How does global migration impact local communities? What are the key challenges and opportunities?  This site provides digests of major reports and studies focusing on policy options and model practices designed to promote immigrant integration, intergroup understanding, economic revitalization, and organizational success. All resources have been grouped into 11 topical collections listed on the navigation bar. The Portal also provides links to events, commentary, and selected media coverage of interest to our readers.

LATEST COMMENTARY

May 17, 2013 Reform is overlooking black immigrants' needs Nina Keehan, The Star Ledger Read More May 9, 2013 Arguments against Immigration are Wrong Grover Norquist, National Review Read More May 6, 2013 Beyond the Fence David Brooks, The New York Times Read More May 1, 2013 Addressing the Challenge of Immigrant Integration in the Senate Immigration Bill Nicholas V. Montalto, Blogger Read More April 23, 2012 What does it mean to be American? Pratheepan Gulasekaram, USA Today Read More April 23, 2013 Immigrant Kids - Adrift Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco & Carola Suarez-Orozco, The New York Times Read More April 20, 2013 Hispanics, the New Italians David Leonhardt, The New York Times Read More April 19, 2013 Immigration Overhaul Needs Foundation Support Nore More Than Ever Gara Lamarche, The Chronicle of Philanthropy Read More April 17, 2013 The Conservative Case for Immigration Reform Adam Ozimek & Sean Rust, The Atlantic Read More April 16, 2013 The False Alarm Over U.S. Fertility Derek S. Hoff, The New York Times Read More April 10, 2013 Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Mark Zuckerberg, The Washington Post Read More April 8, 2013 Let's not forget about immigrant assimilation Marion Boteju, The Hill Read More March 31, 2013 Immigrants, Anti-Immigrants and Americans Grover Joseph Reeves, Wall Street Journal Read More March 31, 2013 Immigrant Detainees and the Right to Counsel Ian Urbina & Catherine Rentz, The New York Times Read More March 21, 2013 Recognizing Immigrant Women's Needs in Immigration Reform Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact Read More March 21, 2013 Immigration: Give me your poor, your tired...your lobbyists? Anupama Narayanswamy, Sunlight Foundation Read More  March 15, 2013 Migration is Development Peter Sutherland, Project Syndicate Read More March 12, 2013 The Fundamentals of Immigration Reform Demetrios G. Papademetriou, The American Prospect Read More March 7, 2013 Immigrants Yearn to be Americans, Not a Permanent Underclass Frank Sharry, Huffington Post Read More March 1, 2013 Immigration: the Magnet Versus the Fence Jill Wilson, Brookings Read More March 1, 2013 Why Immigration Reform is Part of the Civil Rights Struggle Arturo Conde, ABC/Univision Read More February 25, 2013 A Path to Citizenship - or a Maze? Peter Skerry, Brookings Read More February 13, 2013 The Economic Windfall of Immigration Reform Giovanni Peri, The Wall Street Journal Read More February 8, 2013 Fertility and Immigration Jonathan V. Last, Los Angeles Times Read More February 7, 2013 America's Genius Glut Ross Eisenbrey, The New York Times Read More   February 1, 2013 The Easy Problem David Brooks, The New York Times Read More January 30, 2013 Conservatives Promote the 'Chain Migration' Myth Shikha Dalmia, Bloomberg News Read More January 29, 2013 Reforming Immigration for Good Mai M. Ngai, The New York Times, Read More January 24, 2013 Solving the Immigration Puzzle Jeb Bush & Chris Bolick, The Wall Street Journal Read More  January 17, 2013 Natural(ized) Enemies: How Republicans made foes of America's newest citizens Amanda Frost & Jayesh Rathod, Slate Read More  January 11, 2013 Family Unity and Immigration Reform Sarah Rogerson, ImmigrationProf Blog Read More January 7, 2013 Splitting the Difference on Illegal Immigration Peter Skerry, National Affairs Read More December 27, 2012 Taking Back Immigration Peter Sutherland, Project Syndicate Read More December 21, 2012 What the Immigration Reformers are Missing, Mark Dow, The Hill Read More December 20, 2012 Asians: too smart for their own good? Carolyn Chen, The New York Times Read More December 18, 2012 Five reasons Canada leads the world on immigration Alan Broadbent & Ratna Omidvar, Maytree Foundation Read More December 16, 2012 A Third Way on Immigration Peter Skerry, Los Angeles Times Read More December 14, 2012 How I stopped believing in CIR and learned to love 'piecemeal' legislation Tania A. Unzueta, Immigrant Youth Justice League Read More December 6, 2012 Don't gut Violence Against Women Act, Leslye Orloff, CNN Opinion, Read More November 21, 2012 Want American Exceptionalism? Fix Immigration, Jennifer Granholm, Politico Read More November 5, 2012 How the Immigration Debate Changed the Course of the 2012 Election, Frank Sharry, The Huffington Post Read More

October 31, 2012 Could DACA have happened without public engagement at USCIS, Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact Read More

September 21, 2012 What if Rich Countries Shut the Door on Immigration Ian Goldin, World Economic Forum Blog Read More

September, 2012 Migration Meets Slow Growth, Demetrios G. Papademetrious, Finance & Development Read More

August 29, 2012 One subject Ryan could help milk, Ruben Navarette, San Jose Mercury News Read More

August 26, 2012 A GOP Opportunity on Immigration, Jon Huntsman, The Wall Street Journal Read More

August 8, 2012 The Sounds of Hate, Robert Kotrell & Pete Simi, The New York Times Read More

Posted August 7, 2012 South Asian Immigration in the United States: A Gendered Perspective, Maneesha Kelkar, Asian American Policy Review, 2012 Read More

July 13, 2012 We see all immigrants as legal or illegal. Big mistake. Roberto Suro, The Washington Post Read More

July 13, 2012 Voter ID laws tackle non-existent problem of immigrant voter fraud, Walter Ewing, American Immigration Council Read More

July 8, 2012 To resolve immigration debate, broaden it - and abolish antiquated quotas, Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe Read More

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Around the country, state and local officials are responding in creative ways to the challenge of integrating the roughly 20 million immigrants who entered the United States over the last two decades. Learn about their work on our local government and state government pages.

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MAJOR IMMIGRANT POLICY AREAS Portal collections are available in each of the following areas (click on the categories below for abstracts and links): CIVIC PARTICIPATION IMMIGRANT EDUCATION (ADULT) IMMIGRANT EDUCATION (PRE-K-12) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR ISSUES CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE SOCIAL COHESION AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS