CMS News

New from IMR: Labor Markets, Diaspora Policies, and Migration Flows

The Spring 2019 edition of the International Migration Review (IMR) is now available online and in print through paid or institutional subscription. This edition is sorted thematically into three sections. The first section examines labor markets, skills, and mobility, including...

Statement of Donald Kerwin, Executive Director of the Center for Migration Studies, on the US Border and Border Wall

Last evening, President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office, asserting that there exists a crisis on our southern border which necessitates the construction of a border wall. Despite the president’s claims that a crisis exists on the border,...

New from IMR: Identity, Inequality, Aging, and Migration Disruptions

The Winter 2018 edition of the International Migration Review (IMR) is now available online and in print through paid or institutional subscription. This edition is sorted thematically into four sections. The first section looks at identity and contact, and the...

The Center for Migration Studies Comment on Proposed Public Charge Rule Shows How It Would Harm Hard-Working Families

New York, NY – In a comment submitted to the federal government on the proposed rule regarding public charge determinations, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) argued that the rule was overly broad and would significantly harm...

Reflections from the Border: Violence, Caravans, Troops at the Border, and Hope

The last couple of months of 2018 are shaping up to be some very interesting times in Tijuana. Several converging themes lead me to paraphrase the great Charles Dickens: “These are the best of times and these are the worst...

Birthright Citizenship is Essential to Our Ideal of Equality before the Law

During an interview aired on October 29th, President Donald Trump revealed that he plans to sign an executive order that would end birthright citizenship for the children of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on US soil. The plan appears to...

New from IMR: Responses to Migration Policies, Immigrant Employment Outcomes, and Family Dynamics across Borders

The Summer 2018 edition of the International Migration Review (IMR) is now available online and in print through paid or institutional subscription. This edition offers a focus on migration policies and responses to them, including a paper on spiritual citizenship and a paper analyzing the evolution of migration policies around the world. It also features papers on transnational family dynamics related to marriage and education and the factors shaping immigrant employment outcomes. This edition has four new book reviews which are open access and freely available.

Center for Migration Studies Disputes PLOS ONE Estimates of US Undocumented Population

A report published in PLOS ONE[1] this month asserts that 22.1 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States. This estimate is twice the number reported by experts in the field. The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) has concluded that...

Center for Migration Studies’s Executive Director Decries Historically Low Refugee Ceiling Set by Trump Administration

Donald Kerwin, executive director of the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS), today sharply criticized Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that the United States would resettle at most 30,000 refugees in fiscal year (FY) 2019. “The proposed...

Temporary Protected Status: People “Belong” Where They Are Safe

In this post, Mary Brown and Nikhita Mendis discuss how sending victims of unrest and disasters back “home” has occurred throughout US history and elsewhere.