American Immigrant Policy Portal Update, September 2021

American Immigrant Policy Portal

Newsletter

September, 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

Education (Pre-K to 12)

MPI report suggests ways of "making the most of policy and budget levers" to address the needs of English language learners

Employment and Labor Issues

Focusing on the ten states with the largest immigrant populations, MPI report examines the employment history of immigrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and their future prospects

Report from the American Council on Education laments the lack of clear data to track the connection between the enrollment numbers of international students in American colleges and universities and their subsequent career trajectories and contributions to the American economy

Human Services (General)

CMS study examines the support provided by Catholic religious, educational, and charitable institutions to immigrant populations during the COVID-19 crisis

Human Services (Health Care)

Report from the National Immigration Forum discusses the role that immigrants could play in alleviating current and future shortages of home health care workers and makes a series of recommendations to achieve that goal

Report identifies the factors that led to the rapid spread of COVID-19 among immigrant detainees and suggests measures to mitigate the problem

Immigrant Communities

MPI publishes demographic analysis of Iranian immigrants in the U.S.

Immigration Demographics

Analyzing current demographic trends, Brookings report stresses the importance of immigration in reversing declines in the working-age population in the U.S.

Intergroup Relations

Report from the Carnegie Corporation details the history, mission, and accomplishments of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative that has helped to fund the immigrant rights movement in the U.S.

Law Enforcement

Study examines the history of family separation policies carried out by governmental authorities in the U.S. against enslaved, indigenous, and immigrant families from colonial times to the present

Georgetown paper finds connections between the heavy fines imposed on minority Americans for traffic violations and the exorbitant fees paid by immigrants for immigration applications

Global Perspectives

Article in the Journal of Human Rights finds that many of the COVID-19 policies restricting the movement of people across national boundaries are unnecessary from a health standpoint and a violation of treaty obligations and human rights

Paper from the Transatlantic Council on Migration explores ways that migration policy can build global capacity to adapt to climate change

LATEST NEWS AND COMMENTARY

Featuring a selection of recent Op-eds from

Immigration researchers and major opinion leaders

September 10, 2021

More than 10 million US citizens live with an undocumented immigrant

Rafael Bernal, The Hill

September 9, 2021

Many white Americans feel threatened by the increasingly diverse country -- and their fear is dangerous

Rod Graham, Rawstory

September 9, 2021

Immigration Policy Before and After 9/11: From the INS to DHS - Where Did we Go Wrong?

Camille I. Mackler, Just Security

September 3, 2021

Congress must pass immigration reform to ease America's labor shortage

Eduardo J. Padron, The Hill

September 2, 2021

Plan Z for Immigration

Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic

August 29, 2021

Advocates frustrated with administration as green cards poised to expire

Rafael Bernal, The Hill

August 24, 2021

Legal Representation for Asylum Seekers: An Overlooked Area of Reform for a System in Crisis

Jacob Czarnecki & Haley Hamblin, Niskanen Center

August 23, 2021

Why Mass Immigration Is the Key to American Renewal

Deepak Bhargava & Ruth Milkman, The American Prospect

R ead More

August 20, 2021

Immigration reform is a perfect fit for budget reconciliation

Marshall Fitz, Rollcall

August 18, 2021

Afghan Refugee Debate Fractures GOP

Marc Caputo, Politico

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 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 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.

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