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• Compromise Is Possible on Immigration Reform

  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  In a recent op-ed in Roll Call, the Brookings and Duke Immigration Policy Roundtable offered substantive recommendations on how to usher in immigration reform, including enhanced enforcement of workplace laws, new legalization standards, the establishment of an independent standing commission and engagement with the Mexico on cross-border population issues.

• Breaking the Immigration Stalemate: From Deep Disagreements to Constructive Proposals

  Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  
  The immigration debate is exceedingly difficult given the challenges to the rule of law, exploitation of vulnerable newcomers, and real and perceived competition with Americans for jobs and public resources. The Immigration Policy Roundtable, a joint undertaking of Brookings and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, agreed on a set of recommendations that address the most vexing and controversial obstacles to immigration reform.

• How Not to Build a Fence at the U.S.-Mexican Border: America's Conflicted Attitudes Toward Immigration

  Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry; Foreign Policy (September-October 2006)

• Give Illegal Immigrants Licenses and Obligations

  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry; Los Angeles Times (8/20/06)

• The American Exception: Homegrown Terrorism in the U.S.

  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry; TIME (8/14/06)

• Borderline Useless

  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Peter Skerry, The New Republic Onlie (1/13/04)

• America's Muslims Never Had to Unite - Until Now

  Sun, 05 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, January 05, 2003

• Citizenship Begins At Home: A New Approach to the Civic Integration of Immigrants

  Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Peter Skerry, The Responsive Community (Winter 2003/04)

• Beyond Sushiology: Does Diversity Work?

  Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by Peter Skerry (Winter 2002)

• Why Amnesty Is the Wrong Way to Go

  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry in

• Dressing It Up as Science Can't Disguise the Politics

  Sun, 04 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, Governmental Studies, in The Washington Post, March 4, 2001

• Counting on the Census?

  Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Policy Brief #56, by Peter Skerry (March 2000)

• 'While There is a Right to Vote, There is No Such Right to be Counted'; No Fudging on Census Numbers

  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Houston Chronicle, January 14, 2001

• Census; A Bad Test for Bush's Outreach

  Sun, 07 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in the Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2001

• We're Overstating the Importance of the Undercount

  Sun, 14 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, May 14, 2000

• Why Census Is Right to Ask for Racial and Ethnic Data

  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in the Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2000

• Counting on the Census? : Race, Group Identity, and the Evasion of Politics

  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  
  In Counting on the Census? Peter Skerry confirms the persistence of minority undercounts and insists that racial and ethnic data are critical to the administration of policies affecting minorities.

• Do We Really Want Immigrants to Assimilate?

  Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Instsitution, in Society, March/April 2000

• The 2000 Census: Sampling Error

  Mon, 31 May 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion in The New Republic, May 31, 1999, by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

• Tolerating Intolerance in American Politics

  Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1998

• The Cost of a Tighter Border: People-Smuggling Networks

  Tue, 05 May 1998 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, and Stephen J. Rockwell, Research Analyst, The Brookings Institution, in Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1998

• Sampling Is Not the Answer to Census Flaws

  Thu, 05 Feb 1998 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in IntellectualCapital.com, February 5, 1998

• Missing the Boat: Immigration Law Demonizes Foreigners But Solves Little

  Sun, 20 Oct 1996 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institutionin The Washington Post, October 20, 1996

• Why Separate Legal, Illegal Immigrants?

  Sun, 04 Aug 1996 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Peter Skerry, Nonresident Senior Fellow , the Brookings Institution, in the Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1996

• Many American Dilemmas: The statistical politics of counting by race and ethnicity

  Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 GMT

  rookings Review, Summer 1996

• E Pluribus Hispanic?

  Mon, 01 Jun 1992 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Peter Skerry, Nonsresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1992