Key Immigration Laws and Policy Developments Since 1986
A timeline of key immigration laws and policy developments between 1986 and 2013.
View ArticleSide-by-Side Comparison of 2013 Senate Immigration Bill with 2006 and 2007...
This fact sheet compares key components of immigration reform outlined in the 2013 Senate immigration bill against provisions included in bills considered by the Senate in 2006 and 2007: border...
View ArticleSide-by-Side Comparison of the 2013 Senate Immigration Framework with 2006...
MPI has completed an analysis of the major provisions in the 2013 framework, comparing them to provisions of the legislation the Senate considered in 2006 and 2007. This fact sheet is formatted as a...
View ArticleSide-by-Side Comparison of 2013 Senate Immigration Bill with Individual 2013...
This fact sheet offers a detailed review of the comprehensive immigration reform legislation approved by the U.S. Senate in June 2013 and compares its major provisions with those of the five targeted...
View ArticleA House Divided: Divergent Views in Congress Over Immigration Reform - A...
MPI experts participate in a video chat shortly after the Migration Policy Institute released an analysis comparing the major provisions of the Senate bill to those of the individual House bills...
View Article10th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The 10th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference featured keynotes by U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, as well as panel discussions covering a range...
View ArticleA Strategic Framework for Creating Legality and Order in Immigration
This report analyzes how governments ought to best allocate their resources to address the risks associated with migration—the "immigration harms" that undermine the positive economic and social...
View ArticleIRCA in Retrospect: Guideposts for Today’s Immigration Reform
This policy brief traces the successes and failures of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, which represented the first and most comprehensive legislation to take on the issue of illegal...
View ArticleCurbing the Influence of "Bad Actors" in International Migration
This Transatlantic Council on Migration statement assesses the continuum of policies needed to disrupt illegal migration-related activities and addresses the conditions that make them possible. It...
View ArticleSecuring the Border: Defining the Current Population Living in the Shadows...
Testimony of Marc Rosenblum before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for the March 26, 2015 hearing on the characteristics of unauthorized immigrants in the United...
View ArticleBusiness as Usual? Regularizing Foreign Labor in Costa Rica
With the growing urbanization and consolidation of Nicaraguan immigrants in sectors such as construction and domestic service, Costa Rica has shifted its focus from immigration enforcement to...
View ArticleLeadership Visions: A Discussion with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia...
An MPI Leadership Visions discussion with the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz-Massieu, for her first public appearance in Washington, DC.
View ArticleWill White House Immigration Wish List Tank Emerging DREAMer Momentum in...
The Trump administration has released a list of hardline immigration demands—including border wall funding, restrictions on federal grants to “sanctuary” cities, and cuts to legal immigration—in...
View ArticleTrump’s First Year on Immigration Policy: Rhetoric vs. Reality
Looking back after one year in office, it is striking how just closely the Trump administration’s actions on immigration have hewed to priorities Donald Trump outlined in an uncommonly detailed policy...
View ArticleShifting Gears, Trump Administration Launches High-Profile Worksite...
An unannounced sweep of 98 convenience stores by U.S. immigration authorities—resulting in the arrest of 21 unauthorized workers—may signal a new approach to worksite enforcement under the Trump...
View ArticleImmigration-Related Policy Changes in the First Two Years of the Trump...
In the two years since President Trump entered office, U.S. immigration policy has changed in many ways. Some actions have received significant media attention and public scrutiny, and others have been...
View ArticleWill Immigration Reform Ever Succeed Again? The Legacy of IRCA & Its...
This provocative discussion showcases Charles Kamasaki's book, Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die, and explores the lessons that can be learned from the Immigration Reform and Control Act...
View ArticleRethinking U.S. Immigration Policy: Building a Responsive, Effective...
This event marks the launch of a major new initiative—Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy—that will generate a big-picture, evidence-driven vision of the role immigration can and should play in...
View ArticleDismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System: A Catalog of...
Now into its fourth year, the Trump administration has reshaped the U.S. immigration system in ways big and small via presidential proclamations, policy guidance, and regulatory change. This report...
View ArticleActivism on Immigration by U.S. States Is Back, with New Tactics and...
Renewed U.S. state activism on immigration has echoes of the early 2010s, when Arizona’s SB 1070 defined a Republican-led push to increase enforcement that was ultimately muted by the courts and public...
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