This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In honor of International Youth Day on Aug. 12, a group of young refugees publicly launched the first two editions of Ritsona Kingdom Journal, a magazine in which they express themselves…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two conversations about immigration are fresh in the American political conscience of today. The first: the Syrian refugee crisis, which has led to an influx of Syrian migrants throughout the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was just after school got out, on one of those blinding, bright days in Phoenix, when 10-year-old Angel Marin learned that his mom was gone. He was walking home…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Worldwide, nearly 1 in 100 people are displaced from their homes, the highest share of the population that has been forcibly displaced since 1951. Supporting refugees is not only the compassionate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Olivia Enos, David Inserra, and Joshua Meservey of the Heritage Foundation published an interesting Backgrounder last week about the U.S. refugee program. We agree with many, though not all, of its conclusions and think that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With his executive action suspending the admission of refugees to the United States and temporarily halting the entry of citizens from a variety of Muslim countries, President Donald Trump made…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will soon close a family case management program for asylum-seekers that, as of April 19, housed more than 630 families. According to Sarah Rodriguez,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Urban Institute researchers contributed to a comprehensive National Academies of Science study examining the fiscal and economic impacts of immigrants and refuting many common misperceptions about immigration. Immigrants have roughly the same…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since Donald Trump’s election, the School District of Philadelphia has been training staff to better deal with the anxieties facing immigrant families. But one group says the district hasn’t gone…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 66 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes. About two-thirds of these are internally displaced, but 22.5 million people are refugees in foreign countries, a record high.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rising Migration from Asia Helps Fuel This New Brain Gain Immigrant adults who have come to the United States since 2011 are far more likely to have a college degree…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The House of Representatives recently passed the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act(H.R. 3003) and Kate’s Law (H.R. 3004) to tighten immigration enforcement in response to the fear that illegal immigrants are especially likely…