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$2.2 Trillion Appropriations Measure to Address COVID-19 Excludes Certain Immigrants

On March 27, 2020, Congress passed and the President signed a $2.2 trillion supplemental appropriations measure, known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES, S. 3548), to provide needed assistance to a variety of sectors in the US economy, including hospitals, transportation hubs (including airlines), small businesses, families, and individuals. Immigrants, particularly the undocumented, were largely excluded from eligibility for aid in the package.

Three Scalabrini Migration Study Centers Release Reports on the Future of Work for Migrants

New York, NY, USA | Cape Town, South Africa | Quezon City, Philippines – Three think-tanks that are part of the network of Scalabrini Migration Study Centers (SMSC) and the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), today released a series of reports commissioned...

Xenophobia Puts Us All at Greater Risk of Getting the Coronavirus: Outdated Prejudice and a New Pandemic

Now that the coronavirus outbreak has become a global pandemic, attention to the role of migrants in the spread of disease is likely to increase. In fact, this is already beginning to happen. More than 120 countries have reported cases...

Humanitarian Crisis of “Staggering” Dimensions Heightens in Idlib

Omar al-Muqdad – a prominent journalist, documentary filmmaker, and former Syrian refugee – writes a regular blog for CMS titled, “Dispatches from the Global Crisis in Refugee Protection.” This series covers the Syrian Civil War, the experiences of Syria’s immense and far-flung refugee population, the global crisis in refugee protection, religious persecution, and US refugee and immigration policies. Mr. al-Muqdad’s work has been featured by the BBC, CNN, and in many other media outlets. Resettled in the United States in 2012, Mr. al-Muqdad became a US citizen in Spring 2018. CMS features this series in its weekly Migration Update and on its website.

Editorial and Research Professional

The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) seeks to hire a full-time staff person to work directly with CMS’s Executive Director on reports, publications, and projects. In this capacity, the position will help to staff project advisory groups, conduct research, and write reports. The position will also coordinate work on its publications, running the gamut from assistance to the editors of CMS’s peer-reviewed journals; to overseeing the production process for its journals; to editing, cite-checking and designing its reports.

Center for Migration Studies to Release New Study on the Challenges Facing Stateless Persons

New York, NY – On Thursday, January 23 the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) will release a report on statelessness in the United States; that is persons living in the United States who do not have nationality...

New from IMR: Generational Differences, Work, and Social Change

The Winter 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 four sections. The first section is about enforcement and uncertainty facing immigrants. The second section has articles that examine family and social change, including an article on ethnic and generational differences in gender role attitudes among immigrant populations in Britain. The third section analyzes selectivity and immigration policy. The fourth section features two articles about gender and work, one about migrant domestic workers in Spain and one about itinerancy among Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers. Lastly, this edition has four new book reviews, which are free to access.

New from IMR: Education, Political Participation, and the Determinants of Migration

The Fall 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 four sections. The first section focuses on economic outcomes. The second section...

Detailed Estimates of the Overstay Population Residing in the United States in 2017

These three tables show detailed information about the overstay population residing in the United States in 2017. The tables augment the report on overstays released by CMS on April 24, 2019.

Migrant Children and Blessings at The Casa

In early 2019 life at the Casa changed dramatically when men started arriving with children. “We were being invited to become more welcoming to an entirely new population,” writes Fr. Pat Murphy, c.s. in this blog. “I am amazed at how rapidly things can change in the world of migration and how rapidly we are invited to adapt in helping the migrants we are called to serve. The good news is that I believe we have adapted well to serving our new population at the Casa.”