As Congress takes up the issue of immigration, we turned to our global network of scholars to get their perspective on how so-called merit systems work.
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The White House and Republicans’ narrative distorts the numbers and the values that underlie family migration.
Trump touted his administration’s economic successes and laid out his immigration plan in an 80-minute speech to Congress. Our experts weigh in.
A scholar counts the winners and losers in Trump’s immigration proposal.
As lawmakers debate immigration policy in coming weeks, they should realize that giving immigrants who came to the US as children citizenship not only has broad political support but lifts the economy too.
An anthropologist went to Mexico and interviewed more than 50 people who were deported. It was like being sent to the moon, they told him.
If they pass a deal on DACA, it’s a win for both sides of the aisle and thousands of ‘Dreamers,’ but a loss for millions of undocumented immigrants.
While comprehensive immigration reform may be out of reach, giving immigrants who came to the US as children citizenship not only has broad political support but makes economic sense too.
Trump’s anti-Haitian rhetoric ignores a long pattern of migration from Haiti to the U.S., often driven by American meddling in Haitian affairs. Today, the two nations are irrevocably bound by history.
Red tape forced some DACA recipients to change their names when they applied, making it all the more difficult to lead a normal life.
The U.S. government has ended the protective status of 200,000 Salvadoran migrants. If deported, they would go back to one of the world’s deadliest places. How did violence in El Salvador get so bad?
A look back at how one of the most divisive issues of the Trump campaign played out during the first year of his presidency.
A scholar explains why the president’s plan to overturn his predecessor’s rule would be a big mistake and disproportionately harm women.
The impetus to impose immigration restrictions to prevent entry of certain ethnic groups into the US is not a new one.
The president is urging lawmakers to end the program in the aftermath of the deadliest attack in New York City since 9/11. Doing so would be a mistake.
In a poisonous atmosphere of Islamophobia and xenophobia, Palestinian-Americans are finding ways to belong.
As Congress takes up the issue of immigration, we turned to our global network of scholars to get their perspective on how points systems work.
Trump’s decision to end the DACA program, as well as his support for a bill that would drastically curb legal immigration, would hurt the US workers he says he’s trying to help.
Data reveal how hurricanes affect migration, and what it means for US immigration policy.
Congress has an opportunity to build on DACA’s success. An immigration expert explains how.
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Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Professor, and Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Merced
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Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law, Hofstra University
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Richter Professor Emerita of Political Science, Swarthmore College
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Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor, History and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Sociology and Chair, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Law, University of California, Davis