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What’s Less Patriotic Than Abandonment of the US Refugee Protection Program?

This week, the Trump administration has descended to a new level of contempt for the US refugee protection system. From its very first days in office when it evoked specious national security concerns to suspend the US Refugee Admissions Program...

New from IMR: Labor, Well-Being, and Immigration Enforcement

The Summer 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 immigrant labor and immigration policy, including...

Proposed HUD Rule Would Bar Vulnerable Children from Subsidized Housing

On May 10, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule that would bar households from receiving public housing assistance unless every household member residing in the assisted housing unit is eligible. This follows a...

Reflections from the Border: The Elephant in the Room

In reflecting on all that has been happening at the US-Mexico border over the last 10 months, it occurs to me that there is an elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge. While unpopular to say, it’s...

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...

New from IMR: Recessions, Wage Gaps, Gender, and Immigrant Families across Generations

The Fall 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 three sections. The first section – which is on recessions, wage gaps,...

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...