14th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
In a year when immigration is prominent in the headlines, the 14th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference will offer timely policy and legal analysis on U.S. immigration policy, with expert...
View ArticleMillionaire Emigration: The Allure of Investor Visas among China’s Elite
Over the past decade, immigrant investor programs have proliferated around the world, and Chinese applicants have dominated in a number of countries. In 2015, about 9,000 Chinese millionaires moved to...
View ArticleBuilding a Mosaic: The Evolution of Canada’s Approach to Immigrant Integration
Even as the United States and countries in Europe have made a right turn on immigration in recent years, Canada has remained a largely welcoming country. Underlying this resilience is an approach to...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2017 – Issue #1: Under Trump Administration, United States Takes...
During its first year, the Trump administration methodically put in place a series of bureaucratic barriers that could significantly reduce opportunities for foreigners to come to the United States...
View ArticleThe State of the World on Migration – Vitorino & Papademetriou Discuss...
This MPI Europe discussion in Brussels will bring together two of the most experienced thinkers on migration—António Vitorino and Demetrios G. Papademetriou—to explore what policymakers in Europe and...
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 ArticleWelcome to Work? Legal Migration Pathways for Low-Skilled Workers
Although in many countries immigrants fill labor gaps in fields such as agriculture and construction, few legal migration pathways exist for low-skilled workers. As states meet to negotiate a Global...
View ArticleThe Diversity Visa Program Holds Lessons for Future Legal Immigration Reform
On paper, the Diversity Visa Program is not set up to bring in the highly skilled; applicants need only a high school diploma (or equivalent) or two years of mid-level work experience. Yet as this...
View ArticleAustralia: A Welcoming Destination for Some
Immigration has driven economic and social development in Australia for more than two centuries. Even as more than one-fourth of the country’s population is foreign born and Australia ranks third among...
View ArticleImmigration Data Matters
This useful online guide links users directly to the most credible, high-quality data on immigrants and immigration in the United States and internationally. The easy-to-use guide includes more than...
View ArticleEven as Congress Remains on Sidelines, the Trump Administration Slows Legal...
While much attention has focused on President Trump's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, the administration has moved, via a much wider scope of actions, to reduce legal immigration to the...
View ArticleFamily Immigration Policy and Trends: How the United States Compares to Other...
On this webinar, MPI analysts will compare U.S. policy on family migration to those in Canada as well as Australia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. This...
View ArticleIt’s Relative: A Crosscountry Comparison of Family-Migration Policies and Flows
As policymakers in a number of countries, the United States among them, debate limiting family-based immigration, this issue brief explores family-migration trends and policies in the United States,...
View ArticleFamily Immigration Policy and Trends: How the United States Compares to Other...
How does U.S. policy on family migration compare to that of other significant immigrant-receiving countries? MPI experts discuss the trends and policies for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy,...
View ArticleChilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal...
According to leaked drafts, the Trump administration is considering a rule that could have sweeping effects on both legal immigration to the United States and the use of public benefits by legal...
View ArticleChilling Effects: The Expected Public-Charge Rule and Its Impact on Immigrant...
This webinar highlights findings from an MPI report examining the potential impacts of expected changes to the public charge rule by the Trump administration. Leaked draft versions suggest the rule...
View ArticleThrough the Back Door: Remaking the Immigration System via the Expected...
A Trump administration “public-charge” rule expected to be unveiled soon could create the potential to significantly reshape family-based legal immigration to the United States—and reduce arrivals from...
View ArticleGauging the Impact of DHS’ Proposed Public-Charge Rule on U.S. Immigration
Most recent U.S. legal permanent residents could have found themselves at risk of green-card denial had they been assessed under a proposed Trump administration public-charge rule that would apply a...
View ArticleThe Travel Ban at Two: Rocky Implementation Settles into Deeper Impacts
Two years after the Trump administration’s much-litigated travel ban was created, the policy has demonstrated a significant impact on the admission of foreigners from the banned countries, while also...
View ArticleExploring New Legal Migration Pathways: Lessons from Pilot Projects
As European countries launch ambitious new legal migration partnerships with several origin and transit countries in Africa, this report takes stock of the long and mixed history of such projects. To...
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