to original research.

Recent Public Policy Research and Reports

Employment and Labor Issues

Paper calls for greater strategic thinking, broad stakeholder involvement, and improved data collection in determining the role that immigrants should play in easing future labor shortages in the U.S.

(Migration Policy Institute)

Survey of more than 2,500 human resources professionals yields a wealth of information on corporate attitudes towards immigrants and the U.S. immigration system

(Society for Human Resource Management)

Human Services (Health Care)

Report provides a demographic and socioeconomic profile of the 2.8 million immigrants working in the U.S. healthcare industry

(Migration Policy Institute)

Report examines the challenges faced by unaccompanied migrant children in gaining access to medical and mental health care and offers recommendations for follow-up action by governments, health systems, schools and communities

(American Academy of Pediatrics and Migration Policy Institute)

Immigration Demographics

Report provides data on global migration trends, including top sending and receiving countries, migrant remittances, and the number of humanitarian migrants

(Migration Policy Institute)

Immigrant Integration (General)

MPI provides recommendations on immigrant integration issues to the newly-formed Federal Task Force on New Americans

(Migration Policy Institute)

Law Enforcement

Study analyzes the availability of "charitable legal professionals" to represent undocumented immigrants in immigration legal proceedings in all 50 states

(Journal on Migration and Human Security)

Refugee and Asylee Issues

Set of papers published on the growing worldwide problem of forced and prolonged human displacement. Authors suggest new and creative approaches to deal with the problem.

(Journal on Migration and Human Security)

Paper examines the number of refugees resettled in each of the 50 states in proportion to the overall state population

(Immigration Research Initiative)

National Perspectives (Immigration Policy)

Paper examines the growing and sometimes partisan role of the judicial branch of the federal government in setting immigration policy

(Migration Policy Institute)

RECENT NEWS AND COMMENTARY

Featuring a selection of recent Op-eds from

Immigration researchers and major opinion leaders

May 16, 2023

It's Time for Biden to Out-Trump Trump on Immigration

Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times

May 15, 2023

Driver's Licenses for All Make Roads Safer for Us All

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes & Eva Dziadula, Governing

May 15, 2023

Experts push Congress for more high skilled immigrants to compete with China

Alison Snyder & Sophia Cai, Axios

May 13, 2023

Asylum Debate Snarls Efforts to Forge an Immigration Deal in Congress

Karound Demirjian, The New York Times

May 12, 2023

Without requesting emergency funding, Democrats will own the border disaster

Kristie De Pena & Cecelia Esterline, Niskanen Center

May 2, 2023

Earth to politicians: The U.S. has too few immigrants -- not too many

Catherine Rampell, The Washington Post

May 1, 2023

More than 6,000 refugees were resettled in the U.S. in March, the highest monthly number in six years

Matthew La Corte & Cecelia Esterline, Niskanen Center

April 27, 2023

The US should select immigrants based on skills, not family ties

Robert Verbruggen, The Hill

April 21, 2023

How Temporary Protected Status has expanded under the Biden administration

Mohamad Moslimani, Pew Research Center

April 20, 2023

How immigration reform will impact the 2024 race

Chris Richardson, The Hill

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 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.

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

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