LATEST COMMENTARY

December, 2021 Can Omicron Finally Get the World to Cooperate on Pandemic Mobility Management? Meghan Benton, Migration Policy Institute Commentary Read More December 21, 2021 New Population Estimates Show Slowest Growth on Record for the Nation's Population U.S. Census Bureau Read More December 19, 2021 Restore the Original Immigration Policy: An Open Door Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe Read More December 14, 2021 Eager for new border model, Biden officials look to Europe's reception centers Nick Miroff, The Washington Post Read More December 10, 2021 With this immigration fix, employers can hire the workers they need Stephen Yale-Loehr, The Hill Read More December 9, 2021 Immigration Agency in Line for Billions in Fees in Spending Bill Andrew Kreighbaum, Bloomberg Law Read More December 7, 2021 The World's Population Is Set To Decline For The First Time In Centuries Anish Vij, LAD Bible Read More December 6, 2021 Are Refugee Resettlement Services Doing More Harm Than Good? Els de Graauw, Shannon Gleeson, & Nicole Kreisberg, BiMi at UC Berkeley Read More December 4, 2021 Biden and Businesses agree on one thing: U.S. needs immigrant workers Rebecca Rainey, Politico Read More November, 2021 Narrowing the Skills Gap: Equipping Immigrant-Origin Workers with Postsecondary Credentials Jeanne Batalova & Michael Fix, Migration Policy Institute Commentary Read More November 30, 2021 How Behavioral Factors Impact Communication on Immigration Policy Meghan Holquist, Niskanen Center Read More November 27, 2021 More Immigration Is Inevitable, But Overcoming Its Challenges Isn't Demetrios Papademetriou, The National Interest Read More November 24, 2021 Hispanic support for Republicans' hardline immigration policies may keep Texas red Mark P. Jones, The Hill Read More November 18, 2021 Immigration as an engine for reviving the middle class in midsized cities, Dany Bahar & Greg Wright, Brookings Read More November 24, 2021 Continuing Trump's pretext to block asylum claims, Biden defies the law and good politics Karen Musalo, Los Angeles Times Read More November 23, 2021 Contending With the Pandemic, Wealthy Nations Wage Global Battle for Migrants Damien Cave & Christopher F. Schuetze, The New York Times Read More November 23, 2021 Integration or Crisis? In the Age of Migration, Those are the Only Choices Jack A. Goldstone, The National Interest Read More November 22, 2021 The missing immigrant workers Catherine Rampell, The Washington Post Read More November 21, 2021 From farm to table, immigrant workers keep America fed, but Trump-era policies helped create a labor shortfall that is causing food prices to rise, Dominick Reuter & Mary Meisenzahi, Business Insider Read More

Earlier Commentary

SPEAKING OF IMMIGRANT POLICY

"Current immigration policies are mismatched with market forces and demographic realities. These mismatches have led to serious dysfunctions in the immigration system -- from illegal migration to untenable backlogs and an overreliance on temporary visas for long-term employment situations. Sustaining the growth of the U.S. labor force and avoiding the accumulation of new unauthorized immigrant populations will require deep reforms to the U.S. immigration system, beyond those contemplated by the Biden administration's legislative proposal." Musaffar Chishti et al, "Rethinking the U.S. Legal Immigration System: A Policy Road Map," Migration Policy Institute, 14. Read More

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January, 2021

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Around the country, state and local officials are responding in creative ways to the challenge of integrating the millions immigrants who entered the United States over the last three decades. Learn about their work on our local government and state government pages.

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