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August 15, 2024 Panic About Immigrants Is Based on Feeling and Emotion: the Psychology of the Xenophobe Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs Read More August 14, 2024 Global immigration crackdown ensnares students studying abroad Swati Pandey et al, The Japantimes (Bloomberg) Read More August 14, 2024 Do Politicians Realize How Difficult and Rare Immigrating to the U.S. Legally Actually Is? Jorge Loweree, The New York Times Read More August 12, 2024 The fifteen categories of immigration cut off by Project 2025 Cecilia Esterline, Niskanen Center Read More August 11, 2024 It's more important than ever to talk about how climate affects immigration Andrew Gilmour, Independent Read More August, 2024 Beyond the "Black Jobs" Controversy:  Immigrants and U.S.-Born Black Workers Share a Growing Jobs Pie Valerie Lacarte, Migration Policy Institute Read More August 9, 2024 Harris promises to go tough on border security Eugene Daniels & Elena Schneider, Politico Read More August 6, 2024 What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash -- 100 Years Ago Marco Tabellini, Harvard Business School Read More August, 2024 Republican Concerns over Immigration Hit All-Time High The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Read More August 1, 2024 New study emphasizes the economic need for California's undocumented Immigrants Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main Read More July 31, 2024 Professor explains research on immigration and crime Avery Lea Rigers, Wisconsin Public Radio Read More July 24, 2024 'Migration Stigma' Has an Effect on Immigrant Health Rachel Harrison, Futurity (New York University) Read More July 22, 2024 Immigration Has Boosted Labor Force Participation, Helping Growth and Hastening Rate Cuts Benn Steil & Elisabeth Harding, Council on Foreign Relations Read More July 17, 2024 What It Would Take to Deport Millions of Immigrants Miriam Jordan, The New York Times Read More July 16, 2024 Addressing the Myth of Mass deportation's popularity Global Strategy Group Read More America is Stuck in a Century-Old Immigration Debate Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations Read More July 22, 2024 Trump's Cynical Attempt to Pit Recent Immigrants Against Black Americans Paul Krugman, The New York Times Read More July 10, 2024 Is there a limit to the number of immigrants Biden will allow into the US? Nolan Rappaport, The Hill Read More July 8, 2024 In some countries, immigration accounted for all population growth between 2000 and 2020 Stephanie Kramer, Pew Research Center Read More July 2, 2024 How Politicizing Migration Harms Health Rachel Harrison, New York University Read More July 2, 2024 Amid Deadly Heat, Migrant Farm Workers are Keeping Americans Fed American Immigration Council 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." Muzaffar Chishti et al, "Rethinking the U.S. Legal Immigration System: A Policy Road Map," Migration Policy Institute, 14. Read More

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