Immigration

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FixGov

WATCH: Brookings scholars address 21st-century policy issues ahead of 2020

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC172B1D73C0

Podcast Episode

Will new documents sway the Supreme Court on census citizenship question?

Monday, June 3, 2019

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Up Front

6 things to know about Trump’s Mexico tariffs

Friday, May 31, 2019

A woman, part of a convoy of Central American migrants, is escorted into a van by National Institute of Migration (INM) officers, after being detained at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Tapachula, Mexico, May 19, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares - RC1F10AAEE00

Immigration

Outdated immigration laws increase violence toward women

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Reports

A voting official hands back an early voter his ID in Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., October 24, 2018. Photo taken October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant - RC1540DF0C50

Demographics & Population

2018 voter turnout rose dramatically for groups favoring Democrats, census confirms

William H. Frey

May 2, 2019

Yemeni Guerrero (C), a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, attends the immigration ministry at Lincoln Methodist Church to fill out her renewal application in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. September 10, 2017. DACA recipients gathered to fill out applications to renew their permit before the October 5 deadline for current beneficiaries. Picture taken September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott - RC13D348DB40

Demographics & Population

As Americans spread out, immigration plays a crucial role in local population growth

William H. Frey

Monday, April 22, 2019

A U.S. Border and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official stands next a concrete K-rail with concertina wire at Cordova-Americas bridge to enhance security efforts in preparation for increasing number of migrants arriving at the border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1F2181F4D0

Mexico

US-Mexico security cooperation 2018-2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Children playing in Atlanta

Race & Ethnicity

The rise of black-majority cities

David Harshbarger and Andre M. Perry

February 26, 2019

Migration

Demographics & Population

How migration of millennials and seniors has shifted since the Great Recession

William H. Frey

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Blog Posts

Immigrants hold passports and residence permits at an immigration office in Granada January 26, 2010. The government once spoke of how immigration could increase Spain's population by 50 percent to 66 million. Now unemployment is around 18 percent -- and 10 percentage points higher among foreign workers -- it is changing its tune. It has drastically cut back on working visas, tightened rules on family reunification and offered money to migrants wanting to leave Spain. To match feature SPAIN-IMMIGRANTS/ REUTERS/Pepe Marin (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - GM1E62N0MOX01

Order from Chaos

The emigration election: Why the EU is not like America

Susi Dennison and Jeremy Shapiro

Monday, May 13, 2019

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FixGov

Trump threatened sanctuary cities, and they shrugged—here’s why

John Hudak, Elaine Kamarck, and Christine Stenglein

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Experts share insights on the Census 2020

The Avenue

A year before the 2020 census, experts share four key insights

April 23, 2019

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Events

U.S.-Mexican security cooperation: The opportunities and challenges ahead

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

The immigration challenge in a divided Europe

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Development Seminar @ Brookings India: Indian Migration to the United States

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Related Books

Pathways Toward Legal Migration into the EU

Edited by Sergio Carrera, Andrew Geddes, Elspeth Guild, and Marco Stefan

2017

All at Sea

By Kathleen Newland, Elizabeth Collett, Kate Hooper, and Sarah Flamm

2016

I

International Migration Outlook 2015

By OECD

2016

Multimedia

Central Americans, part of a caravan trying to reach the U.S., stand near the Mexican border gate on the bridge between Guatemala and Mexico.

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

The facts about the ‘migrant caravan’

Friday, November 2, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives during a campaign rally in Southern Illinois.

Immigration

Unpacking Trump’s threat to terminate birthright citizenship

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers execute criminal search warrants and arrest more than 100 company employees on federal immigration violations at a trailer manufacturing business in Sumner, Texas, U.S, August 28, 2018. Picture taken August 28, 2018. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC17624E11A0

Brookings Now

Will immigration policy be a deciding factor in the midterm elections?

Thursday, October 4, 2018

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