Lessons from the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act
Discussion on new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) report with PPIC Research Fellows; Bruce A. Morrison, Former U.S. Congressman from Connecticut (1983-1991) and Chair of the Immigration...
View ArticlePolicies to Curb Unauthorized Employment
Illegal immigration is possible in large part because of illegal employment. This report shows the underlying drivers of illegal hiring vary based on the type of employer, the nature of the industry,...
View ArticleThrough the Prism of National Security: Major Immigration Policy and Program...
This fact sheet details the policy, programmatic, budget, and manpower changes that have happened in the immigration arena as an outgrowth of the 9/11 attacks.
View ArticleThrough the Prism of National Security: Major Immigration Policy and Program...
With the ten year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks approaching, the Migration Policy Institute held a conference call to discuss the most significant changes that have occurred in the...
View Article9th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The conference offers thoughtful, evidence-based law and policy analysis and discussion of cutting-edge immigration issues.
View Article9th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The conference features discussion on current immigration policy issues by senior officials from U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, immigration law experts, state officials, and...
View ArticleImmigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery
The U.S. government spends more on federal immigration enforcement than on all other principal federal criminal law enforcement agencies combined, allocating nearly $187 billion since 1986. This report...
View ArticleImmigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery
MPI has released a major study that describes and analyzes today’s immigration enforcement programs, as they have developed and grown in the 25 years since IRCA launched the current enforcement era.
View ArticleImmigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery
Release of a major report that describes and analyzes the immigration enforcement system in the United States as it has developed and grown in the quarter century since the Immigration Reform and...
View ArticleKey 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...
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